JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 So they finally signed the contract and are in production : JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Rolling thunder. . ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Yeah, but How Does It Feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 . Wowser. But I'm having a bit of trouble with the double pickguards. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Just like a woman, , , one presume. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfbird Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I don't understand the Bob Dylan connection. If it had been a Nick Lucas model or a J-50, it would make more sense. Even when Bob did play a J-200 around the time of Nashville Skyline (see Elliot Landy's cover shot) but it was hardly blinged-out. In recent years, I remember mostly Martins, though I admit I'm not up to date. Is this really what he's playing these days? I guess I should be thankful. There's no temptation here to blow 5 grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Well from what I understand that is the way Bob wanted his personal guitar . I would love one of these but was told no lefty versions will be made available. They come in two versions signed or unsigned The signed version is around 10k and the unsigned is half of that. It's things like this that make me hate being left handed . I really wanted one since I saw it at NAMM ... having double guards would leave just the bracing to be done properly. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I agree that a Nick Lucas with the Guild bridge would have been a far more interesting venture. By the way wasn't that J-200 on the LP cover given to Dylan by George Harrison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 They come in two versions signed or unsigned The signed version is around 10k and the unsigned is half of that. "Money doesn't talk, it swears" Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Speaking of Dylan guitars, can someone identify the guitar Dylan is holding on the cover on the new issue Rolling Stone? It's shaped like and looks like a blinged-out J-200, but with abalone body binding, etc. It's from the Big Pink era. Sorry, I didn't pick up a copy so that I could scan the cover, but I will in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Speaking of Dylan guitars, can someone identify the guitar Dylan is holding on the cover on the new issue Rolling Stone? It's shaped like and looks like a blinged-out J-200, but with abalone body binding, etc. It's from the Big Pink era. Sorry, I didn't pick up a copy so that I could scan the cover, but I will in a few days. Nick , That guitar is a Prarie State Jumbo (one of the larson bros brands) JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 We had that up before (I brought it) - it's a Prairie State. The Nashville S. J-200 also has it's own thread somewhere behind us. Interesting - not all solved - stuff. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Not my cup of tea blingwise, but fun stuff anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 If it isn't a thread exclusively about the Harrison/Dylan J-200, it's a serious dialogue about it within another thread. As I recall it, it seems Harrison might have bought it on the trip when he visited Dylan - for then to take it back to Britain for fx Here Comes The Sun. Only to lend Bob the guitar once more during Isle of Wright the following year (where B.D. also played a D-35). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 It now turns out that Dylan and Harrison shared Thanxgiving in 1968, which means the J-200 either wasn't bought in the US or never saw action during The White Album sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Take a look here ladies and gentlemen. . http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/79175-beatles-and-blues/page__st__20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 They just put up the spec sheet : After years of design and development overseen by the artist’s personal guidance, The Bob Dylan Autographed SJ-200 Collector’s Edition is an exact replica of Bob’s personal highly-customized SJ-200. Fashioned from highly figured Indian rosewood and AAA Sitka spruce. The headstock features the artist’s eye logo inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a Bella Voce mother-of-pearl inlay in the fret board. The double pick guards are ornately decorated with an inlay of abalone.Each model features a label autographed by Bob Dylan and is numbered in the series on the head block. Only 175 guitars will be made and distributed for worldwide sales. These guitars will also include a unique limited edition hard-shell case with embroidered artist’s eye logo. Reserve yours now at your authorized Gibson Montana dealer. http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/2014/Bob-Dylan-SJ-200-Autographed-Collectors-Ed.aspx JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Nick , That guitar is a Prarie State Jumbo (one of the larson bros brands) JC Thanks, JC and Em7. I knew I had seen that guitar somewhere, but couldn't remember where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 . Wowser. But I'm having a bit of trouble with the double pickguards. . It may just be the photos, but the color the back is stained, combined with the grain, makes it look very much like the maple back of my 1947 L-7. I never would have guessed it was rosewood from either the color or the grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It may just be the photos, but the color the back is stained, combined with the grain, makes it look very much like the maple back of my 1947 L-7. I never would have guessed it was rosewood from either the color or the grain. Stump-wood as some call it - but aka Mystic Rosewood - And that headstock inlay is real different - . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Stump-wood as some call it - but aka Mystic Rosewood - And that headstock inlay is real different - . The wood on Bob's personal guitar was stunning ... the one they used for the photos is nice but I fell in love with Bob's seeing it up lose was quite an experience. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Stump-wood as some call it - but aka Mystic Rosewood - And that headstock inlay is real different - There is decidedly an angel back there - and the crowned 'all-seeing' eye is much cooler than the British royal crown we saw on another 2oo in Polecastros hands recently. Have to say I think this giant suit Bob the Elder splendidly. But he has to mojo it in front of the carved rock fireplace - if not on the road. . "Mister Dylan - we need to hear your own unique ex in person. . " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Smurfbird Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 The funny part of all this is that Dylan hasn't been featured in the live mix for years. Every show I've attended or watched on YouTube has shown at least two guitarists louder than Bob in the mix. For years it was Larry Campbell. This guitar is beautiful but Bob's name on it is just more silliness. Like zomby quoted, "money doesn't talk, it swears." Or as I might tell Bob and Gibson: You got a lotta nerve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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