One of the best do-everything guitars ever designed, the 17” wide J-200 has a big and balanced voice with a surprising amount of brightness for such a large guitar. The fretwork is brand-new, completed here at Folkway this week, and there was no sanding of the fingerboard during the refret process. There is an area of delaminated finish on the back’s upper treble bout, a chip in the rosewood of the bridge behind the saddle, and a few areas of worn-away lacquer where the guitar was in contact with its owner while being played. The guitar is crack-free and its only repairs are a reglued back center-seam and two sections of reglued back brace joints. This example is in wonderful condition and original but for nut, saddle, and frets. Sometime in 1952, Gibson changed the top bracing to a double-X pattern with a much wider X angle and began using plywood sides – changes that had a noticeable effect on tone – and the 1947-1951 J-200 models offer a tone that’s unique among Gibson flattops. With its tapered headstock, early patent-applied-for Kluson tuners and single-X top bracing, this 1951 J-200 has the unique look and tone of those early maple J-200s. The model was the most expensive flat-top in the line-up at its introduction and has stayed that way that way ever since.īy around 1946, the pre-war rosewood SJ-200 evolved into the post-war maple J-200. The SJ-200 was introduced in the late 1930s after Gibson Endorsee Ray Whitley voiced his desire for a big guitar that would rival Martin’s showy D-45.
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