1991 Gibson J-200
THE GUITARCHIVE – This J-200 is in excellent condition, as clean and minty as a used guitar can get. It sounds amazing. This guitar sold, but we like to look back on it from time to time. A true classic.
The Gibson Square-Shoulder Dreadnought
The 1960s saw a rise in square-shoulder dreadnought releases such as the J-200. The first square-shoulder dreadnought released by Gibson was the Hummingbird in 1960. The success of the Hummingbird later influenced the most significant change to Gibson dreadnoughts: the production of the J-45 with a square-shoulder design between 1962 and 1969. Alongside the square J-45, a blend between the J-200 and the Hummingbird was released the same year as the Gibson Dove model. These models were considered echoes and improvements upon the C.F. Martin dreadnoughts as the debate became more heated about the impact of shoulder cuts. The wild success of these models have kept them in production since their releases.
The success of the Hummingbird later influenced the most significant change to Gibson dreadnoughts (as mentioned above): the production of the J-45 with a square-shoulder design between 1962 and 1969. Alongside the square J-45, a blend between the J-200 and the Hummingbird was released the same year as the Gibson Dove model.
