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2015 Limited Edition J-185 Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar

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Overview

Enhanced with an Adirondack red spruce top and big leaf maple back and sides.

One of the most fabled Gibson's of all time, this Limited Edition J-185 is enhanced with a solid Adirondack red spruce top and gorgeous solid big leaf maple back and sides. Only 75 examples of this beautifully customized 1950's model will be made, each sporting classic J-185 appointments, including iconic crosses inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the bridge. And for the first time in history, this rare model with an even rarer tonewood combination will be finished in a luscious Sunset Burst.

Key features
Select Top wood: Solid premium Adirondack red spruce top
Tonewood Combination: Beautiful solid select big leaf maple back and sides
Finish: Rare Sunset Burst finish
Improved Feel: Fingerboard edge is softened to comfortably fit the contour of the player's hand
Enhanced Finish: Finer grit sandpaper and polishing compounds for gloss finish
Premium Setup: Utilizing state-of-the-art German engineered Plek technology to create the finest playing surface possible. Hand finished for the world's finest feel and playability
Smoother hand rubbed and oiled fingerboard and bridges: New penetrating and finishing oil lasts longer and maximizes wood's natural vibrancy

Features

Body
  • Body type: Jumbo
  • Cutaway: Non-cutaway
  • Top wood: Solid Adirondack spruce
  • Back & sides: Solid big leaf maple
  • Bracing pattern: Scalloped
  • Body finish: Gloss
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: Round
  • Nut width: 1.725" (43.8mm)
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Neck wood: Mahogany
  • Scale length: 24.75"
  • Number of frets: 20
  • Neck finish: Gloss
Electronics
  • Pickup/preamp: Yes
  • Brand: L.R. Baggs VTC
  • Configuration: Undersaddle piezo
  • Preamp EQ: 1-band
  • Feedback filter: No
  • Tuner: No
Other
  • Headstock overlay: Rosewood
  • Tuning machines: Grover
  • Bridge: Rosewood
  • Saddle & nut: Tusq
  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: Body finish
  • Case: Hardshell case
  • Accessories: None
  • Country of origin: United States

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