ecsong187 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Anyone got any info on this thing? I love the looks, the headstock, the big goofy pickguard. Thanks Edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 j-200 with nasty pickguard, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-200 Koa Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 IMHO, that is not a nasty pickguard. Ugly, obnoxious and frightening to look at but definitely not nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I'll have what he's having. I don't need to sleep for a few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 His Pupils DO look a little big.......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Movie theaters hung this poster in advance of the release of Johnny and June's biopic, Walk The Line: A similar graphic adorns one of my DVD copies of WTL... yes I said one of... I have 3. I'm not weird, I just bought one for myself. Different family members also bought me copies, not knowing I had already bought it on the first day it was released. Back in that day and time pick guards were 'bling'. Anyone who was anyone had big gaudy pick guards. There was a boutique manufacturer, whose name escapes me that had one that appeared to be a tidal wave. Manufacturer's name began with a "G"... At some point it was determined, or just decided, that big guards muted guit tars, and big, double guards went away... until Dwight Yoakam came on the scene. Actually I kind of like this one. It does bespeak Johnny Cash's personality. The J200? refelects his traditional side. The guard has a Gene Simmons of KISS look. Might be where he got the idea. If you scrunch the sides of the guard and elongate it.... I've seen a solid body guit tar that looked almost like that. Back to the original photo. Judging by his looks I'd say he is in his late 20s. That and he and Vivian moved to Memphis in about ' 54. I'm guessing the pic was taken in mid to late 50's. The furniture fits. But.. I stayed in a hotel once, in the 90's that had that exact hotel room set. No charge for the bed bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecsong187 Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 Thanks guys! I know what guitar I'm on the hunt for now! So this is pretty much an SJ-200 with custom inlays and pickguard? -edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 The SJ-200, yes, but not with that guard. Although... If you talk to the boys in the Custom Shop... they may be able to hob one out of a lunch room table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecsong187 Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 Thanks! I would love to have one just like this one, but with no fret inlays just a plain board, and the pickguard! haha Looks like I might need to start saving for a CS SJ-200 -edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Great guitar, and not a thing in the world wrong with the pickguard or the picker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdhguitar Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Did Johnny Cash get that guitar from Batman? Geezzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 j-200 with nasty pickguard' date=' imho.[/quote'] Definitely nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellboundGreaser Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Cash wrote in his autobiography that this J-200 came up missing somtime in the early 60's I believe. Before he died it supposedly turned up on E-bay. It sure looked like his guitar however I can't remember the outcome of the aution and if it was a fake or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Well it looks cool but pick guards are for sloppy players who keep missing the strings. Ah but then I do understand some of the large guards will change the sound. Like the Everlys did. I'm I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 That pickguards METAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpicker Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I saw that guitar last weekend. It proudly resides in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, which is a FANTASTIC place to visit, by the way. My son and I visited and spent 6 hours in there, and still didn't see everything. Don't miss this treasure of American music history. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I wonder where they got the idea for the SG's body shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Murph, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the idea came from God....After all, it is a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I wonder where they got the idea for the SG's body shape? My vote is Peter Paul Rubens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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