A Rosewood Square Shoulder Powerhouse

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

Specifications

Body

Body Style : Square Shoulder
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
Body Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck

Profile : Rounded
Scale Length : 647.7 mm / 25.5 in
Fingerboard Material : Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8 mm / 12 in
Fret Count : 20
Frets : Standard
Nut Material : Tusq
Inlays : Mother-of-pearl Parallelogram

Hardware

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 : Fishman Prefix Plus-T
Controls : Rib mounted controls with tuner

Miscellaneous

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