Gibson J-45 60's Original, Fixed Bridge - Vintage Cherry Sunburst

The J-45 has carried the name “The Workhorse” since players first put it to work in 1942, and no acoustic guitar in Gibson’s catalog has logged more hours on stages and in studios in the decades since. The 60’s Original brings the specific design language of the J-45’s most storied era to a modern production instrument: the round-shoulder dreadnought silhouette that has defined the model since inception, the larger-style pickguard that characterized 1960s examples, and in the Vintage Cherry Sunburst finish, a white single-ply pickguard that completes a look that is unmistakably of that period. Solid Sitka spruce top paired with solid mahogany back and sides — the same tonewood combination that has given the J-45 its distinctly warm, punchy, full-bodied voice for over eighty years — finished in gloss nitrocellulose lacquer with multi-ply cream top binding and single-ply cream back binding. The fixed belly-up rosewood bridge with bone saddle and TUSQ bridge pins locks intonation with no adjustable saddle to wander, keeping long-term maintenance minimal and tuning stability excellent. Grover Strap Tuners with cream buttons hold the 24.75" scale mahogany neck in tune, and the shorter Gibson scale length brings easy playability and a slightly warmer, more elastic string feel than a long-scale acoustic delivers.

What makes this specific J-45 a different conversation for live performance is what’s inside: the all-new Gibson-exclusive LR Baggs HiFi DNA — a bridge plate sensor system rather than a traditional under-saddle transducer. Two lightweight sensors mounted on the internal bridge plate, each with its own preamp, capture the guitar’s acoustic voice directly from the structure of the instrument, delivering amplified tone with the natural character and playing nuance that under-saddle pickups typically compress away. The soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls are quick to reach while playing and invisible from the front of house. Comparable gain-before-feedback to an under-saddle system. Traditional X-bracing (hand-scalloped) completes the acoustic picture beneath the top. A mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, 20 frets, mother-of-pearl dot inlays at 12" radius, and a compound dovetail neck joint fitted with hot hide glue for maximum resonance. Gibson hardshell case and accessory kit included. This is the J-45 at its most historically grounded and stage-ready simultaneously.

Model: J-45 60's Original, Fixed Bridge
Body Back/Sides: Mahogany
Body Top: Sitka Spruce
Body Shape: J-45 (Round Shoulder)
Bracing: Traditional Hand Scalloped X-Bracing
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Binding: Multi-Ply Cream Top, Single-Ply Cream Back
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl Dots 
Nut: GraphTech, 1.73" 
Neck Profile: Rounded/SlimTaper
Scale: 24.75"
Radius: 12" 
Frets:  20 (Standard)
Truss Rod: Fully Adjustable
Neck Joint: Compound Dovetail to Body 
Headstock Inlay: Gold Gibson Logo   
Bridge: Belly Up, Rosewood 
Pickguard: Single Ply White 
Truss Rod Cover: Single Ply Black 
Tuner Plating: Nickel
Bridge Pins: Tusq
Saddle Material: Bone
Tuning Machines: Grover Strap Tuners w/Cream Buttons 
Pickup: LR Baggs HiFi DNA
Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone Controls 
Output Jack: 1/4" Endpin Jack 
String Gauge: .012. .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Case: Hardshell Case 
Accessories: Gibson Accessory Kit