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A J-45 with 60s styling, a fixed bridge, and modern electronics

The J-45™ has been the best-selling Gibson acoustic model since its introduction in 1942. Since that time, the model has undergone various cosmetic and specification changes, but has remained fundamentally the same throughout its history, with a distinctly vibrant tone that is uniquely Gibson and utterly appealing, leading to its widespread use on recordings and concert stages worldwide. It comes equipped with the new Gibson-exclusive, custom-voiced Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. HiFi DNA offers unprecedented realism when amplified, delivering your guitar’s unique tone and every nuance of your playing to your audience like never before.

The J-45 is known as “The Workhorse,” and the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge lives up to that well-deserved moniker. It features the round-shoulder dreadnought body design, crafted from a solid mahogany back and sides paired with a solid Sitka spruce top that has defined the model since its inception. The 24.75” scale mahogany neck has a comfortable Round profile and is attached to the body with a dovetail joint using hot hide glue for exceptional resonance and tonal coupling. The neck is fitted with a rosewood fretboard that has 20 standard frets and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. The headstock features a gold Gibson logo decal, and is equipped with quality Grover® strap tuners with white buttons, which, along with the Graph Tech® nut, ensure reliable, stable tuning.

The body features 60s-era design elements, including the larger-style pickguard used throughout the era. Available in Vintage Cherry Sunburst and Vintage Sunburst gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge’s pickguard color varies depending on the finish color, with the Vintage Cherry Sunburst featuring a white pickguard, while the Vintage Sunburst has a tortoise-colored pickguard, giving players a choice to match their style and preferences. The J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge also features a belly-up rosewood bridge with a fixed bridge and bone saddle, delivering improved tuning stability, fewer bridge-lift worries, and less long-term maintenance. The bridge is also equipped with TUSQ® bridge pins.

Inside, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is fitted with the all-new, Gibson-exclusive Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. This active system uses two lightweight sensors mounted on the internal bridge plate, paired with individual preamps for full-bodied, amplified acoustic tone that lets the guitar’s character and personality come through with no impact on the unamplified tone. It has comparable gain-before-feedback to an under-saddle pickup. The system also includes soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls that are quick and easy to access while playing, yet remain all but invisible to your audience.

With its mix of iconic design, hand-crafted quality, time-tested, great-sounding tonewood combination, comfortable playability, state-of-the-art electronics, and 60s-era styling, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is a guitar that you’ll turn to time and again, and will provide you with a lifetime of musical enjoyment. It comes packed in a Gibson hardshell case for protection at home and on the road.

A J-45 with 60s styling, a fixed bridge, and modern electronics

The J-45™ has been the best-selling Gibson acoustic model since its introduction in 1942. Since that time, the model has undergone various cosmetic and specification changes, but has remained fundamentally the same throughout its history, with a distinctly vibrant tone that is uniquely Gibson and utterly appealing, leading to its widespread use on recordings and concert stages worldwide. It comes equipped with the new Gibson-exclusive, custom-voiced Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. HiFi DNA offers unprecedented realism when amplified, delivering your guitar’s unique tone and every nuance of your playing to your audience like never before.

The J-45 is known as “The Workhorse,” and the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge lives up to that well-deserved moniker. It features the round-shoulder dreadnought body design, crafted from a solid mahogany back and sides paired with a solid Sitka spruce top that has defined the model since its inception. The 24.75” scale mahogany neck has a comfortable Round profile and is attached to the body with a dovetail joint using hot hide glue for exceptional resonance and tonal coupling. The neck is fitted with a rosewood fretboard that has 20 standard frets and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. The headstock features a gold Gibson logo decal, and is equipped with quality Grover® strap tuners with white buttons, which, along with the Graph Tech® nut, ensure reliable, stable tuning.

The body features 60s-era design elements, including the larger-style pickguard used throughout the era. Available in Vintage Cherry Sunburst and Vintage Sunburst gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge’s pickguard color varies depending on the finish color, with the Vintage Cherry Sunburst featuring a white pickguard, while the Vintage Sunburst has a tortoise-colored pickguard, giving players a choice to match their style and preferences. The J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge also features a belly-up rosewood bridge with a fixed bridge and bone saddle, delivering improved tuning stability, fewer bridge-lift worries, and less long-term maintenance. The bridge is also equipped with TUSQ® bridge pins.

Inside, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is fitted with the all-new, Gibson-exclusive Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. This active system uses two lightweight sensors mounted on the internal bridge plate, paired with individual preamps for full-bodied, amplified acoustic tone that lets the guitar’s character and personality come through with no impact on the unamplified tone. It has comparable gain-before-feedback to an under-saddle pickup. The system also includes soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls that are quick and easy to access while playing, yet remain all but invisible to your audience.

With its mix of iconic design, hand-crafted quality, time-tested, great-sounding tonewood combination, comfortable playability, state-of-the-art electronics, and 60s-era styling, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is a guitar that you’ll turn to time and again, and will provide you with a lifetime of musical enjoyment. It comes packed in a Gibson hardshell case for protection at home and on the road.

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Highlights

Mahogany back and sides
Sitka spruce top
Mahogany neck with a SlimTaper profile
Rosewood fretboard with 20 standard frets and mother-of-pearl dot inlays
Grover strap tuners with cream buttons
Baggs HiFi DNA pickup and preamp system
Hardshell case

Baggs HiFi DNA advanced bridge plate pickup

More colors to paint with

Built on the benefits of the acclaimed Baggs HiFi pickup system

HiFi DNA offers greater sensitivity to the movement of the guitar’s soundboard

Delivers more dynamic realism, warmth, nuance, and tactile immediacy

Closes the gap between a guitar’s sound at home and that same guitar’s sound on stage

The perfect blend

HiFi DNA features dual bridge plate sensors

Each HiFi DNA sensor employs its own dedicated, custom-voiced, class A studio-quality preamp

Dedicated preamps maintain the purity and articulation of each sensor

Dual sensors are blended together for perfectly optimized output

The best of both worlds

HiFi DNA sensors are lighter, larger, more flexible, and omnidirectional

The system captures more of the natural voice and dynamic range of your Gibson acoustic guitar

HiFi DNA captures string detail and body resonance, often lacking in under-saddle pickups

Output-wise, HiFi DNA delivers similar gain before feedback to under-saddle pickup systems

Your sound, in higher definition

Gibson and Baggs have achieved a big leap forward in acoustic guitar amplification

Better-preserved fidelity translates to a more accurate amplified version of your guitar’s unique voice

From light fingerstyle to heavy strumming, HiFi DNA preserves the guitar’s dynamic range

Provides a true representation of the character, warmth, and response Gibson acoustic guitars are famed for

Guitar Specifications

Body Specs

Back Mahogany

Binding Multi-ply cream top, single-ply cream back

Body Finish Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer

Body Material Mahogany

Body Shape J-45

Body Styles Round-shoulder dreadnought

Side Mahogany

Top Sitka spruce

Neck Specs

Fingerboard Material Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius 12 in. | 304.8 mm

Fret Count 20

Frets Standard

Inlays Mother-of-pearl dot

Joint Glued-in, set neck

Neck Material Mahogany

Nut Material Bone

Nut Width 43.82mm / 1.73in

Profile SlimTaper

Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in

Electronics Specs

Controls Soundhole-mounted volume and tone

Output Jack 1/4"

Preamp Baggs HiFi DNA

Under Saddle Pickup Baggs HiFi DNA

Hardware Specs

Bridge Rosewood belly-up

Bridge Pins TUSQ

finish Nickel

Pickguard Single-ply tortoiseshell

Saddle Material Bone

Truss Rod Cover Single-ply black

Tuner Plating Nickel

Tuning Machines Grover strap tuners with cream buttons

Misc Specs

Accessories Includes Gibson accessory kit

Model: OCRS4560HFVS

Case Hardshell case

Headstock Open book

Headstock Inlay Gold Gibson logo decal

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

Gibson J-45 60s Original with HiFi DNA, Fixed Bridge, Vintage Sunburst

Name: Gibson J-45 60s Original with HiFi DNA, Fixed Bridge, Vintage Sunburst
Brand: Gibson
SKU: OCRS4560HFVS
Price: 3499.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Gibson J-45 60s Original with HiFi DNA, Fixed Bridge, Vintage Sunburst

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€3.499

Price incl. VAT. Free Shipping.

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Finish

Vintage Sunburst

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A J-45 with 60s styling, a fixed bridge, and modern electronics

The J-45™ has been the best-selling Gibson acoustic model since its introduction in 1942. Since that time, the model has undergone various cosmetic and specification changes, but has remained fundamentally the same throughout its history, with a distinctly vibrant tone that is uniquely Gibson and utterly appealing, leading to its widespread use on recordings and concert stages worldwide. It comes equipped with the new Gibson-exclusive, custom-voiced Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. HiFi DNA offers unprecedented realism when amplified, delivering your guitar’s unique tone and every nuance of your playing to your audience like never before.

The J-45 is known as “The Workhorse,” and the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge lives up to that well-deserved moniker. It features the round-shoulder dreadnought body design, crafted from a solid mahogany back and sides paired with a solid Sitka spruce top that has defined the model since its inception. The 24.75” scale mahogany neck has a comfortable Round profile and is attached to the body with a dovetail joint using hot hide glue for exceptional resonance and tonal coupling. The neck is fitted with a rosewood fretboard that has 20 standard frets and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. The headstock features a gold Gibson logo decal, and is equipped with quality Grover® strap tuners with white buttons, which, along with the Graph Tech® nut, ensure reliable, stable tuning.

The body features 60s-era design elements, including the larger-style pickguard used throughout the era. Available in Vintage Cherry Sunburst and Vintage Sunburst gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge’s pickguard color varies depending on the finish color, with the Vintage Cherry Sunburst featuring a white pickguard, while the Vintage Sunburst has a tortoise-colored pickguard, giving players a choice to match their style and preferences. The J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge also features a belly-up rosewood bridge with a fixed bridge and bone saddle, delivering improved tuning stability, fewer bridge-lift worries, and less long-term maintenance. The bridge is also equipped with TUSQ® bridge pins.

Inside, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is fitted with the all-new, Gibson-exclusive Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. This active system uses two lightweight sensors mounted on the internal bridge plate, paired with individual preamps for full-bodied, amplified acoustic tone that lets the guitar’s character and personality come through with no impact on the unamplified tone. It has comparable gain-before-feedback to an under-saddle pickup. The system also includes soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls that are quick and easy to access while playing, yet remain all but invisible to your audience.

With its mix of iconic design, hand-crafted quality, time-tested, great-sounding tonewood combination, comfortable playability, state-of-the-art electronics, and 60s-era styling, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is a guitar that you’ll turn to time and again, and will provide you with a lifetime of musical enjoyment. It comes packed in a Gibson hardshell case for protection at home and on the road.

A J-45 with 60s styling, a fixed bridge, and modern electronics

The J-45™ has been the best-selling Gibson acoustic model since its introduction in 1942. Since that time, the model has undergone various cosmetic and specification changes, but has remained fundamentally the same throughout its history, with a distinctly vibrant tone that is uniquely Gibson and utterly appealing, leading to its widespread use on recordings and concert stages worldwide. It comes equipped with the new Gibson-exclusive, custom-voiced Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. HiFi DNA offers unprecedented realism when amplified, delivering your guitar’s unique tone and every nuance of your playing to your audience like never before.

The J-45 is known as “The Workhorse,” and the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge lives up to that well-deserved moniker. It features the round-shoulder dreadnought body design, crafted from a solid mahogany back and sides paired with a solid Sitka spruce top that has defined the model since its inception. The 24.75” scale mahogany neck has a comfortable Round profile and is attached to the body with a dovetail joint using hot hide glue for exceptional resonance and tonal coupling. The neck is fitted with a rosewood fretboard that has 20 standard frets and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. The headstock features a gold Gibson logo decal, and is equipped with quality Grover® strap tuners with white buttons, which, along with the Graph Tech® nut, ensure reliable, stable tuning.

The body features 60s-era design elements, including the larger-style pickguard used throughout the era. Available in Vintage Cherry Sunburst and Vintage Sunburst gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge’s pickguard color varies depending on the finish color, with the Vintage Cherry Sunburst featuring a white pickguard, while the Vintage Sunburst has a tortoise-colored pickguard, giving players a choice to match their style and preferences. The J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge also features a belly-up rosewood bridge with a fixed bridge and bone saddle, delivering improved tuning stability, fewer bridge-lift worries, and less long-term maintenance. The bridge is also equipped with TUSQ® bridge pins.

Inside, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is fitted with the all-new, Gibson-exclusive Baggs™ HiFi DNA™ pickup system. This active system uses two lightweight sensors mounted on the internal bridge plate, paired with individual preamps for full-bodied, amplified acoustic tone that lets the guitar’s character and personality come through with no impact on the unamplified tone. It has comparable gain-before-feedback to an under-saddle pickup. The system also includes soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls that are quick and easy to access while playing, yet remain all but invisible to your audience.

With its mix of iconic design, hand-crafted quality, time-tested, great-sounding tonewood combination, comfortable playability, state-of-the-art electronics, and 60s-era styling, the J-45 60s Original, Fixed Bridge is a guitar that you’ll turn to time and again, and will provide you with a lifetime of musical enjoyment. It comes packed in a Gibson hardshell case for protection at home and on the road.

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