$4999
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Product Code: GIB-8200580
$4999
Gibson Left-Handed J-45 Century 12-Fret Acoustic Guitar (Ebony) inc Hard Case
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Product Information
Gibson's J-45 has defined the sound of recorded American music since 1942, earning its "Workhorse" moniker through decades of studio and stage use. The J-45 Century 12-Fret shifts that proven design to a 12-fret neck-to-body joint, moving the bridge plate deeper into the body towards the widest part of the top. This repositioning allows the soundboard to move more efficiently, yielding a warmer, punchier response that favours fingerstyle and lighter picking dynamics—a configuration historically reserved for limited runs and artist collaborations, now available across the full lineup.
The mahogany body pairs a Sitka spruce top with single-ply cream binding on top and back, while the neck features Gibson's SlimTaper® 12-fret profile joined via compound dovetail and hot hide glue at the 12th fret. The 628.7 mm scale carries 19 frets with mother-of-pearl dot inlays across a rosewood fretboard. Hardware consists of open-back Golden Age tuners with cream buttons, a bone nut and saddle, TUSQ® bridge pins, and a sloped rectangle closed-slot rosewood bridge echoing early J-45 models. Hand-sprayed satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish and a vintage Gibson script headstock logo complete the aesthetic, with each instrument arriving in a premium tweed hardshell case and available in left-handed orientation.
The 12-fret configuration addresses a specific tonal and playability concern: standard 14-fret acoustics place the bridge plate away from the top's widest section, reducing vibrational efficiency. Moving the bridge deeper into the body concentres energy where the soundboard has greatest mass, improving sustain and articulation. For players favouring fingerstyle work or recording applications demanding clarity and separation across individual notes, this geometry proves substantially different from the standard J-45 platform.
Features
- Mahogany back and sides with Sitka spruce top; single-ply binding
- Mahogany SlimTaper® 12-fret neck profile, compound dovetail joint
- Scale length 628.7 mm, 19 rosewood frets with pearl dots
- Sloped rectangle closed-slot rosewood bridge with bone saddle
- Open-back Golden Age tuners with cream buttons, 6-on-a-plate
- Bone nut, TUSQ® bridge pins, L-00-style pickguard
- Satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish; left-handed configuration
- Premium Century Collection tweed hardshell case included
