Up for sale, a 2024 Gibson Custom Shop J-45 1942 Banner in mint condition, complete with the original hardshell, CoA, and hangtags. Produced in limited quantities at the Bozeman, Montana factory, this round-shoulder dreadnought is a meticulously crafted, exceptionally faithful recreation of the legendary Banner J-45. Both construction techniques and materials are carefully selected to ensure vintage accuracy, including a thermally aged Adirondack red spruce top with traditional hand-scalloped X bracing, hot hide glue top bracing, and hand-sprayed thin finish nitro lacquer.
With all of those techniques executed to ensure maximum resonance and tonal fortitude, its no surprise that this is a particularly vibrant and clear-sounding J-45, immediately lively and robust. As Gibson’s most popular dreadnought acoustic guitar since its introduction in 1942, the slope shoulder J-45 design delivers great warmth, excellent projection, and a dynamic response. Theres a bold, brassy growl to the lower register, balanced perfectly by bright, round trebles, resulting in an instrument well-suited to a wide range of applications. Weighing 4lbs 3oz, this Custom Shop 1942 Banner J-45 has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mikes Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany
-Shape: Soft V, measuring .935 1st fret, .985 9th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, mother of pearl dot inlay
-Frets: Legend Wire (medium jumbo), pristine
-Scale Length: 24 3/4
-Nut: 1.72, bone
-Headstock: Banner logo
-Tuners: Open-gear strip, cream buttons
-Serialization: Eight-digit stamp on neck block dates to 24
Body Specs:
-Wood: Adirondack spruce (thermally aged), mahogany
-Bracing: X (traditional hand-scalloped), red spruce, hot hide glue
-Bridge: Rosewood, bone saddle and pins
-Pickguard: Tortoise
-Label: Serialized orange oval, Bozeman, MT
The hand-sprayed thin finish Vintage Sunburst VOS finish is designed to ensure maximum resonance of all tonewoods, framed on both sides by single-ply cream binding, and while technically a used instrument, theres barely a mark on the body or neck.
The original vintage-spec red line hardshell case is included, along with the serialized CoA and hangtags.
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