2003 Gibson Custom Shop J-45 Brazilian Rosewood

There's no question the Gibson J-45 is one of the quintessential American-made acoustic guitars. Introduced in 1942 as a streamlined slope-shoulder dreadnought, the J-45 was Gibson's answer to the war effort's constraints on production. Its simplicity is part of its genius. In the nearly 80 years since this model first hit guitar shops, the J-45 has become a symbol of Americana—a bold, robust-sounding guitar more than capable of supporting a singer and crossing many different genres. Traditionally, the J-45 features Mahogany back and sides, but what happens when you build it with a premium tonewood such as Brazilian Rosewood? The result is familiar sounding, yet altogether new. It's a new level of inspiration that pushes your music in new directions while feeling right at home at the same time. This 2003 J-45 was built in Gibson's Custom Shop in Bozeman, Montana, and it features gorgeous book-matched Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. This is a premium cut of a premium tonewood, and i