Tony Trout Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 This question just popped into my head since I mentioned being an Elvis Presley fan on another forum I visit: How many of the blone Gibson J-200 "Elvis Presley" replica guitars did Gibson make? How rare are they nowadays? I've always wanted one but - they seem to be quite difficult to find. As ya'll probably know, this guitar was a dead-on replica of the guitar that Elvis used on stage and during tours from 1969-1970 - after 1970 he started using the legendary 1969 Gibson Ebony Dove acoustic guitar that can be seen in the movie, "Elvis On Tour", and in the 1973 television special, "Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii" - he last used the latter guitar during his July shows in Asheville, NC in 1975 when he just simply walked over and gave the guitar to Mike Harris. Graceland auctioned that guitar off recently - I'm not sure who is the owner now. Anyway, I didn't mean to go off on a wild goose chase there. I'm simply looking for info regarind the blonde Gibson J-200 that Gibson reproduced (as did Epiphone) that has "ELVIS PRESLEY" and two stars engraved into the fretboard. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Gibson made 217 from 1996 to 2003. The big year was 1996 when they made 104. There were probably more made after 2003 but I got tired of looking. Production was down to 7 in 2003 They will probably be difficult to find as the folks that got them were impersonators and diehard fans. They probably won't sell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 A quick check of e-bay under Elvis Presley J200 shows a few black versions (diidn't see any blonde version) on there ranging from $4000-$4900. Hope this helps. QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 FWIW I set up an alert on Ebay so that whenever a Epiphone J-200 Elvis showed up it would let me know. I think I let it run for two years (it may be still running for all I know). The point is that in those two years I only got a handful of hits on that guitar and there were no bargains. But, now that I've written that, here's one: pretty good price too. Epiphone Elvis J-200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Wannabe Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Tiny Elvis says "Thank ya very much man, but y'all can't have my tiny J-200!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 There's one up for auction on Heritage plus a few other nice ones https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/vintage-guitars-and-musical-instruments/1998-gibson-elvis-presley-signature-limited-edition-j-200-natural-acoustic-guitar-176-of-250-serial-91108001/a/7143-85058.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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