Pre-War Slope Shoulder

*The Pre-War Guitars Co. of Hillsborough, NC
*Played by Molly Tuttle, David and Tracy Grisman, Tommy Emmanuel, Norman Blake, Jackson Browne, David Grier, Trey Hensley, Zac Brown, Bryan Sutton and Tons More
*This One: Lowest Distress Level
From the quickly-becoming-legendary Pre-War Guitar company comes this Gibson J-45 look-alike, although inside the box it harkens more towards their Martin style bracing. This is interesting because it has its own sound, which points toward a personal theory that the slope-shoulder body shape just might have an positive affect on tone compared to the more square Martin D shape.

It's out of Honduran mahogany and torrified Adirondack spruce, has the Gibson short scale, uses hot hide glue throughout, with the dovetail neck joint, 2-way adjustable truss rod and torrified brace wood. It's quite light construction, which brings out the full tone of all its parts and a very gratifying liveliness and pushing-air quality of its punch and power. And lightly built guitars like this one are eager to break in; the heavier the box, the more you have to pound on it to wake it up. This sweet guitar, if you play it a bunch, will give out more and fuller, richer sound with every string change.

Specs:
SCALE LENGTH 24.9"
FINISH Ultra thin aged Nitro Cellulose sunburst
BACK MATERIAL Honduran mahogany
TOP MATERIAL Torrefied Adirondack spruce
FRETBOARD AND BRIDGE MATERIAL Old Growth Indian Rosewood
NECK WIDTH AT NUT Vintage spec, 1 11/16"
Vintage spec, 2 3/16" bridge spacing.
BINDING MATERIAL Cream plastic
NUT AND SADDLE Bone
Vintage style Firestripe pickguard
Hardshell Case