Gibson Dealer Select J-45 Standard Red Spruce Antique Natural

Our Dealer Select J-45 Standard takes everything players love about the iconic Gibson J-45 and adds one meaningful upgrade: an Adirondack red spruce top.

Finished in a timeless Antique Natural, this exclusive build delivers the familiar warmth, balance, and responsiveness that have made the J-45 "The Workhorse" for generations, while adding the extra headroom, projection, and dynamic range that only red spruce can provide. It's a subtle change on paper that makes a noticeable difference every time you dig into the strings.

Paired with solid mahogany back and sides, the red spruce top produces a bold, articulate voice with tight bass, clear mids, and crisp highs that continue to open up with age. The SlimTaper mahogany neck offers effortless playability, whether you're laying down rhythm tracks, fingerpicking, or flatpicking with authority. Finished in Antique Natural, this Dealer Select model lets the premium tonewoods speak for themselves with understated vintage-inspired elegance. 

Like every Detroit Guitar Dealer Select instrument, this guitar was chosen to offer something you won't find in a standard production model. If you've always loved the sound and feel of a J-45 but wished for the added power and responsiveness of an Adirondack top, this exclusive J-Standard delivers exactly that.

Specs: Red spruce top; solid mahogany back and sides; traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing; round shoulder dreadnought body; mahogany SlimTaper neck; rosewood fingerboard; 12" fingerboard radius; 24.75" scale length; 1.725" black nut; 20 standard frets; mother-of-pearl dot inlays; compound dovetail neck joint with hot hide glue; traditional belly-up rosewood bridge; TUSQ saddle; TUSQ bridge pins; Grover Rotomatic tuners; nickel hardware. Gloss nitrocellulose Antique Natural lacquer finish. Gibson hardshell case.

Electronics: L.R. Baggs VTC under-saddle pickup; L.R. Baggs VTC preamp; soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls.