They say big things come in small packages, and the Parlor EC Rosewood proves it. Despite the rosewood back and sides, its small J-165 body produces incredible volume, and the sitka spruce top projects with power and precision. Gibson caps off this little wonder with an Advanced Response neck with 16” fingerboard radius and an LR Baggs Element pickup for a supremely pleasurable and playable parlor.
About Gibson Montana:
Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.
“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… or they become legend.” So wrote Montana author Jim Harrison, perhaps about the master luthiers of Gibson Montana, which produces all of Gibson’s acoustic guitars.
Body Shape: J-165
Top: Sitka spruce
Back and Side Wood: Rosewood
Bracing: Traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing
Binding: Multi-ply top, single-ply back
Finish: Nitrocellulose
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Profile: Advanced Response
Scale Length: 24.75”
Fingerboard Material: Richlite
Fingerboard Radius: 16”
Number of Frets: 19
Frets: Standard
Nut Material: Tusq
Nut Width: 1.725”
Inlays: Mother-of-pearl Single Parallelogram
Neckjoint: Compound dovetail neck-to-body joint
Tuner Plating: Gold
Bridge: Traditional Belly up, Richlite
Saddle Material: Tusq
Tuning Machines: Mini Grover Rotomatic
Pickguard: Parlor Avant Garde
Truss Rod Cover: B/W
Bridge Pins: Tusq
Pickup: LR Baggs™ VTC
Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone
Strings: 0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
Case: Gibson Hardshell
Other: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit