Gibson SJ200 Looks good value

GuyR

I wonder whether this https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/minsterauctions/catalogue-id-minste10009/lot-c2afefb4-2bcd-4768-9f4e-af50009ca827?queryId=b540a414c38f4f0f2421b89f8e762711
might be of your interest to anyone here?

bertie

so the live auction is 23 / 11 to  24 / 11  -  yet already 8 bids,   also carries a 30% tax   auctioneers value "150 - 200" 

hmmm

ElectricXII

It looks like it's been played a lot. A good sign. I don't like jumbos though.

DavidR

SJ200 Custom Vine. Looking very sorry for itself. Absolutely lovely and would clean up really well but you must have noticed midline crack. Repairable at more cost. Serial number on label authenticated by being stamped on back of headstock too in correct Gibson fashion. Wouldn't worry about glazing of finish. Just leave. Label says made in Bozeman, Montana.

Serial Number suggests either made 1976 at Kalamazoo or on the 18th January 2000 in Bozeman, Montana. Since Bozeman facility did not open until 1989, almost certainly the latter.

2000 Gibson SJ-200 Custom Vine Ren Ferguson Masterpiece Acoustic Guitar J-200 | Reverb UK

Gibson SJ-200 – Acoustic Guitar

Hear Pete Madsen Play John Fahey’s ‘In Christ There Is No East or West’ on Our Custom Gibson SJ-200 | Acoustic Guitar

Big guitar. 

Kittyfrisk

And withdrawn...

GuyR

DavidR said:

SJ200 Custom Vine. Looking very sorry for itself. Absolutely lovely and would clean up really well but you must have noticed midline crack. Repairable at more cost. Serial number on label authenticated by being stamped on back of headstock too in correct Gibson fashion. Wouldn't worry about glazing of finish. Just leave. Label says made in Bozeman, Montana.

Serial Number suggests either made 1976 at Kalamazoo or on the 18th January 2000 in Bozeman, Montana. Since Bozeman facility did not open until 1989, almost certainly the latter.

2000 Gibson SJ-200 Custom Vine Ren Ferguson Masterpiece Acoustic Guitar J-200 | Reverb UK

Gibson SJ-200 – Acoustic Guitar

Hear Pete Madsen Play John Fahey’s ‘In Christ There Is No East or West’ on Our Custom Gibson SJ-200 | Acoustic Guitar

Big guitar. 

Excellent insight, I wonder whether it was sold prior to auction. Sellers will sometimes take a blockbusting offer in exchange for withdrawal from the auction.
The estimate was ridiculous. If it was intended to generate attention, it certainly worked with me.

DavidR

Difficult to know. May have just been valued low out of a lack of insight. OTOH, who really wants a guitar in fairly bad condition which is only 22y old. Might have been kept in bad conditions and so generally not good. Would have needed a fair bit of attention to bring it back to full life. Better off with a better second hand one? Custom SJ/J200's certainly look nice though! Jumbos not everyone's favourite size these days.