Gibson J-45 Standard

The Gibson J-45 Standard is a mid grade round-shoulder dreadnought acoustic guitar. Gibson first introduced the J-45 in 1942. The J-45 Standard is patterned after the original guitar combining vintage appointments with modern features.

The J-45 Standard has nickel Grover rotomatic tuners with a gear ratio of 14:1 while all moving parts are cut for exact meshing.

The J-45 Standard is equipped with an Element Active Acoustic Pickup system from L.R. Baggs which features a low profile under-saddle element and an on-board preamp with volume control mounted just inside the sound hole. The rosewood fingerboard features a rolled edge design and genuine mother of pearl classic dot inlays. The guitar sports the dovetail neck joint design which is one of the oldest methods of joining the neck to the body of the guitar. The process done entirely by hand allows the body and neck to become one solid piece of resonating wood without metal to interfere with vibration. The round-shoulder dreadnought body design of the J-45 standard has a top constructed of AA-grade Sitka spruce while the back and sides are of pattern-grade Handuras mahogany. The hand crafted rosette is a single-ring with three-ply binding. The bracing features a variation on the Gibson standard X pattern behind the sound hole. Each brace is hand scalloped with a set of tall thin braces for the back and another set of scalloped braces for the top.