Description
Gibson have impressed us with this New Gibson J-45 Special Electro Acoustic Guitar in Satin Vintage Sunburst in Guitars, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitars, additional Acoustic Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
First introduced in 1942, the Gibson J-45 has remained a mainstay Gibson acoustic model. It has earned its name as “The Workhorse” due to its wide acceptance, no-nonsense simplicity, and understated elegance. It’s one of the most recorded acoustic guitars in history and Gibson’s best-selling acoustic model of all time.
Key Features
- Classic Design – Beautifully crafted in the USA, the Gibson Montana Special J-45 perfectly encapsulates the tone, feel and look of one of the most iconic and instantly recognisable acoustics ever designed!
- All-Solid – Crafted with a solid Sitka Spruce top with solid Mahogany back and sides in combination with an Utile neck with Rosewood fingerboard, the Gibson Montana Special Series offers a bright and bold tone with an exceptionally full sound and rich sustain.
- L.R. Baggs Element Bronze – Built to capture the full spectrum of warmth, articulation, dynamics, power and sensitivity found in high-end acoustics, the L.R. Baggs Element under-saddle transducer with soundhole-mounted volume control is the perfect onstage solution for any performance.
Montana Special
Handcrafted with care in Bozeman, Montana, by Gibson’s expert acoustic luthiers, the new Gibson J-45 Special offers players a USA-built Gibson acoustic guitar at a very attractive price. The J-45 Special has a round shoulder body constructed using genuine solid mahogany for the back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top. The top is reinforced with our traditional scalloped X-bracing. This combination of tonewoods delivers a warm, balanced tone with excellent dynamic range that is great for any musical genre. The “concert depth” body is slightly thinner than on a J-45 Standard, giving the J-45 Special a leaner and tighter bass response that sits perfectly in the mix and also makes it easier to hold. The utile neck is attached to the body with a compound dovetail neck-to-body joint, and like all Gibson acoustic guitars, it is affixed with hot hide glue. The neck has a comfortable and fast-playing SlimTaper profile, and the rosewood fretboard has a 12″ radius and is adorned with simple mother-of-pearl dot inlays and is fitted with 20 standard frets. The traditional belly-up Rosewood bridge is equipped with a TUSQ saddle, and the nut and bridge pins are also TUSQ. High-quality Grover Rotomatic tuners ensure solid tuning stability. The J-45 Special is finished in satin nitrocellulose lacquer in your choice of Satin Vintage Sunburst or Satin Wine Red.
It comes with an L.R. Baggs Element Bronze under-saddle piezo pickup with active electronics and an easily accessible soundhole-mounted volume control pre-installed for studio-quality plug-and-play anywhere. The J-45 Special also comes with a premium soft-shell case.
Specifications
Body
- Shape: J-45
- Material: Solid Mahogany
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back: Solid Mahogany
- Binding: Single Ply Cream, Top & Back
Neck
- Neck: Utile
- Profile: SlimTaper
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Scale length: 24.75”
- Number of frets: 20
- Nut: TUSQ
- Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Dot
Hardware
- Bridge: Traditional Belly-Up Rosewood
- Tuners: Grover Rotomatic
- Plating: Nickel
Electronics
- Under saddle pickup: L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
- Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume
Case
- Case: Premium Soft Shell
