Gibson Modern J-45 Standard Vintage Sunburst

The J-45 is Gibson’s best-selling acoustic guitar. That’s not because of some flashy gimmick or crazy bargain price or because someone famous played it. Plenty of famous people have played it, in fact, but the reason why it sells so well year after year is the fact that it’s one of the best and most versatile acoustic guitars on the market. Hand-built with mahogany back and sides and a sitka spruce top with traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing, the J-45 Standard has excellent, balanced projection with a vast dynamic range, rich, warm low-end, and clear, articulate highs. An LR Baggs Element pickup system doesn’t hurt either. 

About Gibson Montana:
Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.

“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… or they become legend.” So wrote Montana author Jim Harrison, perhaps about the master luthiers of Gibson Montana, which produces all of Gibson’s acoustic guitars.

Body Shape: J-45
Top: Sitka Spruce
Back and Side Wood: Mahogany
Bracing: Traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing
Binding: Multi-ply top, single-ply back
Finish: Nitrocellulose

Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Profile: Slim Taper
Scale Length: 24.75”
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12”
Number of Frets: 20
Frets: Standard
Nut Material: Black
Nut Width: 1.725”
Inlays: Mother-of-pearl dots
Neckjoint: Compound dovetail neck-to-body joint

Tuner Plating: Nickel
Bridge: Traditional belly up, Rosewood
Saddle Material: Tusq
Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatics w/ Kidney Buttons
Pickguard: Tear Drop
Truss Rod Cover: B/W
Bridge Pins: Tusq

Pickup: LR Baggs™ VTC
Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone

Strings: 0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
Case: Gibson Hardshell
Other: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit