This 17-inch Gibson has a spruce top and a beautifully carved maple rear and backside. Over 80 years later the J-200 is still the flagship of Gibsons acoustic line! Despite this change of name the label, inside the body, would carry the name SJ-200 till the late 1950’s. In the catalogue the SJ-200 was renamed to J-200. It was instantly liked by guitarists around the USA.Īfter World War II Gibson dropped the term “Super”. With its big, elegant body shave, engraved tortoise pickguard, “moustache” bridge with pearl inlay and gold tuners it was widely considered as being the best looking guitar on the market. The Gibson SJ-200 first appeared in Gibsons catalogue in 1938. These bigger, luxurious and beautifully decorated models were only produced on demand. Because it was well liked Gibson named the guitar the L-5 special, but a year later renamed it to “Super Jumbo”. Moviestar Ray Whitley, “the singing cowboy”, got a custom 17-inch Western model manufactured just for him.
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