Condition: Used, Excellent

SP Luthier Notes: This instrument has been carefully inspected and, if necessary, serviced by our certified luthier to ensure it is in excellent playing condition.

The Gibson Custom Shop '52 J-185 is a J-185 jumbo acoustic guitar rendered in Antique Natural with a VOS thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Body construction features a thermally aged Sitka spruce top with traditional hand-scalloped hide-glue X-bracing, paired with flame maple back and sides and multi-ply binding. Its mahogany neck uses a compound dovetail joint and a "V" profile, featuring a rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl parallelogram inlays, 20 standard frets, a 24.75" scale length, 12.0" radius, and a 1.72" bone nut. Weighing 3 lbs 14 oz, hardware includes a rosewood belly-up bridge, bone saddle, bone bridge pins, and gold-plated Gotoh Keystone tuners. A hardshell case is included.

One of the most fabled Gibsons of all time, the J-185 was originally released in 1951. Designed to be just slightly smaller in proportion to the larger SJ-200, the J-185 used similar appointments, Sitka spruce and maple back and sides for its construction. This Custom Historic 1952 J-185 is enhanced with a thermally aged Sitka spruce top and gorgeous flame maple back and sides. Sporting classic J-185 appointments including iconic Maltese crosses inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the open slot bridge, this is a rare model, but highly desired by artists and performers worldwide.