So I did a thing... Recently, I came across this Iguana Burst SJ-200 at a ridiculously high price. I financed it at 0%. To my knowledge, it was the very last remaining model sold by any big box retailer. They cannot be found anywhere else, unless you look on eBay and buy from either Japan or Korea. How can I find out definitively whether or not it’s the last production model? I have the 2018 model, with a truss rod cover that says “Custom,” but other images show a truss cover that says, “Limited.” I don’t believe they are different guitars. But perhaps they are in fact different? If anyone has knowledge about this model, please drop it in the comments!
I would like to find out if my SJ-200 is the last model produced, and whether or not there's a difference between mine that displays a "Custom" truss cover, vs. others I see online, like on this official legacy spec sheet that dons a "Limited" truss cover.
http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/2018/SJ-200-Iguana-Burst.aspx
I have been obsessed with the SJ-200 since the 90s when I saw James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins pictured in a one-page photo spread with what I remember to be a black jumbo Gibson acoustic guitar with a white 3-point country & western-style pickguard. I haven’t been able to find that photo since, but I would love to find it and will pay someone $10 (negotiable) by PayPal to whoever finds it. Must include the body of the guitar in addition to the headstock and neck.
