The J-45 Gets Six Extra Strings and Chimes Like Never Before

The J-45™ is a truly legendary guitar. The world-famous Workhorse is Gibson's best-selling acoustic of all time. Now it is available in a new 12-string version. Featuring a mahogany body, Sitka spruce top, and mahogany neck, it has a SlimTaper™ neck profile for playing comfort, a bone nut and saddle, TUSQ® bridge pins, Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners, and comes equipped with LR Baggs™ VTC electronics, making it ready to deliver beautiful, chiming, 12-string tones on stage or in the studio, right out of the included Gibson hardshell case.

Body Style

Round Shoulder

Body Shape

J-45

Body Material

Mahogany

Top

Sitka Spruce

Back

Mahogany

Side

Mahogany

Bracing

Traditional Hand-Scalloped X-Bracing

Binding

Multi-ply Top, Single ply Back

Body Finish

Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK

Profile

Slim Taper

Scale Length

628.65 mm / 24.75 in

Fingerboard Material

Indian Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius

304.8 mm / 12 in

Fret Count

20

Frets

Standard

Nut Material

Bone

Nut Width

47.625 mm / 1.875 in

Inlays

Mother of Pearl Dots

Joint

Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue

HARDWARE

Finish

Nickel

Bridge

Reverse Belly, Rosewood

Saddle Material

TUSQ

Tuning Machines

Grover Mini Rotomatic

Pickguard

Tortoise Teardrop

Truss Rod

Adjustable

Truss Rod Cover

Bell Shaped, 2-ply Black and White

Bridge Pins

TUSQ

Strap Buttons

2

ELECTRONICS

Under Saddle Pickup

LR Baggs VTC

Controls

Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone

Output Jack

1/4" Endpin Jack

Preamp

LR Baggs VTC

MISC

Strings Gauge

.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053

Case

Gibson Hardshell