A very unique guitar both sonically, and aesthetically. This guitar truly looks as good as it sounds with the reddish Mountain Rose Amber stain, over the quilted maple back and sides, and Spruce Top. This guitar was very well maintained, and has almost no playing wear or blemishes, aside a very very small dent on the front. The nut width on this guitar measures in at 1 3/4", which makes it pretty suitable for most styles of playing. A both strummers and fingerstyle players will appreciate this guitars sonic capabilities, as well as it's very slim neck profile. With a lower measurement bout of 16" and an upper bout of 11 5/8", paired with a depth of 4 3/4" this guitar sonically is in a league of it's own, still strikingly similar to a jumbo in it's scooped midrange type of tone, but with a lot of natural brightness. Ofcourse there'll be some photos later on.A Junior sized Jumbo! The best of both worlds! A very rare guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop - here we have a really interesting J-200 in the JR size. No scratches, even surfaces, great finnish. Shape - the moment You get it in perfect tune, magic happens. Gimme info on forums or prices for this kinda rare guitar. Ebay? No way.įurthermore, I live and breathe in Finland so there might be moments that extra efforts have to beĪll in all - post Your thoughts.
What to do? It goes without saying that I have to find people that know of this guitar. Well, it's a hard one, it goes without saying, but the band that I am playing in is not into 12-strings at allĪnd I want to get myself a few more guitars and stuff that fits our genre. And it has to land in a good home where it can be appreciated as for what it is. Glad to notice that I finally, finally found a forum that mention my guitar, the Gibson J 200 JR 12.īut. I've always far preferred these to the rosewood Songwriter and Hummingbirds and other 12-strings that Gibson built. I agree with Hogeye about the 16" jumbo maple body being a close to ideal shape and volume and balance, with clarity and good sound, for a 12-string guitar.
I have a photo of a J-200Jr-12 with a 1995 serial number on it, so they must have produced a few after the main period of 1992-3. Incidentally, the J-200Jr was built on a 25.5" scale in its six-string version - similar to the J-185s that preceded it in 1990-2 - but the 12-string J-200Jr was built on a short 24.75" scale. The J-185-12 was lighter in build, and bolder in tone, but I *always* liked the look of the J-200Jr-12 a bit better. I eventually sold it because the neck was just a bit too hefty for my hand's comfortable playing.īy 1999, Gibson made the J-185-12 string model, basically a similar guitar to the J-200Jr-12, but with a different look for sure. If you have a J-200Jr from that era that HASN'T folded up, then it's a GOOD ONE!" The returned ones we hid under stairwells and behind boxes so that when the brass came around on tours, so they wouldn't see these things. I happened to mention this to Ren, and he said "Yes, we built a bunch of those guitars (12-string) back in the early '90s a lot of them just folded up and came back to the factory for repairs and replacement. There are probably others as well.Ī number of years ago, a friend of mine alerted me to the presence of a J-200Jr-12 string, for sale at a local (to him) store. They did a J-200 12 - J-100 extra 12 - B45 12 string reissue and a couple of Hummingbird 12 strings. Steel String Acoustic Electric Guitar Sonoran Sce Acoustic Electric Guitar Fender Tim Armstrong Fender Sonoran Sce Acoustic Electric Guitar Taylor 314Ce Acoustic Electric Guitar Solid Spruce Top Epiphone Masterbilt Dr-500Mce Talman Acoustic Electric Ec Acoustic Electric Guitar Vs Acoustic Electric Guitar Ovation Standard Elite Epiphone Ej-200Ce.
Gibson did try to crack the 12 string market several times. I believe that the Guild 212 XL is the finest 12 string out there and the J-200 jr 12 is a very close second. The J-200 and the J-100 should have been the best because of their size but they just sounded to busy. It's a nice size and has the strength to deal with the extra tension.
The J-200 Jr is the perfect platform for a 12 string.
The originals were the standard for years. The B-45 reissue should have been a good guitar but something was missing and it never sounded quite right. A guy from the Homecoming group saw it and bought it. I saw a beautiful Herritage Cherry Hummingbird at Music Villa a couple of weeks ago that was a wonderful guitar. They did a J-200 12 - J-100 extra 12 - B45 12 string reissue and a couple of Hummingbird 12 strings.
Where there different series (bad and good), what do you know about? Yes, it is from 1992 and realy a great instrument.