Neither pickguard is original and I suspect the guitar has been refinished. The guitar body itself looks like it has seen better days, but that is to be expected from an instrument that has spent a lot of its life in a honky-tonk. I like the way that Bigsby used both his name and the Gibson inlay from the original headstock. (Here’s a great clip of Deke Dickerson playing Lefty Frizzell’s Bigsby-necked J-200.) Like most of the other renecked acoustics, this J-200 this neck is made of maple, very fancy maple in this case, topped with the distinctive Bigsby headstock. Like many of his more famous country music friends, Dewey Groom had Paul Bigsby make a new neck for his acoustic guitar. By all accounts the show was a mess but you can judge for yourself, The entire 37-minute set was filmed for posterity.Īnyway, back to the guitar. Yep, the Sex Pistols played the Longhorn during their brief tour of America. On January 10, 1978, the Longhorn entered rock history when Groom booked a certain band from England. Groom’ and his band The Longhorns were regular performers there as were stars like Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Charley Pride, Ray Price, Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Dewey Groom then bought the dance hall, which had been renamed the Longhorn Ballroom some time in the past. In the later 1950s, after Bob Wills had moved to California, the club was leased to Jack Ruby, the man who later shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of John F.
It currently retails for $899 and comes in two colors - Aged Vintage Sunburst and Aged Natural Antique.The Longhorn Ballroom started its life in the early 1950s as Bob Wills’ Ranch House, the Texas headquarters of the famed western swing pioneer. As of 2020, Epiphone released a new "Inspired by Gibson" model of the J-200, which brings the character and specifications of the Gibson model to a wider market. Gibson's brand, Epiphone, produces a more affordable version of the J-200. Gibson also does limited run models, such as the J-200 Koa, the J-200 Trophy, and Montana Gold. The SJ-200 Custom is a high-end model, featuring rosewood back and sides (like the original SJ-200s from the 1930s), a rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold hardware, Grover Imperial tuners, LR Baggs electronics, an upgraded case, the same three-piece neck as the Standard and Studio, abalone inlays, an engraved pickguard, an older, script-style Gibson logo, and a 'four ribbon bridge' instead of the Standard's 'two ribbon' bridge.Īlong with these three are two reissues, the True Vintage (based on the 1950s construction) and the Western Classic Prewar 200, which is similar in specifications to the original early models (rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard, block inlays). It also has a rosewood fingerboard and bridge, an engraved pickguard, and mother-of-pearl crown inlays. The SJ-200 Standard is available in sunburst and natural, featuring LR Baggs electronics, gold hardware, Grover tuners, figured maple back and sides and a three-piece laminate neck (maple/rosewood/maple). The SJ-200 Studio is the lowest model in the line, featuring walnut rather than maple back and sides, chrome hardware, a plain pickguard, natural finish and no fingerboard binding, but it retains the inlays and electronics of the SJ-200 Standard. Gibson currently makes many variations of the J-200. Early models made from rosewood are highly prized by collectors.
Due to the weak post-depression economy and wartime austerity, demand for this high-end guitar was very limited and production quantities were small. Gibson changed the name to the J-200 in 1955. In 1947 the materials used for the guitar changed to maple back and sides. The SJ-200 was named for its super-large 16 7/8" flat top body, with a double-braced red spruce top, rosewood back and sides, and sunburst finish. It was made at the Gibson Factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Gibson entered into production of this model in 1937 as its top-of-the-line flat top guitar, initially called the Super Jumbo, changing the name in 1939 to the Super Jumbo 200.
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