The J-45 Gets Six Extra Strings and Chimes Like Never Before
The J-45™ is a truly legendary guitar. The world-famous Workhorse is Gibson's best-selling acoustic of all time. Now it is available in a new 12-string version. Featuring a mahogany body, Sitka spruce top, and mahogany neck, it has a SlimTaper™ neck profile for playing comfort, a bone nut and saddle, TUSQ® bridge pins, Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners, and comes equipped with Baggs™ VTC electronics, making it ready to deliver beautiful, chiming, 12-string tones on stage or in the studio, right out of the included Gibson hardshell case.
Guitar Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Back Mahogany
Binding Multi-ply Top, Single-ply Back
Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material Mahogany
Body Shape J-45
Body Styles Round Shoulder
Bracing Traditional Hand-Scalloped X-Bracing
Side Mahogany
Top Sitka Spruce
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material Indian 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 Mahogany
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 47.63mm / 1.88in
Profile SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Controls Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone
Output Jack 1/4" Endpin Jack
Preamp Baggs VTC
Under Saddle Pickup Baggs VTC
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Reverse Belly, Rosewood
Bridge Pins Bone
finish Nickel
Pickguard Tortoise Teardrop
Saddle Material Bone
Strap Buttons 2
Truss Rod Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover Bell Shaped, 2-ply Black and White
Tuner Plating Nickel
Tuning Machines Grover Mini Rotomatic
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Case Gibson Hardshell
Model: MCRS4512VSL
Headstock Inlay Gibson Logo in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Gibson J-45 Standard 12-String, Left-Handed, Vintage Sunburst
Gibson J-45 Standard 12-String, Left-Handed, Vintage Sunburst
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The J-45 Gets Six Extra Strings and Chimes Like Never Before
The J-45™ is a truly legendary guitar. The world-famous Workhorse is Gibson's best-selling acoustic of all time. Now it is available in a new 12-string version. Featuring a mahogany body, Sitka spruce top, and mahogany neck, it has a SlimTaper™ neck profile for playing comfort, a bone nut and saddle, TUSQ® bridge pins, Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners, and comes equipped with Baggs™ VTC electronics, making it ready to deliver beautiful, chiming, 12-string tones on stage or in the studio, right out of the included Gibson hardshell case.
Guitar Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Back Mahogany
Binding Multi-ply Top, Single-ply Back
Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material Mahogany
Body Shape J-45
Body Styles Round Shoulder
Bracing Traditional Hand-Scalloped X-Bracing
Side Mahogany
Top Sitka Spruce
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material Indian 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 Mahogany
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 47.63mm / 1.88in
Profile SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Controls Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone
Output Jack 1/4" Endpin Jack
Preamp Baggs VTC
Under Saddle Pickup Baggs VTC
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Reverse Belly, Rosewood
Bridge Pins Bone
finish Nickel
Pickguard Tortoise Teardrop
Saddle Material Bone
Strap Buttons 2
Truss Rod Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover Bell Shaped, 2-ply Black and White
Tuner Plating Nickel
Tuning Machines Grover Mini Rotomatic
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Case Gibson Hardshell
Model: MCRS4512VSL
Headstock Inlay Gibson Logo in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
