1957 SJ-200
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Inspired by Gibson Custom instruments are Epiphone’s premium recreations of some of the most popular and iconic guitar designs of all time. The Collection delivers faithful recreations of legendary models with premium appointments such as Gibson USA pickups, historically accurate “open book” headstocks, and solid wood construction. Crafted by Epiphone, Inspired by Gibson Custom delivers an unrivaled combination of professional features and accessibility.
The King of the Flat-Tops, the Choice of Legends
The world-famous SJ-200 is known as the “King of the Flat-Tops,” and It’s been the choice of countless legends, from singing cowboys to country, folk, and rock icons, right up to some of today’s most popular artists. Now Epiphone, in collaboration with Gibson Custom, is proud to release the 1957 SJ-200. This impressive guitar features a thermally aged solid Sitka spruce top supported by scalloped X-bracing, solid figured maple back and sides, and a flame maple neck with a C-profile, laurel fretboard, and graduated crown mother of pearl inlays. The headstock has the Gibson “open book” shape, along with a mother-of-pearl crown and Epiphone logo inlays, and the Inspired by Gibson Custom double diamond logo etched into the back. The iconic J-200 open moustache bridge and engraved pickguard are also present, along with a compensated bone saddle, bone nut, and bone bridge pins. It even comes equipped with an L.R. Baggs VTC preamp and under saddle pickup, so it’s ready to rock on stage or in the studio as soon as you take it out of the included Inspired by Gibson Custom hardshell case.
A battery is not included. To power your pickup, you will need a 9-volt battery.
Specifications
Body
- Body Style : Jumbo
- Body Shape : SJ-200
- Body Material : Solid Figured Maple
- Top : Thermally Aged Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back : Solid Figured Maple
- Side : Solid Figured Maple
- Bracing : Scalloped X-bracing
- Binding : Six-ply Top, Four-ply Back, Single-ply Fretboard and Headstock
- Body Finish : VOS (Vintage Original Sheen) Polyurethane
Neck
- Profile : C-profile
- Scale Length : 647.7 mm / 25.5 in
- Fingerboard Material : Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius : 304.8 mm / 12 in
- Neck Material : Flame Maple with Walnut Center Stringer
- Fret Count : 20
- Frets : Standard
- Nut Material : Bone
- Nut Width : 43.7896 mm / 1.724 in
- Inlays : Mother of Pearl Graduated Crown
- Joint : Compound Dovetail
Hardware
- Bridge : Open J-200 Moustache; Laurel with 2 Mother of Pearl Bars
- Saddle Material : Compensated Bone
- Tuning Machines : Epiphone Deluxe
- Pickguard : J-200 Engraved Celluloid
- Truss Rod : Dual Action
- Truss Rod Cover : 2-ply, 3-hole 1957 SJ-200
- Bridge Pins : Bone
- Strap Buttons : Endpin Jack
Electronics
- Under Saddle Pickup : L.R. Baggs VTC
- Controls : Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone
- Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin
- Preamp : L.R. Baggs VTC
Miscellaneous
- Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024w, .032, .042, .053
- Case : Hardshell with Inspired by Gibson Custom Logo
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