SOARING HIGH AND TRANSCENDING MUSICAL BOUNDARIES

The music of multiple award-winning artist Margo Price transcends the boundaries of traditional country, Americana, and classic rock, and her Gibson J-45™ acoustic has always been by her side during her rise as a top country artist. Gibson Custom’s Margo Price J-45 embodies the spirit, vision, and talent that has driven Margo to stardom and continues the nature-themed model tradition of Gibson. The Margo Price J-45 was inspired by her mid-60s J-45, a guitar she’s called “my main baby; my guitar I play all the time.” The Margo Price J-45 features a slightly thinner mahogany body with a red spruce top with traditional hand-scalloped advanced X-bracing, a mahogany neck with a Rounded profile and rosewood fretboard, and Grover® strap tuners with white buttons. The nut and saddle are bone, and the bridge pins are TUSQ®. The Margo Price J-45 also comes equipped with L.R. Baggs™ electronics

Margo was also inspired by red-tailed hawks, which feature prominently on the distinctive double 50s-style pickguards of her new signature guitar. As Margo says, “Red-tailed hawks have always been symbolistic to me. I see them everywhere, and I always have, as they are common all over the United States, but to me, they are otherworldly, and they always come to me in my time of need with messages of strength and perseverance. Red, as a color, relates to love, passion, and even anger, matters that we typically would associate with the heart, but if you look closely, the ends of the feathers are dipped in white, and the bird itself has a spiritual nature to them. When I’m on long road trips, I look out the window and count them alongside the highway. They pass over me at the most kismet times, reminding me to find strength in my vulnerability and to open up and connect to those around me. I hope this guitar will remind those who play it these lessons as well.”

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Body Style : Round Shoulder
Body Shape : J-45
Body Material : Mahogany
Top : Red Spruce
Back : Mahogany
Side : Mahogany
Bracing : Traditional Hand-scalloped Advanced X-bracing
Binding : Multi-ply top, Single-ply Back
Body Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK

Profile : Round
Scale Length : 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
Fingerboard Material : Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8 mm / 12 in
Neck Material : Mahogany
Fret Count : 20
Frets : Standard
Nut Material : Bone
Nut Width : 43.815 mm / 1.725 in
Inlays : Mother of Pearl Dot
Joint : Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint, Hot Hide Glue

HARDWARE

Bridge : Rosewood; Traditional Belly-up
Saddle Material : Bone
Tuning Machines : Grover Cream Button Strap
Pickguard : Double 50s-Style J-45 Tortoise with Red-Tailed Hawk Graphics
Truss Rod : Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover : Black Stamped
Bridge Pins : TUSQ
Strap Buttons : Endpin Jack

ELECTRONICS

Under Saddle Pickup : L.R. Baggs Element VTC
Controls : Soundhole-mounted Volume and Tone
Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin
Preamp : L.R. Baggs Element VTC

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053

Case : Hardshell Case