Gibson J-185 Acoustic-Electric Guitar (With Case)

With a slightly smaller body than Gibson's fabled Super Jumbos, the Gibson J185 Acoustic Electric Guitar offers an excellent alternative for players s The first Gibson J-185 was introduced in 1951, giving players a broader choice of flat-top acoustic guitars. Traditionally, the J-185 features a body Features Gibson Logo Nickel Grover Rotomatic Tuners Crown Peghead Logo Tortoise Pickguard Rosette Rosewood Fingerboard with Rolled Edges and Split Parallelogram Inlays Body Tonewoods (back, sides and top) L.R. Baggs Element Active Acoustic Pickup System Bracing Tapered Dovetail Neck Joint Radius Top Nitrocellulose Finish Body Binding Hardshell Case Included Nickel Grover Rotomatic Tuners Grover's original Rotomatic tuners are an engineering marvel, with style and performance exactly suited for the J-185. With a gear ratio of 14:1, the Crown Peghead Logo Gibson put the first crown peghead logo on an ES-300 back in 1940, and it has graced the headstocks of many legendary Gibson guitars ever since, inclu Pickguard The tortoise pickguard for the J-185 is Gibson's standard 1950s-style Jumbo shape. As with all of Gibson Acoustic's pickguards, the coloring, inlay, a Rosette The rosette on the J-185 is a double-ring rosette, with the main ring consisting of seven-ply binding, and the second ring three-ply binding, adding a Rosewood Fingerboard with Rolled Edges and Split Parallelogram Inlays The fingerboard of Gibson's J-185 is constructed from the highest grade rosewood on earth, which is personally inspected and qualified by Gibson's tea Body Tonewoods (back, sides and top) The top of the J-185 is made from AA-grade Sitka spruce, while the back and sides are constructed from AA-grade Eastern maple, giving the J-185 a perf L.R. Baggs Element Active Acoustic Pickup System Gibson Acoustic's J-185 comes equipped with the popular Element Active Acoustic Pickup System from L.R. Baggs, which features a low-profile undersaddl Bracing The bracing pattern inside the J-185 was created in 1951 as a smaller version of the design used in the Gibson's legendary Super Jumbos. This traditio  more