Gibson Elvis SJ-200 – Ebony
The King of Rock and Roll’s King of the Flat-Tops
Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, was an owner and frequent user of multiple Gibson SJ-200 acoustic guitars – the “King of the Flat-Tops.” The new Gibson Elvis SJ-200 is based on a guitar that was given to Elvis as a gift at a recording session at RCA Studio B in Nashville in the mid-1960s. He used the guitar for numerous live performances. Elvis gave it to his aide and close friend Marty Lacker at Graceland in 1976. The Elvis SJ-200 features a maple back, sides, and neck, as well as a Sitka spruce top. It also has all of the attractive SJ-200 touches, including mother of pearl inlays, and the iconic Moustache™ bridge and graduated crown inlays, and comes equipped with an LR Baggs VTC under-saddle pickup. A hardshell case is included.
Specs:
- Body Shape: SJ-200
- Body Material: Maple
- Top: Sitka Spruce
- Back: Maple
- Side: Maple
- Bracing: Traditional Hand Scalloped X-bracing
- Binding: 5-ply Top, 3-ply Back and Headstock, Single ply Fingerboard
- Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose
- Neck Material: 2-piece Maple with Walnut Stringer
- Profile: Round
- Scale Length: 25.5″ / 647.7mm
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″
- Number Of Frets: 20
- Frets: Standard
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.73″ / 43.815mm
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Graduated Crowns
- Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue
- Headstock inlay: Mother of Pearl Gibson Logo and Crown
- Hardware Finish: Gold
- Tuner Plating: Gold
- Bridge: SJ-200 Rosewood Moustache, with Mother of Pearl Hourglass and Teardrop Inlays
- Saddle Material: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Grover Keystone
- Pickguard: SJ-200 Tortoise, No Border
- TrussRod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: Black and White with Vertical “Elvis”
- Bridge Pins: Tusq
- Strap Buttons: 2
- Under Saddle Pickup: LR Baggs VTC
- Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone
- Output Jack: 1/4″ Endpin Jack
- Preamp: LR Baggs VTC
- Strings Gauge: .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
- Case: Gibson Hardshell