Here’s the latest review from the Acoustic Review Live Room featuring an Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop 1942 Banner J45
Featuring…
- Classic round shouldered dreadnaught body size,
- Thermally aged solid spruce top,
- Solid mahogany back and sides,
- V profile neck,
- Laurel fingerboard,
- 24.75″ scale length,
- 1.73″ nut width,
- VOS polyurethane finish,
- Epiphone hardcase included.
Filmed at Paul Caboche Studios (Cornwall, UK), September 2024
Gibson Guitars Says…”Epiphone, in partnership with Gibson™ Custom, is proud to introduce the Epiphone 1942 Banner J-45™, an incredible recreation of the legendary original “Workhorse” model from 1942. This exceptional acoustic guitar has a thermally aged, solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, and a one-piece mahogany neck with a laurel fretboard, a V-shaped profile, and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. The headstock features the world-famous Gibson “open book” profile and has the Inspired by Gibson Custom double diamond logo etched on the back and an “Epiphone Inspired by Gibson” banner on the front. It is stage and studio-ready with the built-in L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze VTC preamp and under-saddle L.R. Baggs Bronze piezo pickup system and a hardshell case with the Inspired by Gibson Custom logo is also included.”
Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop 1942 Banner J45: UK RRP: £1,199.
For more details, head to: www.epiphone.com
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Photography by Guy Harrop on location at The West Wing, Goodleigh, North Devon.
