Visit GAK Vision for more videos: Видео Gibson vs. Beautiful to behold, it has huge sound that you can easily amplify via the under-bridge pickup. Roger Hubbard Blues Master Playing my Gibson J200 - : 1. The Epiphone EJ200CE Acoustic-Electric Guitar is Epiphone's version of the Gibson classic, the guitar you've seen in the hands of everyone from Elvis to Emmylou.īig jumbo maple body with a select spruce top, Moustache bridge, gold hardware, and crown inlays on the fingerboard. Rob Muzick Pro-Bono Achtop Bridge Demo - : 3:51 Nick Ferrell. It is simply the world's most famous acoustic guitar, and certainly one of most popular, as evidenced by the list of players that have made it their primary acoustic instrument, among them Ray Whitley, Emmylou Harris, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Gram Parsons, and Pete Townshend.
It gave purveyors of the new American music scene of the 1930s a reliable, well-built instrument, capable of projecting the sound of the guitar well beyond that of any other acoustic on the market-a fact that still holds true today.
Upon its introduction in the late 1930s, the J-200 immediately filled a need for a deeper, more balanced and powerful sound. Today-nearly 71 years later-the legacy of Gibson's "King of the Flat-tops" lives on in the new J-200 Standard. Watch this video in my guitars playlist - įrom its inaugural appearance in 1937, Gibson's J-200 set a standard others have been trying to match ever since. With its new J-200s, Gibson is continuing to hold its rightful place as one of the great guitar makers.Subscribe to GAK Vision for daily video demos and features. Whether you buy one or not, you owe it to yourself to try one out, as this is one cool historical guitar. List price for this axe is $4,925, but it can easily be had for more than a thousand dollars less. Since new ownership took over in the 1980s, the quality of all Gibson products has improved, and the company is staying as viable as any guitar maker out there because of the craftsmanship on guitars like this one. Older J-200s are in high demand, especially ones from the days when the guitar was typically called the Super Jumbo, and ones made before the Norlin years when many Gibson products went south. Top: Thermally treated and aged solid red spruce. Consequently, I had trouble getting a low action and thought the guitar might be suitable for the JLD Bridge system, which can correct bowed tops. Below have a look to the video of this guitar. Gibson J-200 lacquer cracks The top on this Gibson J-200 has bellied a bit, so much so that the lacquer on the top has started to crack. The controls are pretty convenient, just inside the top of the soundhole, but working the several switches can take some practice unless you find just one tone combination you like and stick with it, adjusting your tone with the controls on the PA or amp as needed. The guitar Gibson 1942 Banner J-45 VS is usually 100 cheaper than Gibson 1960 Hummingbird Fixed Bridge. The J-200 comes with built-in Fishman Ellipse Aura electronics, with a switch for selecting four tonal images. The tortoise pickguard is Gibson’s standard Super Jumbo shape with the traditional floral and vine design, and the guitar has the love-it-or-hate-it moustache bridge.
The guitar is gorgeous both sonically and aesthetically, featuring the old Gibson crown peghead logo (sometimes called the “thistle” logo), which has since been used on the pegheads of many Gibson models.