Epiphone 1957 SJ-200 Inc Hard Case Antique Natural

The world-famous SJ-200 is known as the “King of the Flat-Tops,” and It’s been the choice of countless legends, from singing cowboys to country, folk, and rock icons, right up to some of today’s most popular artists. Now Epiphone, in collaboration with the Gibson Custom Shop, is proud to release the 1957 SJ-200. This impressive guitar features a thermally aged solid Sitka spruce top supported by scalloped X-bracing, solid figured maple back and sides, and a flame maple neck with a C-profile, laurel fretboard, and graduated crown mother of pearl inlays. The headstock has the Gibson “open book” shape, along with a mother-of-pearl crown and Epiphone logo inlays, and the Inspired by Gibson Custom double diamond logo etched into the back. The iconic J-200 open moustache bridge and engraved pickguard are also present, along with a compensated bone saddle, bone nut, and bone bridge pins. It even comes equipped with an L.R. Baggs™ VTC preamp and under saddle pickup, so it’s ready to rock on stage or in the studio as soon as you take it out of the included Inspired by Gibson Custom hard-shell case.

Body
Shape: SJ-200
Top: Thermally Aged Solid Spruce
Back & Sides: Solid Figured Maple
Binding: Six-ply Top, Four-ply Back, Single-ply Fretboard and Headstock

Neck
Neck Material: Flame Maple with Walnut Centre Stringer
Profile: C-Profile
Nut width: 43.79mm
Fingerboard: Laurel
Scale length: 647.7mm
Nut: Bone
Number of frets: 20
Inlay: Mother of Pearl Graduated Crown

Hardware
Bridge: Open J-200 Moustache; Laurel with 2 Mother of Pearl Bars
Tuners: Epiphone Deluxe
Plating: Gold

Electronics
Under Saddle Pickup: L.R. Baggs VTC
Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume & Tone