Description
There's vintage-inspired beauty, and then there's a time machine. The Gibson Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Light Aged is the latter; a stunning revival of the rarest Super Jumbo ever built. Originally introduced in 1937, the SJ-200 quickly earned its crown as the "King of the Flat-Tops" for its monumental projection and bold, expressive tone. But before it was ever clad in maple, it came dressed in rosewood; and those early examples have become the holy grail for collectors. With production numbers low during the post-Depression era, the few rosewood-bodied SJ-200s that exist today are prized for their unparalleled tonal richness and historical weight.
This Pre-War SJ-200 from Gibson Custom's Murphy Lab captures that elusive magic. A solid thermally aged red spruce top is paired with rosewood back and sides for a tone that's huge, warm, and incredibly dynamic. Traditional scalloped red spruce X-bracing supports the top, giving it that dry, wide-open response favored in Americana, folk, and vintage country. And thanks to Gibson's light aging process, the guitar arrives with just the right amount of visual patina and tactile familiarity; it feels broken-in in all the right ways, without feeling overdone.
Playability is exceptional thanks to the two-piece AAA maple neck with walnut center strip, carved to a comfortable D profile. A bound ebony fingerboard with graduated crown inlays and 20 frets gives you a smooth, stable platform whether you're fingerpicking or strumming full chords. The longer 25.5" scale enhances note clarity and sustain, while the bone nut and saddle ensure rock-solid intonation and tone transfer.
Visually, this one tells its own story. The tortoise SJ-200 pickguard is adorned with multicolored dots and a double border; elegant and unmistakably vintage. Top, back, and headstock are all bound in multi-ply for a regal look, while the stinger on the back of the peghead adds a hidden vintage detail true to the originals. Gold Grover Imperial tuners complete the period-correct aesthetic, lightly aged to match the lacquer. And it all comes housed in a red line hardshell case, just like the ones Gibson used in the pre-war era.
The Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Light Aged is more than a throwback; it's a love letter to one of the rarest acoustics in Gibson's golden era. From tone to touch to look and feel, this Murphy Lab creation is a tribute to a legend. At Cream City Music, we're thrilled to offer a guitar that doesn't just reissue history; it revives it.
Specifications:
- Shape: SJ-200
- Top: Thermally Aged Red Spruce
- Back: Rosewood
- Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing; Red Spruce
- Binding: Multi-ply Top, Back, and Headstock, Single-ply Fretboard
- Neck: Two-Piece AAA Maple with Walnut Stringer
- Profile: D
- Nut Width: 1.725" / 43.815mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.5" / 647.7mm
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut: Bone
- Inlay: Mother of Pearl Graduated Crown
- Hardware: Aged Gold
- Bridge: Ebony SJ-200 Four Bar Moustache; Mother of Pearl Bars
- Pickguard: SJ-200; Multi-Colored Dots with Double Border
- Tuners: Grover Imperial
- Plating: Aged Gold
- Case: Period-correct Pre-War Red Line Hardshell
Sku: CSJB20PWFVSLA
This Pre-War SJ-200 from Gibson Custom's Murphy Lab captures that elusive magic. A solid thermally aged red spruce top is paired with rosewood back and sides for a tone that's huge, warm, and incredibly dynamic. Traditional scalloped red spruce X-bracing supports the top, giving it that dry, wide-open response favored in Americana, folk, and vintage country. And thanks to Gibson's light aging process, the guitar arrives with just the right amount of visual patina and tactile familiarity; it feels broken-in in all the right ways, without feeling overdone.
Playability is exceptional thanks to the two-piece AAA maple neck with walnut center strip, carved to a comfortable D profile. A bound ebony fingerboard with graduated crown inlays and 20 frets gives you a smooth, stable platform whether you're fingerpicking or strumming full chords. The longer 25.5" scale enhances note clarity and sustain, while the bone nut and saddle ensure rock-solid intonation and tone transfer.
Visually, this one tells its own story. The tortoise SJ-200 pickguard is adorned with multicolored dots and a double border; elegant and unmistakably vintage. Top, back, and headstock are all bound in multi-ply for a regal look, while the stinger on the back of the peghead adds a hidden vintage detail true to the originals. Gold Grover Imperial tuners complete the period-correct aesthetic, lightly aged to match the lacquer. And it all comes housed in a red line hardshell case, just like the ones Gibson used in the pre-war era.
The Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Light Aged is more than a throwback; it's a love letter to one of the rarest acoustics in Gibson's golden era. From tone to touch to look and feel, this Murphy Lab creation is a tribute to a legend. At Cream City Music, we're thrilled to offer a guitar that doesn't just reissue history; it revives it.
Specifications:
- Shape: SJ-200
- Top: Thermally Aged Red Spruce
- Back: Rosewood
- Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing; Red Spruce
- Binding: Multi-ply Top, Back, and Headstock, Single-ply Fretboard
- Neck: Two-Piece AAA Maple with Walnut Stringer
- Profile: D
- Nut Width: 1.725" / 43.815mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.5" / 647.7mm
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut: Bone
- Inlay: Mother of Pearl Graduated Crown
- Hardware: Aged Gold
- Bridge: Ebony SJ-200 Four Bar Moustache; Mother of Pearl Bars
- Pickguard: SJ-200; Multi-Colored Dots with Double Border
- Tuners: Grover Imperial
- Plating: Aged Gold
- Case: Period-correct Pre-War Red Line Hardshell
Sku: CSJB20PWFVSLA
