With its new J-200s, Gibson is continuing to hold its rightful place as one of the great guitar makers. Gibson Acoustic Guitar Buyers Guide Introduction The Gibson Acoustic Models Gibson Hummingbird Acoustic Guitars Gibson SJ-200 Acoustic Guitars Gibson J-45. Whether you buy one or not, you owe it to yourself to try one out, as this is one cool historical guitar. List price for this axe is $4,925, but it can easily be had for more than a thousand dollars less. Since new ownership took over in the 1980s, the quality of all Gibson products has improved, and the company is staying as viable as any guitar maker out there because of the craftsmanship on guitars like this one. You can understand why it has proved so popular over the years, a glamorous, reliable workhorse, for those who can afford it and therein might lie the only chink in its armour. Older J-200s are in high demand, especially ones from the days when the guitar was typically called the Super Jumbo, and ones made before the Norlin years when many Gibson products went south. So there we have it, the Gibson Montana SJ 200 Standard: beautiful to look at and lovely to play with a clear balanced tone. The controls are pretty convenient, just inside the top of the soundhole, but working the several switches can take some practice unless you find just one tone combination you like and stick with it, adjusting your tone with the controls on the PA or amp as needed. The J-200 comes with built-in Fishman Ellipse Aura electronics, with a switch for selecting four tonal images. The tortoise pickguard is Gibson’s standard Super Jumbo shape with the traditional floral and vine design, and the guitar has the love-it-or-hate-it moustache bridge. The guitar is gorgeous both sonically and aesthetically, featuring the old Gibson crown peghead logo (sometimes called the “thistle” logo), which has since been used on the pegheads of many Gibson models.
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