GIBSON J 200 DOUBLE PICKGUARD SERIAL NUMBER

Could this be a one-off customer order perhaps? Any help would be appreciated. The Bob Dylan SJ-200 Artist Model will cost at least 6,000 and maybe more than 10,000 street price. What gives with the pickguard though? I know until the end of the 60's or so, the J-200 was considered part of Gibson's 'custom line' or something. The guitar really has the Pete Townshend bright, thunderous vibe to it's tone. It also has the open, adjustable, screwed-in bridge, but not a tuneamatic. Most importantly, the guitar has the 'tone killing' screw on brace just ahead of the bridge (see photo) which was a 'feature' (I guess) of the J-200 after the early 60's. There is a line of binding running down the length of the back of the guitar. The guitar is 17' wide and has 7-ply binding. The fingerboard is light ebony and is very narrow at the nut (like most late-60's Gibsons). The back of the headstock has a 'stinger' on it, and the Gibson logo is missing the dot over the 'i' and has both an open open 'b' and 'o'. Please contact me here to sell a vintage Gibson acoustic guitar. Im always a vintage Gibson guitar buyer but I especially love the large Gibson acoustic guitars like the SJ-200. The guitar has wear on it and checking typical of a 45 year old player. This vintage 1948 Gibson SJ-200 acoustic guitar with engraved pickguard came through the shop a few years ago. Original, made in the US Grovers are also present.

GIBSON J 200 DOUBLE PICKGUARD SERIAL NUMBER

What it does have is it's six digit serial number that dates it to about 1968. The guitar also does not have a Gibson sticker anywhere on the inside of the box. PG 2686: GIBSON 1992 J-160E PICKUP COVER fits P-100 or P-90 Pickup 6 pole screw holes, 2 mount screw holes OEM Material: color 152 Black. Did Gibson have a habit in those days of custom making these guitars such that a customer could order a different guard? The Gibson J-200 flat-top guitar has a 25 1/2' scale length and features a 17' x 21' x 4.5' body with a solid Sitka Spruce top, Solid eastern curly maple back, sides and neck, Rosewood fretboard and 'moustache' bridge with Mother of Pearl Crown inlays on the fretboard and double inlay on the bridge, gold Kluson tuners with pearloid Keystone. There is no evidence of prior pickguard being removed. If you note in the pictures below, the pickguard is not the typical floral, tortoise-shell guard one typically sees on this model, but rather it is a plain-jane guard. The guitar sounds amazing, but something is puzzling me. I'm not in too much of a hurry or anything but i'm definitely interested in exploring the ren option.I came across an interesting late-60's J-200 recently. Terrapin will make them but they can't bind or carve them, well most of them anyway) Fortunately (i think it's fortunate anyway) his business of making what look like *really* nice custom acoustics is keeping him too busy to make pickguards right now. I emailed him the other day and he got right back to me.

Do you know if i need to contact them directly or go through a my certified dealer/warranty repair provider?ДЇor those who are interested in what i've been able to turn up too (and it's not too much), I found that John Greven () makes custom pickguards. This new 2018 Limited Edition 1968 SJ-200 offers details such as, a narrow 1.68вЂ™вЂ™ nut width, double antiqued binding, 60вЂ™s era solid Moustache bridge, and vintage-style SJ-200 pickguard. I might look into getting one of the repros. The King of the Flat-tops with the vintage vibe and feel from an era that became known as some of the most prized Gibson instruments. I had inquired about it a little while ago (2 years maybe) and I was told they only would sell the standard issue ones which always seemed a little cheap to me with the paint coming off and all that. I didn't know that Gibson would sell the pickguards on their own.

Gibson j 200 double pickguard