Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Please help need to identify a Gibson EJ 200/VS with serial number..... 3 95030066 or 3 95030086 having huge troubles identifying it came with no case or other specifications.... thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 serial number is printed on label inside the "round sound hole" with the model number EJ 200/VS and the serial number... 3 95030086 or 3 95030066 with "quality since 1910" at top of label...thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Try the " Acoustic " forum on here...............I do know they are nice guitars, kinda ugly, but, nice sounding....and they age well.................... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6stringTom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Gyles, it may help if you clarify what you mean by "identifying" the guitar. You have the model and the serial number. Are you looking for the year of manufacture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 . Isn't the EJ-200/VS an Epiphone guitar? According to the serial, the guitar was made in Korea in March of 1995. It's a super jumbo acoustic with maple body, spruce top, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, King inlays, gold hardware, 648mm scale, 42.6mm nut width. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 . Isn't the EJ-200/VS an Epiphone guitar? According to the serial, the guitar was made in Korea in March of 1995. It's a super jumbo acoustic with maple body, spruce top, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, King inlays, gold hardware, 648mm scale, 42.6mm nut width. its definatly a gibson not a epiphone prehaps j 200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 . Can you post a pic or two ? Pic posting help - http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/11005-sticky-how-to-post-photos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 JUST SORTING THAT OUT NOW ON THE GOOSE NECK IT CLEARLY IS A GIBSON AND THE LABEL INSIDE THE SOUND HOLE IS NOT AN EPIPHONE LABEL BUT A LABEL STATING MODEL EJ 200/VS AND SERIAL NUMBER 3 95030086 or 3 95030066 with "quality since 1910" at top of label...I HAVE SEEN THE EPIPHONE LABELS BEFORE FOR SIMILIAR GUITARS AND DEFINATLY ISNT A EPIPHONE I WILL HAVE PICTURES IN 5MINS POSTED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 i cant up load the pictures they say its too big of a file can i please have your email adress so i can email you the pictures, mine is gyles-o@hotmail.com thankyou big kahuna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 . Follow the directions here - http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/11005-sticky-how-to-post-photos/ Photobucket.com has free picture hosting accounts. Sign up. Then upload a your pics. Copy the direct link for the pic in photobucket to the "insert image" tool on the toolbar of the post editor on the Gibson forum. The more people that see the images, the more info you'll get on your guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 thankyou just getting them up now.... thankyou for all the help big kahunu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 . I see a couple of issues - the headstock logo inlay, the headstock appears to be stained (not an overly), it has a 3 screw truss rod cover, and seeing the back through the sound hole it looks like plywood - probably not a genuine Gibson. Maybe someone else will chime in with better news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose999 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 . I see a couple of issues - the headstock logo inlay, the headstock appears to be stained (not an overly), it has a 3 screw truss rod cover, and seeing the back through the sound hole it looks like plywood - probably not a genuine Gibson. Maybe someone else will chime in with better news. thankyou really appreciate your help, hopefully some1 does chime in with good news cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchabalk Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 (same in the other thread as well) Is the serial number stamped into the back of the headstock? I see a number of things that don't look correct for a Gibson SJ-200 and do look correct for an Epiphone EJ-200. Did you just purchase the guitar, or are you looking to purchase it? If you haven't bought it i would recommend that you pass. Here's a pic of an Epiphone EJ-200 from the web to compare yours too, there are a lot of similarities. As mentioned before Epiphone makes an EJ-200, a Gibson guitar is a SJ-200 and i do not think this is a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfden1 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Well, you can email Gibson Customer Service with the serial number and ask them to verify it, but I'm betting they won't find it. The logo on the headstock looks wrong, very crude. Is it inlaid or painted on? And the label is not one I've ever seen (doesn't mean it's not real, but I don't think so). Other differences have already been pointed out. My guess would be it's an Asian knockoff. Usually, the 3 screw truss rod cover is a good indication it's not real, though I understand there are a few exceptions to that. Hope you didn't pay too much. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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