1964 Gibson J200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Good Gibson J-200s<\/b>, even vintage ones, are not easy to find. Often, the maple gives them an excessive aggressiveness, and few of them deliver true projection. The sound generally stays contained, with a very short sustain that doesn\u2019t encourage venturing beyond the first three frets for strumming.<\/p>\n
And then sometimes you come across a magical example<\/b> that puts all the others to shame, helping to better understand why so many great musicians have chosen the Kalamazoo giant as their preferred partner (beyond, of course, its undeniably cool look). A good J-200 breathes with a real presence\u2014the big volume you expect from its size but without muddiness in the lows, thanks to the crispness provided by the maple. When you\u2019re lucky enough to find such a J-200, you shouldn\u2019t hesitate long. Especially when it\u2019s in magnificent condition for a guitar that just celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.<\/p>\n
This one was at the Retrofret showroom in Brooklyn, and it probably wouldn\u2019t have stayed there long if it hadn\u2019t come to live in France. Apart from the tuners, it\u2019s entirely original, in perfect condition\u2014not mint, but not relic either: once again, it\u2019s all about balance. As shown by the beautiful groove worn into the top between the rosette and the pickguard, right on the pick\u2019s path, this J-200 was heavily played, which probably also explains why it sounds so good. It was the workhorse of a Nashville country session musician who used it for countless rhythm parts heard repeatedly on the radio, and it\u2019s well on its way to continuing to impose its magical tone for a long time to come.<\/p>\n
This guitar is regularly loaned to visiting artists recording in Paris studios and never fails to amaze those who play it at the showroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[358,363],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16673","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-guitars","7":"product_cat-iconic-guitars","8":"pa_disponibilite-for-sale","9":"pa_marque-gibson-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n