J-45 50s with Red Spruce Top and HiFi Pickup
This Gibson Custom Select J-45™ 50s in Faded Vintage Sunburst features player-friendly upgrades while keeping this J-45 looking like a vintage-inspired instrument. Featuring a red spruce top, hide glue construction, red spruce bracing, and a HiFi electronics system, this J-45 has a lot of power under the hood. Gibson Custom Select is a collection of guitars that have handpicked features like unique finishes, custom electronics, and rare tonewoods. These instruments are made in small batches by the skilled artisans in Bozeman, Montana.
The J-45 50s takes inspiration from the legendary J-45 acoustic guitars made during the 1950s. With its extra-long pickguard, chunky neck profile, silkscreen logo, and white button tuners, this guitar looks like it came out of the 50s while being loaded with modern electronics. All the tonewoods remain consistent with the original design of the J-45, with a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a rosewood fretboard and bridge. The J-45 50s features scalloped x-bracing underneath the top, which gives structural integrity to the spruce against the tension of the strings while making the guitar resonate freely.
This Gibson Custom Select J-45 50s brings player-focused upgrades that make this guitar sound more like a vintage example while incorporating modern, top-of-the-line electronics so that sound translates to the stage and studio. Typically found on the Gibson Custom 1942 Banner J-45, red spruce is prominently featured on the top and the X-bracing. All these high-quality tonewoods are married to each other using hide glue, which is another feature typically found on a 1942 Banner J-45. Utilizing an L.R. Baggs™ HiFi pickup system, this guitar produces a natural tone through an amplifier or PA system. This HiFi pickup system is non-invasive to the acoustic tone of the guitar, even with it being mounted directly to the bridge plate. This lightweight pickup system retains the natural sound of the guitar while reproducing the iconic sound that made the J-45 so famous. The Faded Vintage Sunburst finish makes this guitar look even more vintage, with the edges of the finish extending closer to the edge of the guitar. This style of sunburst was common throughout the late 1950s and is another handpick appointment of this Gibson Custom Select offering.
With performance-focused upgrades for both the stage and the studio, this Gibson Custom Select J-45 50s showcases the level of customization that is possible while making the guitar look slightly modified from the original version. These features touch nearly every point of the guitar while retaining the ethos of the J-45 50s with the upgraded red spruce top and X-bracing, hide glue construction, and HiFi pickup system. Included with the guitar is a Gibson Custom Certificate of Authenticity and a hardshell case.
Highlights
- Red spruce top
- Red spruce scalloped X-bracing
- L.R Baggs HiFi pickup system
- Hide Glue Construction
Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Back Mahogany
Binding Multi-ply top, single-ply back
Body Finish Nitrocellulose VOS
Body Shape J-45
Body Styles Round Shoulder
Bracing Red spruce hand-scalloped X-bracing
Side Mahogany
Top Red spruce
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
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
Neck Material Mahogany
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 43.81mm / 1.72in
Profile Rounded
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Controls Volume and Tone Controls
Under Saddle Pickup LR Baggs HiFi
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Traditional belly up
Bridge Pins Tusq
finish Nickel
Pickguard 50's, Tortoise
Saddle Material Bone
Truss Rod Cover Black
Tuner Plating Nickel
Tuning Machines Grover Strap Cream Button
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Accessories Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
Model: DTCRS45HFPSL1104
Case Hardshell Case
Strings Gauge 0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
Gibson Custom J-45 50s with Red Spruce Top, Faded Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom J-45 50s with Red Spruce Top, Faded Vintage Sunburst
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J-45 50s with Red Spruce Top and HiFi Pickup
This Gibson Custom Select J-45™ 50s in Faded Vintage Sunburst features player-friendly upgrades while keeping this J-45 looking like a vintage-inspired instrument. Featuring a red spruce top, hide glue construction, red spruce bracing, and a HiFi electronics system, this J-45 has a lot of power under the hood. Gibson Custom Select is a collection of guitars that have handpicked features like unique finishes, custom electronics, and rare tonewoods. These instruments are made in small batches by the skilled artisans in Bozeman, Montana.
The J-45 50s takes inspiration from the legendary J-45 acoustic guitars made during the 1950s. With its extra-long pickguard, chunky neck profile, silkscreen logo, and white button tuners, this guitar looks like it came out of the 50s while being loaded with modern electronics. All the tonewoods remain consistent with the original design of the J-45, with a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a rosewood fretboard and bridge. The J-45 50s features scalloped x-bracing underneath the top, which gives structural integrity to the spruce against the tension of the strings while making the guitar resonate freely.
This Gibson Custom Select J-45 50s brings player-focused upgrades that make this guitar sound more like a vintage example while incorporating modern, top-of-the-line electronics so that sound translates to the stage and studio. Typically found on the Gibson Custom 1942 Banner J-45, red spruce is prominently featured on the top and the X-bracing. All these high-quality tonewoods are married to each other using hide glue, which is another feature typically found on a 1942 Banner J-45. Utilizing an L.R. Baggs™ HiFi pickup system, this guitar produces a natural tone through an amplifier or PA system. This HiFi pickup system is non-invasive to the acoustic tone of the guitar, even with it being mounted directly to the bridge plate. This lightweight pickup system retains the natural sound of the guitar while reproducing the iconic sound that made the J-45 so famous. The Faded Vintage Sunburst finish makes this guitar look even more vintage, with the edges of the finish extending closer to the edge of the guitar. This style of sunburst was common throughout the late 1950s and is another handpick appointment of this Gibson Custom Select offering.
With performance-focused upgrades for both the stage and the studio, this Gibson Custom Select J-45 50s showcases the level of customization that is possible while making the guitar look slightly modified from the original version. These features touch nearly every point of the guitar while retaining the ethos of the J-45 50s with the upgraded red spruce top and X-bracing, hide glue construction, and HiFi pickup system. Included with the guitar is a Gibson Custom Certificate of Authenticity and a hardshell case.
Highlights
- Red spruce top
- Red spruce scalloped X-bracing
- L.R Baggs HiFi pickup system
- Hide Glue Construction
Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Back Mahogany
Binding Multi-ply top, single-ply back
Body Finish Nitrocellulose VOS
Body Shape J-45
Body Styles Round Shoulder
Bracing Red spruce hand-scalloped X-bracing
Side Mahogany
Top Red spruce
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
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
Neck Material Mahogany
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 43.81mm / 1.72in
Profile Rounded
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Controls Volume and Tone Controls
Under Saddle Pickup LR Baggs HiFi
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Traditional belly up
Bridge Pins Tusq
finish Nickel
Pickguard 50's, Tortoise
Saddle Material Bone
Truss Rod Cover Black
Tuner Plating Nickel
Tuning Machines Grover Strap Cream Button
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Accessories Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
Model: DTCRS45HFPSL1104
Case Hardshell Case
Strings Gauge 0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
