All user reviews for the Gibson SJ-200

Made in the USA recess ..

22 frets

I have installed on mine (J-200 1991) an audio system Fishman Ellipse Aura, to electrify and thus connect during concerts.

UTILIZATION

The handle is it enjoyable?
Haha, I've never played such a good handle ... you can play for hours and hours without getting sore fingers!

Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
Not very important .. this is a guitar strumming / picking at the base ...

Gets it easy to sound good?
Uh ... YES!
A simple agreement reveals all its richness with this guitar, it SOUNDS!

SOUNDS

Are they suitable for your style of music?
Perfectly!

What are the sounds you prefer, you hate?
Bass are, acute are not eaten, the same mediums means everything perfectly well, it is one of the most balanced guitars I think ...
Powerful trunk, wealth, space, clarity!

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
a little over 1 year and a half

Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Yes, J-200 68, but that was out the budget ...
a J-91 but 200 KOA (Hawaiian wood I think) but I did not really like .. (its much more "mat")

What is the particular feature you like best and least?
I love it. its form, sound, touch, EVERYTHING.

How would you rate the quality / price?
Good question .. I know the J-200 is paid a certain price .. but I do not know if there as well and as comfortable and in the same style in another brand ..
and then even if there is, I prefer Gibson ...

With experience, you do again this choice?
OH YES!

The SJ 200 is an acoustic guitar from Gibson. It has a Fishman Aura Ellipse Pickup system. The body is a bound jumbo size made from curly maple, and the top is a solid Sitka spruce piece. The neck is made of mahogany, and the fretboard is rosewood. The inlays are a nice crown design, and the bridge appears to be ebony with a neat "mustache" shape. The pickguard has some nice flower designs on it, and the Gibson tuners are gold.

UTILIZATION

Aside from being a wonderful instrument, I this is one of Elvis's favorite acoustics! Gibson has updated the SJ with a very modern Fishman pickup system, and it works well here. The guitar plays very well, and has incredible workmanship. The only reason why I'm marking this a 9 instead of a 10 is because the giant body can make it a tad uncomfortable to get the picking arm around it. It is not the most ergonomic acoustic guitar out there...

SOUNDS

...however, that lack of ergonomics is due to the giant size. And that giant size makes the guitar sound INCREDIBLE. I have never heard an acoustic guitar with more power and impact than this one. The dynamic range is excellent, and this guitar will get as loud as the loudest singers can strum, and then some. The low end is gorgeous and rich, and the mids are bright and focused. This is mainly a strummer's guitar, but sounds great fingerpicked in low tunings. The Fishman system is flawlessly integrated into this and sounds very luscious and detailed.

OVERALL OPINION

I know, I know - the sound is amazing, but the size is a bit off-putting. And the reason for both is the same reason - it is big simply because that design sounds great on this. This is a wonderful instrument, but that comes at a steep price - street on it is under $4000. Try one out if you have the cash.

Table pica solid AAA Sitka
Back in the Saddle and wicker covers "curly" AAA quality
Handle Saddle
Indian rosewood (20 squares)
Indian rosewood bridge
Length of the pitch 25-1/2 "(approx 65 cm)
Nut Width 1725 (about 4.38 cm)
Mcaniques dores Grover Rotomatic
Electronic rglage with active volume in the rosette
Finish Antique Natural

The Saddle is wonderful flame of the head through the neck to the bottom of the box. Sublime. The Fishman is prampli trs good, a more than natural.

UTILIZATION

The handle is perfect! Although pais, but not too much a handle end is not suited for this kind of guitar, this is not for any Manir a
The form is trs Aesthetics (aaaaaah those curves!) And as I am that great I have no problem, unlike the J-45 and others do less work for me ... And have I mentioned the smell? No? Well has been a year since I use it (a lot) and there is always that smell truly intoxicating ..

SOUNDS

Personally I play normment of songs and strumming arpges. And I tried the guitar and I can not say that no guitar has given me so many feelings (well if Martin and Taylor almost twice Chres ...). It vibrates everywhere, rich in harmonics and especially one of espce rverb / trmolo natural that last note.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year and a half then.

The pros:
- The outstanding sound
- The shape
- The Violin (perfect finish, pickguard kitchissime wish, saddle Flamm mythical bridge ...)

The -:
- THE PRICE! The report qualitprix is ​​not the best it's true. But what quality ...

To tell you, this only last year that I have and I've never composed. This guitar is really my prfre me and pushed me to the same song

If you can go try it and compare it with others, it is really great!

USA
20 frets
mustache bridge

UTILIZATION

The handle is a delight
No this is not a cutaway so the access is restricted to acute
Ergonomics is the ideal for me
we go to sleep on it
y aqu a scratch to make a big slap!

SOUNDS

This guitar is "the" folk guitar

OVERALL OPINION

Please note I have bought the d OCCAZ and then all the new that I have tried
m it seemed much worse, the Maple takes her every day of use!
a device of that class n have no price
famous value for money means nothing to an instrument!
the gold will never sell at the price of flour!

SJ 200 natural fabiquée in Bozeman, Montana.
20 frets.
Back and sides flamed maple, spruce top.
Easel famous mustache
INLAYS pearl.
The famous vintage look of the sj 200!

UTILIZATION

Beautiful flamed maple neck.
The guitar is a jumbo, but very lightly.

SOUNDS

L asonorité is extraordinary: very deep bass and treble .... sharp!
A spectrum very Equilib!

OVERALL OPINION

The guitar of my dreams! Nothing in the world, I would change.
Guitar mostly reserved for the rhythm and picking-pick.
For the game to your fingers, take a Martin!

Price Paid: 3800 euros.

The guitar gets better ... that happiness!!

Gibson then US and violin of exceptional quality
20 frets
Bridge mustaches
Electro docks with all the indoor hideout, so discretion and top class

UTILIZATION

The handle is round but super enjoyable, it's a jumbo so large, but does not impede, the sound is fantastic, everything is equilibrated the overtones that dfile ds note is played. The bass is powerful and deep, treble and slamming mdiums soften. It records the sound, she gives away pop rock, blues, one would think.

SOUNDS

It great for me, it became my main scratch, because I play my components (Songs texts. For the solos if you do not go on the treble, it is impccable

OVERALL OPINION

It is the myth, the guitar of Elvis, Thieffaine and many others. This is not an instrument like the others, it has a soul, is a comparable Ferrari is an absolute myth. The report price is no quality in this case, what price for the Mona Lisa, what price for a Ferrari 250 SWB.
It is only superlatives. This is my second GIBSON, I have an Angus Young Signature, I found extra, but we're in the home of sublime sublime. On this guitar not only the default Super.

Micro Piezo trs trs good qualitbr /> The handle is fine
The sound is powerful
No holes in the box for prapmli, those who do not dnature sound.
knob the volume of the rosette is ready.
Lutherie sublime

UTILIZATION

I use it in Studio and Scne. This guitar is perfect in all situations.
Except on the beach, it hurts the heart to put it in the sand hahahahaha

SOUNDS

Rock / pop

OVERALL OPINION

I bought MODEL Sunburst. Not easy to find this color.
This guitar is absolutely fantastic.
You put him and adchire any effect, no effect is also standard.
The Power of Rock and.
I do not regret my purchase one second, it's the guitar I always wanted.
Handle the particularity of not being off (useful for small hands) and the bass drum you dcoiffe Jumbo. Power, finesse and esthtisme.
It's hard for me to play something other than Gibson Acoustics now.

Manufactures in the United States (no one is perfect!)
Famous mustache bridge
This is one on which a luthier SJ200 adding a passive sensor FISHMAN (especially not prampli see below)

UTILIZATION

The handle is a ski trail. APRS jou have on this guitar, no one else you like!
No Access in pan then suddenly a few acute gn.
This is a super jumbo then it is plump.
It comes into its own in mdiator. If you play with your fingers, you will get a sound so rich that the notes end up shuffled (rsonances long) unless you are familiar with the choking prcis ropes.

SOUNDS

This is a guitar for the rhythm to mdiator. It vritablement guitar with the folk sound mighty warm.
Deep bass and brilliant highs. Mdiums perfectly balanced and warm.
She loves to be played without too much pressure on the treble. Allger his shot mdiator arriving on the treble.
With my sensor mounting FISHMAN is a monster scne. THE FIRST A note is the rection ensures hairy!
She loves country music type o is the low mark before the agreement graining.

OVERALL OPINION

Since a year of happiness intgral ... Rhaaa! (I bought it used because it is 10 years old)
It is so powerful that it breaks a studio head (harmonies running around everywhere, rsonances long ...)
I sold: ADAMAS1 deluxe deep bowl, TAYLOR 814ce, TAKAMINE ESF48C is the comparison does not hold. The SJ200 crasis comfortable three guitars type compltement diffrent upscale but admit it. To be (slightly more) prcis the trs TAYLOR is brilliant compared to the folk there and no picture, but too powerful ADAMAS type, TAKAMINE too aggressive ...

I emphasize that it is better to buy an acoustic and SJ200 to add to it a sensor NO PREAMP FISHMAN (since it is 100 times prfrable to use a real external prampli paramtrable type PARA ACOUSTIC LR BAGGS from home for example).
With this arrangement you win 1500E on the price of the SJ200 EC (I compared and it's really better to use an external prampli plutt than SJ200 EC on the Mount of origin.)

I applied to you Submitted this guitar that I use in running ...
Com I lost hope of finding a real guitar folk powerful, warm, lgre ... It is a truly great production quality and sound. You risk nothing but watch out for or against fawn SJ200 rcentes! Prfrez A model of a decade, much better! A guitar of this level gets better with age!
Let me tell you that I would do this choice with his eyes closed!
I prcise I do not sell it and that this notice carefully rflchi t!

Jumbo guitar has no reference to his long and continuing. Heard on numerous recordings and on stages for 60 years.

UTILIZATION

The handle is round, a small C very comfortable.
The fund, rather bulky provides excellent maintenance of the instrument.
The model I own does not frieze. The action is low and the bars have never been so easy to play on the term. Mine is mounted with a preamp AURA a hallucinatory quality. I'd rather the usual type of microphones M1 active, but modeling has given me mixed with Piezo better result on stage.

SOUNDS

This guitar is very versatile. Picking, strumming, country, rock, folk.
Easier to play down the handle than other gibson (between 7 and 10th box eg, lower on the folk I'll never).
It is an instrument that dominates my mind.
I tried and owned a lot of folks before stopping on this instrument. Of Gibson J45 (excellent), Hummingbird, the Martin D28 (charming), D35 (Dry flattering but hard to add sound).

The J200 is the best balanced!

It is a delight in recording studio. Easy to add sound, regardless of the axis selected by the sound engineer (Mono, XY, ORTF ,...), it will always be on the tape the sound that makes all the difference.
Very nice on stage too. The treble is never over-bright, cold never invasive. And yet this guitar exudes a beautiful power.

On the power and volume:
I often read that this guitar off a high SPL. Not true! It is certainly having a big hands jumbo that made us believe it unconsciously. But I played several J200 and whenever I was surprised that some Dreadnougt emerged more volume (D45, D35).
It's a bit like the J200 compressing itself all frequencies excessive. That's exactly what his strength. That is precisely why we bit more to him "fit in" and make him get out of wholesale levels, wood! We can play it louder than the guitar above.
And again, the balance remains. This guitar meets all the nuances of the game

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 10 years but I have a 2 years, bought new vintage as tested does not hold water, but one that was overpriced.
Moreover be careful not to buy guitars without trying. It's a bit trendy these days with the net. Some new J200 sound really worse than others, it's like all the others. Vintage and prestige does not mean. I met so-called mythical instruments sold very ones who had lost her altogether ...

What I like most:
- THE SOUND!
- Versatility, studio, stage, all kinds ...
- The ease of play
- The Aura preamp originally fitted.
- The neat violin (on mine ...)
- The look

What I like least:
- A big pile, but at the same time its curves give it the charm.

I will not repeat characterizes them, are well known.

Mine is natural color, without piezo, it dates from 2000, is a lefty model.

The appearance of the guitar is very dated, somewhat kitschy current view with eyes, but the J200, it should be taken as it is, with its look, or go to a guitar dressed bourgeois if not more not assume it.

UTILIZATION

Neck fine and pleasant. A jumbo size has a significant, must be taken into account when playing standing and that it is not very large.

We immediately obtain the classic albums of 60s, type Stones.

I bought it in 2003 with a severance payment at the time. I wanted at least that used to pay me something useful and I went to Pigalle (although I am often reluctant to go in view of everything you know about the execrable host who is available to clients in some shops). I had a terrible luck that day because when entering the first store and explaining my situation ("I want a beautiful guitar my budget is almost unlimited"), I managed to interest a bit the seller (I'll stop by the irony.).

Knowing I'm left-handed, even with a good budget, the problem is often the stores, even niche left, often do not stock high-end, always order: finally you can not see much interest go to a store because you can not try anything.

My luck that day was that the seller told me it was just what you are looking I think, wait a second, and he leaves the SJ200, something absolutely impossible to find in lefty and I've also never been found I play some simple chords on it and the thing is understood from my side: I must have it. This was my first major guitar and got on it in 3 seconds: it seems to play an organ when you put hands on it: the sound is crystalline, balanced, hot and with the stamp of classical discs mentioned above. To be honest, I thought the sound came from the microphones of the era, preamps, but the sound was there from all over the guitar.

(I put only 7 for some reason I will detail below.)

SOUNDS

It's perfect for gaming agreement, or folk type ballads, and it's a fun record.

It can be played with flexible pick, stroking just the high strings for rendering fine, a bit like Cat Stevens, or with a harder by attacking the bass which gives it some authority.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 7 years. I must say I think it moved a little because I could not get a handle proper setting: either the strings were too high after the 7th fret, they are curled, independently adjusting truss rod and nut. I even ended up leaving a little aside and told me that I should still take him a luthier to review everything as it became disappointing, and then I ended up trying to fit it into 13 / 56 instead of the standard 12/53 to see. I inquired before about whether it might not damage it and miracle of perfection, as if she had finally, and by chance moved so as to have the ideal setup in medium 13/56: perfect action without friezes but not too high either and then, what a sound!

If you know the show "Elvis Comeback Special 1968: sample: ) is the grain of the Elvis Presley J200 (or almost). I wonder if not also with medium strings because I've never succeeded with any other guitar in this approach except grain since my J200 is mounted bronze drawing medium.

Outstanding guitar at his classic and instantly recognizable. She will remain with me till the end now and will never be sold (at least I hope)