2020 Epiphone J-45 "Inspired by Gibson" Slope Dreadnought Guitar

This is a nicely-made copycat J-45 from Epiphone. It's got the shape, the size, and the handling down and sounds more or less close to a mid-late '50s J-45 in sound, though it's more glassy, fresh, and "new" in tone, of course. It also looks the part, too.

The setup was almost bang-on when it arrived here for consignment, so it just needed minor tweaking to bring it in-spec.

Repairs included: a quick setup.


Weight: 5 lbs 7 oz

Scale length: 24 3/4"

Nut width: 1 11/16"

Neck shape: medium C

Board radius: 12"

Body width: 16"

Body depth: 4 7/8"


Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid mahogany

Bracing type: x

Bridge: rosewood

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret:
3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 54w-12 lights

Truss rod: adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium


Condition notes: this is lightly-used and does have a few little minor scratches here and there from playwear but the only noticeable flaw is a longer scuff on the back that's not discolored and doesn't even show in the pics but just shows as a slightly different clearcoat where it's been scuffed... almost like an eraser got dragged along the back. Like I said... you can't even see it unless you're looking for it in changing lighting.


It comes with: its original semi-rigid gigbag.


















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