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she definitely plays. She was the only rhythm guitar and played every song. If I remember correctly, she did a couple solo numbers. My daughter went with me and became a fan.

maybe silk and steel

The ‘42 LG1 was x braced

I saw Emmylou in concert in 2021. She was playing a standard natural J200 and bar chording all up and down the board.

They came up with the L200 which I think was based on the J165. There's one on eBay that the seller offered to me for $2499. I've had a couple J165 configurations, but didn't keep any of them. If this one was in better shape, I'd be tempted. Gibson Emmylou Harris acoustic Guitar | eBay I remember they made a 1994 J200 Rose for her too. I believe it was full size.

My brother was over there as I was coming up on 19 yo, and he advised me to get a deferment.

Gibson took a break from the more accurate Legends around 2010. In 2015, they started them back up with less accurate features and labels.

Looks good to me. I've had a couple newer Gibson historic models that came with the Golden Age tuners so those also look original to that model to me. I looked at the same model on Reverb and they all those tuners.

Sounds great as is so I'll probably not mess with it, and I'll probably never know the affect.

Still in the honeymoon stage, but I'm really impressed. If I feel the same in a month or so, there will probably be a dozen guitars being moved on.

Some misinterpret that as origin of shipping. I bought a used Kris Kristofferson SJ from UK. I told the seller how to mark the paperwork. They marked it wrong and DHL tried to collect money from me. Once I explained the details, they agreed and released to me.

I haven’t played one but the one on Sweetwater site looks great. I do have a ‘68 J50 Adjustable but I made a rosewood insert to hold a standard drop-in saddle out of necessity that works great. I did not glue anything in and can pull it out and go back to the adjustable. It had a rosewood adjustable saddle that did not sound bad but had to replace it to adjust the intonation.

I’ve always thought my DIF is the sweetest sounding guitar I have.

I had a RW J 200 and a Koa J200. Beautiful guitars but did nothing for me sound wise and RW is my favorite tone wood.

I would think you would not any issues getting one made. The Humming bird and even the new J45 Custom Ebony have the bird beak bound necks and are short scale so they're tooled for it. From my experience, the maple guitars are not that loud but have a very balanced sweet tone. The J200's (I'm on my 5th one) are not known for being extra loud and that's with the long scale. My fear is you may not like the sound of the Jumbo maple with a short scale. If you haven't tried one a J185 (slightly smaller 16" instead of 17", maple body) is a short scale and I like them. Good Luck!

I believe the early (2007-2010) were. A few years later they were using the Legend name on everything they dreamt up.

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I had a 2010 J45 Legend. They did do the tapered headstock on it.

I’ve consigned with Elderly’s. It went well. Fees are higher than eBay and Reverb, but results are better and faster.

I thought I saw this same article/announcement/writer a couple years ago. By Matt Owen published 18 March 2022 Gibson debuts the Theodore, a brand-new body shape based on a 65-year-old archive design | Guitar World

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After a UPS fiasco, this finally showed up today. Too cold to take outside for pictures so here's some from the dealer. Guitar is perfect. Looked it over from head to toe. Plays and sounds great. Usually not a fan of gold hardware, but I like this one.

I've bought a few from overseas before. As long as they mark the paperwork origin as USA, there should be no duties. Guitars returning to their origin of manufacturing should not incur duties.

Looks legit to me. I had one. Great sounding and looking guitar, a GC Exclusive. I did not like it at the time because of the narrow nut and long scale. That would not be an issue for me now. They do not hold their value very well so be sure to do your research.

You should visit a 5 Star dealer and see if your most promising one can be built with the M2M program. If you had one built it may add some credence to your effort. Good Luck!