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.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Back : Solid Mahogany
Binding : Single-ply Cream, Top and Back
Body Finish : Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material : Solid Mahogany
Body Shape : J-45
Body Styles : Round Shoulder
Bracing : Traditional Hand-scalloped X-bracing
Side : Solid Mahogany
Top : Solid Sitka Spruce

NECK

Fingerboard Material : Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count : 20
Frets : Standard
Inlays : Mother-of-pearl dots
Joint : Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue
Neck Material : Utile
Nut Material : TUSQ
Nut Width : 43.82mm / 1.73in
Profile : SlimTaper
Scale Length : 628.65mm / 24.75in

ELECTRONICS

Controls : Soundhole Mounted Volume
Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin
Preamp : LR Baggs Element Bronze
Under Saddle Pickup : LR Baggs Element Bronze

HARDWARE

Bridge : Traditional belly up, Rosewood
Bridge Pins : TUSQ
Pickguard : Teardrop; Tortoise
Saddle Material : TUSQ
Truss Rod Cover : Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover : 2-ply Black
Tuner Plating : Nickel
Tuning Machines : Grover Rotomatic

MISCELLANEOUS

Case : Premium Soft Shell
Model : MCRS45SPCEBL
Headstock Inlay : Gibson Logo in Gold Silkscreen
Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053