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2007 Gibson '42 J-45 Legend "Banner"

$5,149.00

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  • Year: 2007
  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Model: '42 J-45 Legend "Banner"
  • Case: Original Hard
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  • Condition: Near Mint
  • Description: Serial # 00637008. Gibson introduced the original J-45 in 1942 and it has been a songwriters companion ever since. The next sixty years would see many changes at the factory (not all of them positive); so, the J-45 Legend represents a sort of coming home for Gibson, in an attempt to recapture the company's golden era. Just about every aspect of the guitar's construction is period appropriate, from the neck joint to the hide glue keeping it all together. The lightweight, wide "X" brace allows the top to vibrate with ease, ensuring good projection. The Legend sounds bright and articulate with pronounced trebles and tight, snappy bass - and given 60 years should open up to sound a lot like the original Banners we covet today. Bridge and fingerboard of Madagascar rosewood; back and sides of Honduran Mahogany and the radiused top is Adirondack spruce. The nut width is 1-3/4" and the neck has a beefy D profile with a subtle V ridge down the centre. The firestripe pick-guard is glued to the top under a thin tinted nitrocellulose lacquer, giving the guitar an aged look. Bone nut and saddle, aged tuner buttons and pins. It has been set up by Folkway with a comfortably low action of 4 to 6-64ths at the octave. An excellent guitar for songwriters and collectors alike. With original "Red-line" vintage reproduction hardshell case.