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Description
Description
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| Finish Details: | The guitar has been fully oversprayed, with many touched up areas beyond this. There are touchups on repaired cracks in the body, as well as on the neck heel. |
| Top Material: | Spruce |
| Body Material: | Mahogany |
| Neck Material: | Mahogany |
| Fingerboard Material: | Brazilian Rosewood |
| Neck Profile: | "C" profile |
| Neck Thickness (IN): | .90" (1st fret), .99" (10th fret) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12.00" |
| Nut Width: | 1-11/16" |
| Scale Length: | 24 3/4" |
| Hardware: | The tuners have been replaced with non-original, but vintage, Kluson tuners. The nut has been replaced, and the pickguard is original. |
| Weight: | 4lbs 5oz |
| Modifications/Repairs: | The neck has been reset and refretted, and the nut replaced. The body and back of the neck have been oversprayed, and there are finish touchups around the heel and on various repaired cracks. The tuners have been replaced. There are repaired cracks in the top, sides, and back of the body. Parts of the back graft have been replaced as part of the crack repair, and one back brace appears to have been replaced. Several braces have been reglued. The bridge has been reglued. The pickguard has been replaced. |
| Case Details: | Hardshell Case |
| Cosmetic Condition: | This vintage Gibson J-45 shows significant aging and wear, with checking and repaired cracks throughout the body. The top has two repaired cracks, and the sides of the body have repaired cracks as well. The back of the body has a repaired center seam separation, and the back of the neck is worn. |
| Serial Number: | 6008 4 |
| Tech Notes: | The guitar plays well with medium action, and the narrow frets are tall with light play wear. The factory order number dates the guitar to 1951. |