Gibson Acoustic J-45 Standard 12-String VS

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 LR 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.

Body Body Shape: J-45 Body Material: Mahogany Top: Sitka Spruce Back: Mahogany Side: Mahogany Bracing: Traditional Hand-Scalloped X-Bracing Binding: Multi-ply Top, Single ply Back Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Neck Material: Mahogany Profile: SlimTaper Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood Fingerboard Radius: 12" Number Of Frets: 20 Frets: Standard Nut Material: Bone Nut Width: 1.88" / 47.625mm Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dots Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue Headstock inlay: Gibson Logo in Mother of Pearl Hardware Finish: Nickel Tuner Plating: Nickel Bridge: Reverse Belly, Rosewood Saddle Material: TUSQ Tuning Machines: Grover Mini Rotomatic Pickguard: Tortoise Teardrop TrussRod: Adjustable Truss Rod Cover: Bell Shaped, 2-ply Black and White Bridge Pins: TUSQ Strap Buttons: 2 Electronics Under Saddle Pickup: LR Baggs VTC Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone Output Jack: 1/4" Endpin Jack Preamp: LR Baggs VTC Miscellaneous Strings Gauge: .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053 Case: Gibson Hardshell