JH-440 is a model from the Hollowbody section of the Johnson Guitars catalog. This particular model belongs to the Las Vegas range and it is currently the only model. It comes with a single-cut body made of flamed mahogany back, regular mahogany sides and flamed maple top. This is one of the common combinations of tonewoods and it indicates the Gibson-styled tone, especially in combination with vintage-styled active humbuckers. This model comes in Natural and Tobacco Sunburst color schemes with gloss finish and gold-plated hardware. Bridge section features the tune-o-matic bridge and trapezoid tailpiece in the back. Active humbuckers in the front are equipped with a classic controls unit and three-way toggle pickup switch. Set in nato neck is topped with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard.

JH-440 Full Specs

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Binding Creme
Body Construction Acoustic
Body Construction Single cutaway
Body Shape L5S
Body Top Wood Maple (Flame)
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Wood Mahogany
Body Wood Maple (Flame)
Bridge Tune-O-Matic
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Carved Top Yes
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Inlays Parallelogram
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 14.00"
Finish Gloss
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Hardware Gold
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Shape Series Standard
Neck Wood Nato
Number of Frets 20
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard Yes
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length 24-3/4"
String Nut Syntetic Bone
Tuners Die-cast
Bridge Floating bridge
Custom Features: Dual Alnico Humbuckers

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Binding
Creme
Creme
Body Construction
Acoustic/Single cutaway
Single cutaway
Body Shape
L5S
L5S
Body Top Wood
Maple (Flame)
Maple (Flame)
Body Type
Hollowbody
Hollowbody
Body Wood
Mahogany/Maple (Flame)
Maple (Flame)
Bridge
Tune-O-Matic
Floating bridge
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Inlays
Parallelogram
Parallelogram
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
14.00"
14.00"
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Hardware
Gold
Gold
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Neck Shape
Series Standard
Series Standard
Neck Wood
Nato
Nato
Number of Frets
20
20
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard
Yes
No
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length
24-3/4"
24-3/4"
String Nut
Syntetic Bone
Syntetic Bone
Tuners
Die-cast
Die-cast
Bridge
Floating bridge
Floating bridge
1 User Review

Ymel Attila on 2017-11-12 06:30:48

I bought it cca 2003-4. I ve been using it 4-5 times a week in gigs for 3 years now. Perfect. I changed pups but the new ones are Chinese too - actually I never use the bridge position. Here is the guitar with my Fishman Min. https://youtu.be/hKyibpN29go It is refretted and now time to have it do again. Issue? By now I feel it a bit heavy. It sounds surprisingly mellow, warm. Beck is a bit chubby but ok. I changed tuners only last year. This is the first edition: smaller headstock, pups are not the EMG licence yet. Neck dimension also can be different on the later model - but I m not sure. Overall it was the best price/value budget jazzbox of its time.

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