Modern Collection J-45 Special

A Special version of the world-famous Workhorse

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.

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. 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.

• Serial Number

  20656076

• Brand Name

  Gibson

• Model

  J-45 Special

• Finish Color

  Ebony

• Top Wood

  Solid Sitka Spruce

• Bracing

  Traditional Scalloped X-bracing

• Binding

  Single-ply on Top and Back

• Back & Sides Wood

  Solid Mahogany

• Neck Dimensions

  .860 1st - .920 9th

• Neck Wood

  Utile

• Neck Joint

  Compound Dovetail

• Neck Shape

  SlimTaper

• Neck Finish

  Satin Ebony

• Fingerboard Wood

  Indian Rosewood

• Fingerboard Radius

  12"

• Fingerboard Inlays

  Mother-of-Pearl Dots

• Frets

  20 Standard

• Scale Length

  24 3/4"

• Headstock

  Black with Gibson Logo in Gold Silkscreen

• Nut Material

  TUSQ

• Width at Nut

  1.73"

• Electronics

  L.R. Baggs Element Bronze

• Controls

  Soundhole-Mounted Volume

• Saddle

  TUSQ

• Hardware

  Nickel

• Tuners

  Nickel Grover Rotomatics

• bridge

  Rosewood Traditional Belly-up

• Pickguard

  Tortoise Teardrop

• Case

  Gibson Premium Black Softshell