Is a Gibson J-200 worth it?

Is a Gibson J-200 worth it?

I own plenty of guitars, many of them Gibson and this J200 wins the prize. The gutiar is beyond beautiful in every way but most importantly, plays and sounds huge. Yes, this guitar is loud but it’s also crisp and well balanced, very well balanced. No matter how expensive, the guitars are still made in a factory.

How much does a Gibson SJ 200 cost?

The Gibson Tom Petty SJ-200 Wildflower acoustic guitar is available now – in an Antique Natural finish – for $9,999. It will be limited to just 100 examples, each hand-built in the company’s Acoustic Custom Shop in Bozeman, Montana.

When did the Gibson J-200 come out?

1937
The History: The first example of what we now know as the J-200 went intro production in 1937. Manufactured at the Gibson Factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the company intended to establish it as their new top-of-the-line flat top, replacing the Advanced Jumbo that they’d introduced in 1936.

What kind of tone does Gibson Montana SJ 200 play?

Plug it in and it continues to be extremely well behaved, with the LR Baggs Anthem system providing great reproduction of the acoustic tone with subtle variations possible from the mix dial. So there we have it, the Gibson Montana SJ 200 Standard: beautiful to look at and lovely to play with a clear balanced tone.

What was the price of a Gibson 200?

You might also want to take in George Harrison’s Here Comes the Sun or anything by the Everly Brothers, the list is endless. It made its first appearance in the 1938 Gibson catalogue, the 200 designation coming from its price tag of $200, a fortune back then. For an extra $50 you could have had your name inlaid in the fretboard.

What kind of binding does a Gibson Guitar have?

The iconic, (there’s that word again) Gibson headstock sits at an angle of 17 degrees and has added visual definition from the cream binding. The Gibson legend and crown are in mother of pearl and the machine heads are gold-finished Grover Rotomatics with a ratio of 14:1 – nice.