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Gibson Songwriter Standard Rosewood Antique Natural Acoustic Guitar With Case

SKU 04GIB012
by Gibson
Original price $ 1599.5 - Original price $ 1599.5
Original price
$ 1599.5
$ 1599.5 - $ 1599.5
Current price $ 1599.5

A Rosewood Square Shouldered Powerhouse

First introduced in 2003, the Songwriter combines Gibson’s time-honored bracing patterns of the 1930s, with our original dreadnought shape, providing a supreme tonal quality. Featuring beautiful rosewood back and sides paired with a Sitka spruce top. The Songwriter Standard Rosewood is Gibson’s modern rosewood dreadnought with a superior dynamic range.

The Gibson Songwriter offers a unique sonic experience due to its small square-shoulder dreadnought body and choice tonewoods. It provides a powerful acoustic tone with a solid Sitka spruce top and solid rosewood body. Additionally, the LR Baggs VTC electronics enable players to take it to the stage with great clarity and dynamic accuracy. With a beautiful aesthetic and excellent sound, the Gibson Songwriter will surely impress.

An abundance of deep, resonant sounds emanate from the solid rosewood back and side; additionally, the guitar features solid Sitka spruce on the top, which provides strong and robust tones.  This model also includes 1930s-style, hand-scalloped Advanced X-bracing, which further boosts its sustaining power and quality of sound.  The Songwriter provides a Comfort Contour neck profile to reduce hand fatigue while playing chords or single-note lines. Its bound fingerboard with rolled edges ensure a smooth experience up the fretboard. Ultimately, this level of comfort allows for extended performances without the struggle - this is wonderfully easy guitar to play.

The LR Baggs VTC acoustic pickup is included in the Gibson Songwriter. This low-profile under-saddle transducer allows for optimal sound transfer, faithfully reproducing a rich, realistic acoustic tone with strong dynamics and crystal-clear highs. A removable soundhole-mounted preamp and volume control are added without compromising the guitar's sound quality or playability.

Detailed Specifications

Body

Body Shape
Square Shoulder
Top
Sitka spruce
Back
Rosewood
Side
Rosewood
Bracing
Traditional hand-scalloped Advanced X-bracing
Binding
Multi-ply top, single-ply back
Finish
Nitrocellulose

Neck

Material
Mahogany
Profile
Round
Scale Length
25.5"
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
12"
Number Of Frets
20
Frets
Standard
Nut Material
Tusq
Inlays
Mother-of-pearl Parallelogram

Hardware

Tuner Plating
Gold
Bridge
Custom Line
Saddle Material
Tusq
Tuning Machines
Grover Rotomatic w/ Kidney Buttons
Pickguard
Custom Line
Truss Rod Cover
B/W
Bridge Pins
Tusq

Electronics

Under Saddle Pickup
LR Baggs™ VTC
Controls
Volume and Tone controls in soundhole

Miscellaneous

Strings
0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
Case
Gibson Hardshell
Accessories
Includes Gibson Accessory Kit