Description
Description
Gibson Custom Shop
Carrying on Orville Gibson’s historic pursuit of sonic excellence and aesthetic perfection, the Gibson Custom Shop combines traditional instrument-making techniques, innovative methods, and meticulous attention to detail to craft instruments worthy of its banner-era slogan, “Only a Gibson is Good Enough.”
This instrument exclusively features woods hand-picked by CME’s expert guitar-buying team at the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, paired with one of our favorite finishes, plus a thoughtful combination of preferred fingerboards, neck profiles, pickups, and hardware, to make this customized Gibson guitar.
1942 Banner Southern Jumbo
The allure and legend of the Gibson J-45 lives on in the new Custom Historic 1942 Banner J-45. Inspired by the holy grail of vintage acoustic instruments, luthiers in Montana meticulously crafted a J-45 just like the most popular and celebrated version in structure and components. The new 1942 Banner J-45 includes a Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top hand-sprayed with a historic-style burst, hot hide glue top bracing for better tonal response, and a bone nut and saddle.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Gibson Custom Shop Historic |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | 20685024 |
| Product Color: | Vintage Sunburst |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Slope Shoulder Dreadnought |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | No Cutaway |
| Body Material: | Mahogany |
| Body Finish: | Thin Finish Nitrocellulose, VOS |
| Top Material: | Thermally Aged Red Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Red Spruce w/Hide Glue |
| Bracing Pattern: | Traditional Hand-Scalloped X-Bracing |
| Body Binding: | Single-ply Top and Back |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Thin Finish Nitrocellulose, VOS |
| Neck Shape: | Historic |
| Fingerboard Material: | Rosewood |
| Headstock Veneer: | No |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.724" (43.81mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12" (304.8mm) |
| Scale Length: | 24.75" (628.65mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 19 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Mother of Pearl Dots |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Bridge: | Rosewood Rectangle, Open Slot |
| Tuning Machines: | Strap Open Back, Cream Button |
| Saddle: | Bone |
| Pickguard: | Tortoise Tear Drop |
| Truss Rod Cover: | Black |
| Bridge Pins: | Bone |