Is this a J-200 Studio?

[DRC]

I'm a huge Sara Jarosz fan and love the sound of this guitar. Wonderful, wonderful clear balanced tone. Is it a J-200 Studio? I'm new to the Gibson family of owners and just leaning the models.

 

 

DC

[duluthdan]

Hmmm. That's interesting - has the plain (non-pointsetta pick guard) ala the Studio. But it has a two-ribbon bridge - which I never seen on the pictures I've seen of studios. Sounds fabulous - I'd have never imagined this Paul Simon song on a 200, but she uses it really really well.

[BigKahune]

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Curious.

 

Didn't the J-150 have the 2-ribbon bridge with the unbound fretboard? . Though I think it had the Standard pickguard. The J-150 was replaced by the J-200 Studio around 2010 which has no ribbons in the bridge and the plain pickguard with the lined boarder.

 

Or maybe it's a J-200 Studio ordered with a Standard bridge, or possibly the Studio bridge was replaced with the Standard bridge.

 

 

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[DRC]

I guess it's possible Sara specially ordered it with the two-ribbon bridge. ??

 

DC

[EuroAussie]

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Curious.

 

Didn't the J-150 have the 2-ribbon bridge with the unbound fretboard? . Though I think it had the Standard pickguard. The J-150 was replaced by the J-200 Studio around 2010 which has no ribbons in the bridge and the plain pickguard with the lined boarder.

 

Or maybe it's a J-200 Studio ordered with a Standard bridge, or possibly the Studio bridge was replaced with the Standard bridge.

 

 

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Dont think its a J-150 which had a single piece ribbon bridge but also flower pickguard and Tulips.

[Hall]

Dont think its a J-150 which had a single piece ribbon bridge but also flower pickguard and Tulips.

 

As does my J-150, re: single ribboned bridge, lined border on flowered guard, tulips, no binding on neck or h.stock.

 

 

edit: not gonna comment as to whether it's a studio or not though, afraid I might be wrong and be so severely humiliated I could never participate here again!

[CAMELEYE]

Beautiful performance, regardless of the particular variation of J-200 she's using.

[bobouz]

There have been so many variations of the J100-Xtra (currently still own one from 2000) & then the Studio version, it's easy to want to place it in that ballpark.

 

In the past I've had a maple J-150 (2001) with the flower pickguard. But I believe there was a later version with the plain & bordered pickguard, and one with rosewood back & sides (possibly the same model).

 

Regardless, it's definitely a nice looking instrument with a pleasant tone.

[kebob]

My guess is it's a J-100 xtra.

[J-200 Koa]

Probably a J-150.

[MissouriPicker]

I go with the sentiments for it being a version of the J100. Splendid instrument. My J150, aside from being a super jumbo, does not look like that guitar. Once the fancy pick guard was dropped, I believe the J150 went to a plain pick guard for a while and then become known as the "studio" version of the J200. I could be totally wrong on that, but that's okay. Whatever kind of Gibson super jumbo it is, it really sounds sweet. The big guitars are great for whatever you want to play on them. They can roar or they can be gentle. BTW, this young woman is truly a class act.

[bobouz]

I don't recall ever seeing a J100 with a two ribbon bridge

(including the current version of the J200 Studio),

except for one dating back to the '90s with dot inlays.

 

Pretty sure this is a J150, as you can easily google

shots where the bridge, inlays, & pickguard match up.

 

Of course then again, we are talking Gibson!