Pre-Owned Gibson 2009 SJ 200 Western Classic Pre War Model
Item: USGB03359014
Pre-Owned Gibson 2009 SJ 200 Western Classic Pre War Model
Item: USGB03359014
The Gibson Western Classic Acoustic Guitar offers just about every luxurious touch Gibson's luthiers could think of. The Western Classic captures the guitar's vintage feel perfectly. The exotic woods—including a premium solid Sitka spruce top, solid Indian rosewood back and sides, eastern curly maple neck, and ebony fretboard—are just the ground work. On top is built one of the most brilliantly ornamented Gibson guitars ever with 4-ply top and back binding, multi-ply fingerboard binding with birdsbeak, moustache bridge, mother-of-pearl graduated block fretboard and bridge inlays, Grover tuners, multi-layer SJ-200 shaped pickguard, 3-rope marquetry, and nostalgic torch headstock inlay. Gibson builds fewer than 30 Western Classic Prewar 200 guitars each year.
This model started production in 1938 as Gibson's top-of-the-line flat top guitar. It was initially called the Super Jumbo but the name changed in 1939 to the Super Jumbo 200. The name derived from its large 16 7/8" lower bout, with a double-braced red spruce top and rosewood back and sides and sunburst finish. In 1947 the name changed to the J-200 and the standard back and sides became highly figured maple. Gibson changed the name again in the 1950s to the SJ-200. Due to the depression and the following wartime austerity; demand for this expensive instrument was limited and production quantities were small.
The Gibson Western Classic Prewar 200 is a recreation of the prototype guitar developed for Ray Whitley.
This is an excellent condition 2009 model taken in from the original owner. A beautiful instrument that sounds really huge and bright. Really the "King of all Flat Tops."
Serial # 03359014
Pre-Owned Gibson 2009 SJ 200 Western Classic Pre War Model
Features:
- Faded Sunburst Finish
- Solid Sitka Spruce Top
- Solid Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
- Eastern Curly Maple Neck
- Multibound Ebony Fingerboard
- Block Inlays
- Gold Waverly Tuners
- 5-Ply Binding
- 3-Rope Marquetry
- L.R. Baggs Element Pickup
Includes:
- Original Gibson Hard Shell Case