Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue Vintage Sunburst

Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue, Vintage Sunburst  
After the Gibson SJ-200 was launched in 1937, it quickly earned the title “the King of the Flat-Tops” due to its superior sound, physical size, outstanding projection, and majestic appearance. The earliest model years of the SJ-200 used rosewood for the back and sides, and this was switched to maple in 1947. Due to the harsh realities of the economy after the Great Depression, there was limited demand for the top-of-the-line SJ-200, and consequently, relatively few were produced. The rare rosewood-bodied pre-war SJ-200 models have become highly prized by today’s collectors, which has driven their used prices up significantly on the vintage guitar market. Now, Epiphone has partnered with Gibson Custom to create an Inspired by Gibson Custom recreation of this vintage icon, making it more readily available for today’s players to enjoy. The Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue is replete with vintage-inspired details, including solid rosewood back and sides, a thermally aged solid spruce top with traditional scalloped X-bracing made from quarter-sawn solid spruce, and a two-piece maple neck with a rosewood stringer and Round D profile and is attached to the body with a glued-in dovetail joint. The ebony fretboard is adorned with mother-of-pearl graduated Crown inlays and equipped with 20 standard frets. The SJ-200 style pickguard has vintage-style graphics, and the ebony SJ-200 open two-bar Moustache™ bridge has mother-of-pearl inlays. The nut, compensated saddle, and bridge pins are all made of bone. The Gibson “open book” headstock features a vintage Epiphone logo and a Gibson Crown inlaid in aged mother-of-pearl and has a stinger and an Inspired by Gibson Custom Double Diamond logo etched on the rear. In a nod to the needs of modern musicians, it comes with an under-saddle L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze VTC piezo pickup and active preamp with soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls pre-installed, so it is stage and studio ready, straight out of the included Red Line-inspired hardshell case with Inspired by Gibson Custom graphics. 

General

Series:

Epiphone Inspired by Gibson

Product Color:

Vintage Sunburst

Case Type:

Hardshell Case Included

Factory Setup:

E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape:

Super Jumbo

Acoustic Cutaway Type:

No Cutaway

Body Material:

Indian Rosewood

Body Finish:

Gloss

Top Material:

Thermally Aged Solid Spruce

Bracing Material:

Quarter Sawn Solid Spruce

Bracing Pattern:

Traditional Scalloped X-Brace

Body Binding:

Multi-Ply Top & Back

Neck

Neck Material:

2-Piece Maple w/Rosewood Stinger

Neck Finish:

Gloss

Neck Shape:

Round D

Fingerboard Material:

Ebony

Headstock Veneer:

Multi-Ply Headstock Binding

Nut Material:

Bone

Nut Width:

1.74″ (44.196mm)

Fingerboard Radius:

12″ (304.8mm)

Scale Length:

25.5″ (647.7mm)

Number of Frets:

20 Frets

Neck Joint:

Set Neck

Fingerboard Inlay:

Mother of Pearl Graduated Crowns

Inlay Shape:

Crowns

Side Marker Inlay:

Black Dots

Headstock Inlay/Decal:

Open Book Headstock Vintage Epiphone Logo w/Gibson Crown

Neck Binding:

Single Ply Cream

Electronics

Acoustic Electronics:

L.R. Baggs Element Bronze VTC

Hardware

Hardware Color:

Gold

Bridge:

Ebony Sj-200 Open Two Bar Moustache w/Mother of Pearl Inlays

Tuning Machines:

Grover Imperial

Pickguard:

SJ-300 Tortoise Pickguard w/Vintage Graphics

Truss Rod Cover:

2-Ply Black Bell

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