![]() I've attached the photo so you can take a look. I believe this spelling error strongly suggests a counterfeit guitar. I never paid much attention to the spelling of Bozeman until I started thinking about selling the guitar. It then dawned on me that the location of the custom shop was misspelled- Boseman instead of Bozeman. After talking with you last evening, I went back to the photos I took of the guitar yesterday afternoon and took a good look at the label inside the guitar's body. #GIBSON J 200 CUSTOM GUITAR CENTER SERIAL#I never had reason to question the guitar's authenticity until your call regarding the serial number. I did get a chance to play the guitar at the Guitar center- my SJ-200 compares favorably to the one I played. Amazingly enough, the local Guitar Center had an SJ-200 in stock before I purchased this one. A former guitar instructor who is extremely knowledgeable about guitars, also inspected the instrument and praised it. The depth is 4 inches in the upper part of the chamber and the lower part is 4.75 inches deep. The upper bout is 12.25 inches and the lower bout is 10.25 inches. When I took the guitar to Steve Kovacik to have the action lowered, he looked it over, played it and pronounced it a very nice guitar. Todaynearly 71 years laterthe legacy of Gibson’sKing of the Flat-tops lives on in the Gibson J-200 Standard acoustic-electric guitar. The stylish J-200 offers a Jumbo guitar size. Due to the weak post-depression economy and wartime austerity, demand for this. Gibson changed the name to the J-200 in 1955. In 1947 the materials used for the guitar changed to maple back and sides. ![]() The guitar arrived in its Gibson case with all of its Gibson paperwork. The SJ-200 was named for its super-large 16 7/8' flat top body, with a double-braced red spruce top, rosewood back and sides, and sunburst finish. ![]()
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