Gibson Montana

Vintage Sunburst, The J-45 has been Gibson’s top selling acoustic guitar for years. Nicknamed “The Workhorse” and was first introduced in 1942. Gibson’s most popular acoustic is now the icon of its round shoulder dreadnought line and is world renowned for its full, balanced expression, warm bass, and excellent projection. Subtle changes to the bracing of its predecessor—the J-35—made Gibson’s J-45 one of the most technically advanced guitars of its time. With hardshell case

Worried that her favorite acoustic would soon succumb to the rigors of the road, Sheryl Crow brought her beloved 1962 Gibson Country Western to Gibson Acoustic in 1999 and asked for an identical replica with modern appointments. Here are the details: Antique Natural, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Square Shoulder body style, Sitka Spruce top, X bracing, Double Ring Rosette, Mahogany back and sides, Bound Indian Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl split Parallelogram inlays on a Traditional Round profile shaped Mahogany neck, 24 3/4″ scale length, 1.725″ width at the nut, With the L.R. Baggs Element pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, Premium Sitka Spruce top, Replica hand made “Dark Tortoise” Dove pickguard, Flame Maple back and sides, Exact replica mid 1960′s narrow neck with the 1.552″ width at the nut, Rosewood fingerboard with the split Parallelogram inlays, 25.5″ scale length, Only 100 guitars will be built, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, The J-45 has been Gibson’s top selling acoustic guitar for years. Nicknamed “The Workhorse” and was first introduced in 1942. Gibson’s most popular acoustic is now the icon of its round shoulder dreadnought line and is world renowned for its full, balanced expression, warm bass, and excellent projection. Subtle changes to the bracing of its predecessor—the J-35—made Gibson’s J-45 one of the most technically advanced guitars of its time. With hardshell case

The Golden Age 1930’s SJ-200 captures the essence of this icon model as it traveled on its original journey in 1938 into the hands of the players, forever earning its place in music as “The King of The Flat Tops.” A limited run of 75 Rosewood 1930′s SJ-200 guitars will be built. Here are the details: Double Antique Vintage Sunburst finish, Jumbo body style, Red Adirondack Spruce top, Hide glued bracing, Multi-layer Prewar Rosette, Hand painted replica 1938 pickguard, Figured Rosewood back and sides, Four bar Prewar Moustache bridge, Ebony fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl Crown inlays on a Maple neck, 1938 era headstock shape and 1938 Script logo, 25.5” scale length, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Jumbo body style, AA Sitka Spruce top, X bracing pattern, Double Ring Rosette, AA Eastern Maple back and sides, Rolled edge Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl split Parallelogram inlays on a Mahogany neck, 24 3/4” scale length, 1.725” width at the nut, With the Fishman Aura Pro pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, Classic Round Shoulder body size, Sitka Spruce top, Firestripe pickguard, Mahogany back and sides, Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl dot inlays on a Mahogany neck, Gibson script and banner headstock logo, With the L.R. Baggs Element pickup system and hardshell case

Wine Red, From its inaugural appearance in 1937, Gibson’s J-200 set a standard others have been trying to match ever since. Today—nearly 71 years later—the legacy of Gibson’s “King of the Flat-tops” lives on in the new J-200 Standard. Upon its introduction in the late 1930s, the J-200 immediately filled a need for a deeper, more balanced and powerful sound. It gave purveyors of the new American music scene of the 1930s a reliable, well-built instrument, capable of projecting the sound of the guitar well beyond that of any other acoustic on the market—a fact that still holds true today. It is simply the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, and certainly one of most popular, as evidenced by the list of players that have made it their primary acoustic instrument, among them Ray Whitley, Emmylou Harris, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Gram Parsons, and Pete Townshend. With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, From its inaugural appearance in 1937, Gibson’s J-200 set a standard others have been trying to match ever since. Today—nearly 71 years later—the legacy of Gibson’s “King of the Flat-tops” lives on in the new J-200 Standard. Upon its introduction in the late 1930s, the J-200 immediately filled a need for a deeper, more balanced and powerful sound. It gave purveyors of the new American music scene of the 1930s a reliable, well-built instrument, capable of projecting the sound of the guitar well beyond that of any other acoustic on the market—a fact that still holds true today. It is simply the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, and certainly one of most popular, as evidenced by the list of players that have made it their primary acoustic instrument, among them Ray Whitley, Emmylou Harris, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Gram Parsons, and Pete Townshend. With hardshell case

Wine Red, The J-45 has been Gibson’s top selling acoustic guitar for years. Nicknamed “The Workhorse” and was first introduced in 1942. Gibson’s most popular acoustic is now the icon of its round shoulder dreadnought line and is world renowned for its full, balanced expression, warm bass, and excellent projection. Subtle changes to the bracing of its predecessor—the J-35—made Gibson’s J-45 one of the most technically advanced guitars of its time. With hardshell case

Wine Red, Much of the Hummingbird’s appeal lies in its versatility. However you attack this flat-top, it pumps out rich, deep tones, and is equally at home thrumming out first-position chords as it is taking the spotlight for flatpicking leadlines further up the neck. Its spacious mahogany body and sweet, select Sitka spruce top are more than capable of nailing down the rhythm in the hands of a rock and roll sideman, or of accompanying the most nuanced performance under the fingers of today’s alternative singer-songwriter. Made in the image of the original, in Gibson’s acclaimed acoustic facility in Bozeman, MT, today’s Hummingbird lives up to its pedigree, bringing you all of these capabilities and more as, quite simply, one of the finest acoustic guitars available today, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, A limited run of 500 will be built, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Round Shoulder body style, Laminated Sitka Spruce top, Traditional Ladder bracing and Rosette, Mahogany back and sides, Indian Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl Trapezoid inlays and John’s birth date engraved at the 12th fret, 24 3/4″ scale length, 1.725″ width at the nut, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Super Jumbo body style, Sitka Spruce top, Firestripe pickguard, Mahogany back and sides, Bound Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl dot inlays on a Mahogany neck, With the L.R. Baggs Element pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Square Shoulder Small Dreadnought body style, Premium Sitka Spruce top, Advanced X bracing pattern, Abalone Rosette, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl split Parallelogram inlays on a Mahogany neck, 25.5” scale length, With the active pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, In 1962 Gibson released its second bird of paradise, The Dove. This model can be considered a beautiful blend between the Hummingbird and the fabulous SJ-200. To achieve this effect, Gibson created the Dove with a Flame Maple back and sides and artistic details like the Dove’s pickguard with its inlaid Mother of Pearl Dove resting on a branch. The result was a Square Shoulder which blended the powerful projection of sound, equated with Gibson’s Super Jumbos, and the lovable personality and beauty of the ever popular Hummingbird. With hardshell case

The blues was born as an acoustic music and it’s roots still run deep in this direction today. Three time Grammy winning artist Keb Mo’ embraces this more than any artist today. Here are the details: Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, L Series small body style, Adirondack Red Spruce top, Traditional L-00 X bracing pattern, Traditional Double Ring Rosette, Herringbone top trim, Mahogany back and sides, Custom Keb Mo’ neck shape, 12” radius East Indian Rosewood fingerboard with the 1/4” Mother of Pearl dot inlays on a one piece Mahogany neck, 25” scale length, 1.805” width at the nut, With the L.R. Baggs Element pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Square Shoulder Dreadnought body style, AA Sitka Spruce top, Advanced X bracing pattern, Abalone Rosette, Rosewood back and sides, Rolled edge Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl split Parallelogram inlays on a Mahogany neck, 25.5” scale length, With the Fishman Prefix Plus T pickup system and hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, The SJ-200 True Vintage acoustic guitar delivers the look, feel, and sound of Gibson’s original Super Jumbo as it first appeared in 1937. Gibson Acoustic’s master luthiers in Bozeman, Montana have recreated a legend. The SJ-200 was originally built to cut through the loudest acoustic ensembles, but ended up defining the new American music scene of the 1930s on its way to becoming the world’s most famous acoustic guitar. The SJ-200 True Vintage captures the deep, well balanced tone and powerful sound of these celebrated guitars, and are almost identical in makeup and structure as the most popular 1950’s versions including an Adirondack Red Spruce top and lacquer finish. With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Square Shoulder Dreadnought body style, Sitka Spruce top, 1930’s X bracing pattern, Parallel Rings Rosette, Mahogany back and sides, Dovetail neck joint using Hide glue, Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl Parallelogram inlays on a Vintage 1960’s thin line profile Mahogany neck, 25.5” scale length, 1.68” width at the nut, With the L.R. Baggs Element ES pickup system and hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Dreadnought cutaway body style, Sitka Spruce top, Scalloped advanced X bracing pattern, Parallel Rings Rosette, Mahogany back and sides, Dovetail neck joint using Hide glue, Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl Parallelogram inlays on a Vintage 1960’s round profile Mahogany neck, 25.5” scale length, 1.68” width at the nut, With the Fishman Prefix Plus T pickup system and hardshell case

Cherry, Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides, White pickguard, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Jumbo body style, AA Sitka Spruce top, X bracing pattern, Double Ring Rosette, AA Eastern Maple back and sides, Rolled edge Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl split Parallelogram inlays on a Mahogany neck, 24 3/4” scale length, 1.725” width at the nut, With the Fishman Aura Pro pickup system and hardshell case

Antique Natural, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Super Jumbo body style, AA Sitka Spruce top, Scalloped bracing pattern, Double Ring Rosette, Eastern Curly Maple back and sides, Rolled edge Rosewood fingerboard with the Graduated Mother of Pearl Crown inlays on a Maple neck, Round profile neck shape, 25.5” scale length, 1.725” width at the nut, With the Fishman Ellipse Aura pickup system and hardshell case

Antique Natural, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Jumbo body style, AA Sitka Spruce top, X bracing pattern, Double Ring Rosette, AA Eastern Maple back and sides, Rolled edge Rosewood fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl split Parallelogram inlays on a Mahogany neck, 24 3/4” scale length, 1.725” width at the nut, With the Fishman Aura Pro pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, At the heart of Gibson’s square shoulder dreadnought line of acoustic guitars is the Songwriter Series, and the Songwriter Deluxe Studio is its most fundamental offering. First introduced in 2003, it combines Gibson’s time honored bracing patterns of the 1930′s with Gibson’s classic square shoulder shape, which gained world wide recognition in the early 1960′s. With hardshell case

Sunburst, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, With hardshell case

During the mid 1930’s, Ray Whitley, one of the original singing cowboys, approached Gibson to build a custom acoustic. The result was the first J-200 in 1937 that Whitley used exclusively for many years, and that is now displayed at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. Gibson’s Custom Western Classic J-200 is a painstaking recreation of that celebrated guitar. Here are the details: Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Jumbo body style, AAA Sitka Spruce top, Hand scalloped and radiused bracing, Double Ring Rosette, AAA Rosewood back and sides, Rolled edge Ebony fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl Block inlays on a Maple neck, Period correct Gibson script logo and the historic Flower Pot headstock inlay, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, With hardshell case

Sunburst, With hardshell case

The Gibson name has graced the most innovative and revolutionary acoustic guitars of our time, including the J-45 Custom. Here are the details: Vintage Sunburst finish, Round Shoulder body size, AA Sitka Spruce top, Hand scalloped X bracing, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Herringbone top binding, Tortoise Tear Drop pickguard, Double Ring with the Thin Abalone Rosette, Ebony fingerboard on a “Comfort Contour” shaped Mahogany neck, 24 3/4” scale length, 1.725” width at the nut, Mother of Pearl headstock logo and Abalone Flowers designed by Gibson’s longtime master luthier Ren Ferguson, With the L.R. Baggs Active Element pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, With hardshell case

Natural, With hardshell case

Natural, With hardshell case

The acoustic guitar propelled Green Day’s international mega-hit “Time of Your Life”, and was a cornerstone of the band’s epic 2004 release American Idiot. Through it all Armstrong’s acoustic guitar of choice has been his J-180. This is a Limited Edition guitar with only 300 to be built. Here are the details: Antique Ebony, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Sitka Spruce top, Scalloped traditional J-180 X bracing, Eastern Maple back and sides, Custom dual pickguards with the natural wood masked backing, Rosewood fingerboard with the 1960’s Mother of Pearl Star position markers on a quarter sawn Mahogany neck, Modified V neck shape, 24.75” scale length, 1.725” width at the nut, With the Fishman Matrix VT pickup system and hardshell case

Natural, With hardshell case

Sunburst, With hardshell case

Sunburst, With hardshell case

Natural, With hardshell case

The Elvis Costello “Century of Progress” is fashioned after Costello’s beloved original 1936 model and it is a painstaking recreation that was made possible by using photos of Costello’s original and also the original Gibson blueprints from the 1930’s. Here are the details: Number 129 of the 300 that are being made, Sunburst, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Adirondack Red Spruce top, X bracing, Firestripe L-00 pickguard, AAA Flame Maple back and sides, Vintage V shaped Mahogany neck with a Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard, Pearloid fingerboard overlay with the Mother of Pearl diamond inlays, 24.75” scale length, 1.77” width at the nut, With hardshell case

Natural, From its inaugural appearance in 1937, Gibson’s J-200 set a standard others have been trying to match ever since. Today—nearly 71 years later—the legacy of Gibson’s “King of the Flat-tops” lives on in the new J-200 Standard. Upon its introduction in the late 1930s, the J-200 immediately filled a need for a deeper, more balanced and powerful sound. It gave purveyors of the new American music scene of the 1930s a reliable, well-built instrument, capable of projecting the sound of the guitar well beyond that of any other acoustic on the market—a fact that still holds true today. It is simply the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, and certainly one of most popular, as evidenced by the list of players that have made it their primary acoustic instrument, among them Ray Whitley, Emmylou Harris, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Gram Parsons, and Pete Townshend. With hardshell case

Natural, The SJ-200 True Vintage acoustic guitar delivers the look, feel, and sound of Gibson’s original Super Jumbo as it first appeared in 1937. Gibson Acoustic’s master luthiers in Bozeman, Montana have recreated a legend. The SJ-200 was originally built to cut through the loudest acoustic ensembles, but ended up defining the new American music scene of the 1930s on its way to becoming the world’s most famous acoustic guitar. The SJ-200 True Vintage captures the deep, well-balanced tone and powerful sound of these celebrated guitars, and are almost identical in makeup and structure as the most popular 1950’s versions including an Adirondack red spruce top and lacquer finish. With hardshell case

Cherry Sunburst, With hardshell case

Vintage Sunburst, Limited run of 50 guitars to be built in 2013, Round Shoulder Dreadnought body size, Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Premium Adirondack Red Spruce top, Rosewood back and sides, Rosewood fingerboard on a V profile Mahogany neck, 25.5″ scale length, 1.725″ width at the nut, With hardshell case

The Golden Age 1930’s SJ-200 captures the essence of this icon model as it traveled on its original journey in 1938 into the hands of the players, forever earning its place in music as “The King of The Flat Tops.” A limited run of 75 Maple 1930′s SJ-200 guitars will be built. Here are the details: Double Antique Vintage Sunburst finish, Jumbo body style, Red Adirondack Spruce top, Hide glued bracing, Multi-layer Prewar Rosette, Hand painted replica 1938 pickguard, Figured Maple back and sides, Four bar Prewar Moustache bridge, Ebony fingerboard with the Mother of Pearl Crown inlays on a Maple neck, 1938 era headstock shape and 1938 Script logo, 25.5” scale length, With hardshell case

Sunburst, Much of the Hummingbird’s appeal lies in its versatility. However you attack this flat-top, it pumps out rich, deep tones, and is equally at home thrumming out first-position chords as it is taking the spotlight for flatpicking leadlines further up the neck. Its spacious mahogany body and sweet, select Sitka spruce top are more than capable of nailing down the rhythm in the hands of a rock and roll sideman, or of accompanying the most nuanced performance under the fingers of today’s alternative singer-songwriter. Made in the image of the original, in Gibson’s acclaimed acoustic facility in Bozeman, MT, today’s Hummingbird lives up to its pedigree, bringing you all of these capabilities and more as, quite simply, one of the finest acoustic guitars available today, With hardshell case