Gibson J-45 Standard 12-string – Vintage Sunburst
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.
Tech Specs
General
| Number of Strings | 12 |
| Left-/Right-handed | Right-handed |
Body
| Body Type | J-45 |
| Bracing | Traditional hand scalloped X-bracing |
| Top Material | Sitka spruce |
| Back & Sides | Mahogany |
| Body Finish | Nitrocellulose |
Neck
| Neck Material | Mahogany |
| Neck Joint | Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body |
| Radius | 304.8 mm / 12″ |
| Fingerboard Material | Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Inlay | Mother-of-pearl Parallelograms |
| Frets | Standard |
| Number of Frets | 20 |
| Scale Length | 628.65 mm / 24.75″ |
| Nut Width | 43.81 mm / 1.724″ |
| Nut Material | Tusq – Black |
| Neck Profile | Rounded |
Hardware
| Bridge Pins | Tusq |
| Saddle Material | Tusq |
| Tuning Machines | Grover Rotomatics w/ kidney buttons |
Electronics
| Pickup | L.R. Baggs Element VTC |
| Controls | Volume & Tone |
Miscellaneous
| Binding | Multi-ply top, single-ply back |
| Bridge | Traditional belly up |
| Truss Rod Cover | B/W |
| Pickguard | Tear drop |
| Strings Gauge | 0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012 |
| Case | Hardshell Case |
| Accessories | Includes Gibson Accessory Kit |
