The Gibson G-45 is brilliantly crafted for practicing and ready equipped for stage. Designed with a Gibson player port a feature that has been refined from a concept first developed in the early 1960s Gibsons acoustic luthier team have helped deliver a revolutionary new dimension to their sound. Crafted by highly skilled craftspeople in Bozeman MT the premium construction makes the acoustic guitar sonically superb. A walnut back offers a warm depth to tone whilst the sitka spruce top produces a well-rounded projection offering strong fundamentals even at its quietest. The G-45 offers impeccable performance with the player in mind. An advanced response neck profile offers fast playability with a comfortable reach freeing you up to glide effortlessly from chord to chord. And the striped ebony fretboard provides an excellent surface to perform on with a crisp bright attack and fantastic sustain creating a beautiful playing experience. Peak performance Gibson have designed the G-45 to be a pleasure to play. The portable yet powerful parlor body shape emits a sound thats larger than life emphasised by the revolutionary Player Port. This innovative design feature enhances your tone and offers perpetual sonic refinement truly adding a new dimension to your acoustic sound. Hear your guitar the way the audience does maximising immersion whenever you pick up and play. This instantly offers a more responsive playing experience so you can optimise your playing at all times. Perfect playability With Gibson guitars it’s not just about the quality of the sound it’s about the comfort as well. Finding the perfect balance between offering a great sound on an acoustic and ensuring impeccable playability is an artform but with the G-45 this is what Gibson has achieved. A slightly thinner cutaway body offers increased comfort and easy access to the upper ranges of the fretboard. The body shape is perfectly fused with an advanced response utile neck offering up a precise comfortable grip whilst still providing the flexibility to glide effortlessly across the fretboard. The striped ebony fretboard itself provides an excellent playing surface to achieve perfect accuracy upon. All of this results in a guitar that plays like a dream. Quality Gibson design Constructed with quality materials by craftmanship you can rely on. The Gibson G-45 has been built with your performance in mind. A walnut back is topped with sitka spruce not only delivering a fantastic bright tone but also ensuring incredible durability. Grover Mini Rotomatic tuners are employed to deliver impeccable tuning stability meaning you can spend less time tuning and more time performing. The true brilliance of this electro acoustic can only be truly appreciated when you play it yourself. Specifications Body Body Shape: L-00 Body Material: Walnut Top: Sitka Spruce Back: Walnut Side: Walnut Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing Finish: Satin NitrocelluloseNeck Material: Utile Profile: Advanced Response Scale Length: 24.75″ / 628.65mm Fingerboard Material: Striped Ebony Fingerboard Radius: 16″ Number Of Frets: 20 Frets: Standard Nut Material: TUSQ Nut Width: 1.73″ / 43.815mm Inlays: Acrylic Dots Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide GlueHardware Finish: Chrome Tuner Plating: Chrome Bridge: Rectangular Closed Slot Striped Ebony Saddle Material: TUSQ Tuning Machines: Grover Mini Rotomatic Pickguard: Black Truss Rod: Adjustable Truss Rod Cover: Walnut Laminate Bridge Pins: Black Strap Buttons: 2Miscellaneous Strings Gauge: .012 .016 .024 .032 .042 .053 Case: Gig bag