Dave F Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Gibson Custom Introduces Two Limited-Edition Acoustic Guitars: The Johnny Cash SJ-200 and the Rosanne Cash J-185 - Gibson Gazette Gibson Custom Introduces Two Limited-Edition Acoustic Guitars: The Johnny Cash SJ-200 and the Rosanne Cash J-185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I read somewhere that he didn't particularly like his Gibson(s). Can't remember where, but it wasn't long ago. I saw one of his J200s in Nashville last fall. There were tvs playing videos through the museum and when I snapped this pic, Johnny's reflection showed up in the pic. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, ksdaddy said: I read somewhere that he didn't particularly like his Gibson(s). Can't remember where, but it wasn't long ago. I saw one of his J200s in Nashville last fall. There were tvs playing videos through the museum and when I snapped this pic, Johnny's reflection showed up in the pic. The photo looks cool. Im sure the guitars neat to look at. But you wont see either one of those in my collection . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 2 hours ago, ksdaddy said: I read somewhere that he didn't particularly like his Gibson(s). Can't remember where, but it wasn't long ago. I saw one of his J200s in Nashville last fall. There were tvs playing videos through the museum and when I snapped this pic, Johnny's reflection showed up in the pic. Excellent photo ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 There's a classic episode of "Columbo" starring Johnny Cash, where he kills his wife and a girl he had an affair with by drugging them and bailing out of his airplane while flying them home after a concert. His guitar is a big clue, because he sends it back with somebody else in a car so it won't be destroyed in the plane crash. He makes a big deal about how long he's had the guitar and how important it is, it looked like a black Martin with white binding. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071351/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Johnny and June were also in an episode of Little House on the Prairie. He played a conman and took the identity of the local preacher, stole his pocket watch. Of course Charles Ingalls persuaded Johnny to go legit. There is a good scene where Johnny was riding a horse and was singing a gospel song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docr Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Interesting, I've always had Johnny Cash in mind with a D35 - even hanging on his back. The Rosanne Cash J-185 is almost inexpensive at €5,399 on the Gibson website compared to the Johnny Cash SJ-200 at €14,999 ... Beautiful guitars, but in this price range they are more collector's items. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J185cat Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 My new next door neighbor plays in a JC tribute band, first I’ve ever heard of actually. Guess I should point these out to him. But as docr stated, these seem more like collectors items for those who wish to drop the money than working instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) For the kind of scratch that the Cash J200 brings, Bozeman is going to have to give me something other than premium tonewoods and a different pickguard. I will stick with my 1960 J200. Not a collector's piece as the guitar was at some time in its history shipped off to Gibson for repairs and a refinish. I laid out $3,250 for it. At the time it was the most I had ever spent on a guitar. But considering the $15K price tag attached to the Cash model, I can relate to Lou Gehrig's "luckiest man" speech. Edited August 28 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 When I read the title of this thread, this is the first thing that came to mind. That J-185 is beautiful, but I'd lose that pickguard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 9 hours ago, Boyd said: it looked like a black Martin with white binding. 8 hours ago, docr said: Interesting, I've always had Johnny Cash in mind with a D35 This looks like the one in the Columbo episode "Perhaps Johnny Cash’s most favorite Martin guitar (and he played many) was a specially made D-35, his – and Martin’s – first guitar with a polished black finish. Perfect for "the man in black," Cash played this guitar on stage for nearly 20 years." https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/custom-special-editions/D-35-Johnny-Cash.html?cgid=limited-and-special-edition-guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSoxBiker Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I'm never one to shy away from a little bling or color, but that SJ-200 just doesn't do it for me. Same goes for that Tom Petty model that had for a little while. Must be the pick guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Tom petty left over pick guards. So who had there guitar first? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 (edited) I’ve hoped Gibson would do a Cash J200, but this is way too expensive. I can live without it. My Martin J35 Johnny Cash is a beast and I’ll be content with it. Edited August 29 by MissouriPicker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 On 8/28/2024 at 2:57 PM, Boyd said: This looks like the one in the Columbo episode "Perhaps Johnny Cash’s most favorite Martin guitar (and he played many) was a specially made D-35, his – and Martin’s – first guitar with a polished black finish. Perfect for "the man in black," Cash played this guitar on stage for nearly 20 years." https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/custom-special-editions/D-35-Johnny-Cash.html?cgid=limited-and-special-edition-guitars I'll always remember the way he put his D-35 down on the counter top (that one's out of tune now). Good Fender guitar {bass} and amp spotting in the vid, as well as seeing the guitar taking a tumble along with Johnny - 'hope it was the D-35 stunt double): Happy Sunday morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Sometime between 2:12 and 2:14 the guitar switched positions by 180 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ksdaddy said: Sometime between 2:12 and 2:14 the guitar switched positions by 180 degrees. Good one. 'Just noticed- it did definitely did a 180° . I was too busy checking out the Fender Tele bass (?) and the bikinis seemed to be made more from cloth. 🙂. Edited September 1 by 62burst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 They went to the Ed Wood College of Continuity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Maybe I’m too much of a traditionalist — and I certainly like Johnny Cash — but that is one ugly guitar. That pickguard is just too weird. I say all that realizing that when it comes to specialty guitars, looks aren’t necessarily the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 I won’t defend that guitar but consider this: if you watch old tv footage from the 50s, you’ll see that people had this crazy idea of replacing the stock guards with big oversized monstrosities. Kitty Wells, Faron Young, Marty Robbins, just to name a few. Even Wilf Carter had a horrible oversized guard on his early 30s Martin. People just DID it, like they put sissy bars on every motorcycle in the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Cash was still playing J200s in 1959, but Martins were also being used. Then, Martin made him an offer that he couldn’t refuse and he played them almost exclusively. Occasionally, you’d see him playing June’s Hummingbird (we’re talking about her guitar).😎😎 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 On 8/29/2024 at 6:56 AM, slimt said: Tom petty left over pick guards. So who had there guitar first? 😁 Tom requested a Johnny Cash style pickguard for his custom "Wildflower" SJ-200 that he ordered from Gibson in the early 90s and that we released as a limited edition a few years ago. That pickguard shape was designed by Johnny Cash in the late 1950s. Apparently, Tom also really liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 6 hours ago, Phil OKeefe said: Tom requested a Johnny Cash style pickguard for his custom "Wildflower" SJ-200 that he ordered from Gibson in the early 90s and that we released as a limited edition a few years ago. That pickguard shape was designed by Johnny Cash in the late 1950s. Apparently, Tom also really liked it. Good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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