{"product_id":"gibson-sj-southern-jumbo-flat-top-acoustic-guitar-1950-4897","title":"Gibson SJ Southern Jumbo Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1950)","description":"Gibson SJ Southern Jumbo Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1950), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sunburst top, dark back and sides finish, mahogany back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe SJ or \"Southern Jumbo\" sometimes feels like a bit of a forgotten model in Gibson's postwar flat top line; not as simple a working man's guitar as the more austere J-45 but not as yee-haw fancy as the SJ-200 or even the later J-185. The SJ features same general layout as the J-45 with a sunburst spruce top on a 16\" slope-shouldered mahogany jumbo body, with a mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cosmetics are fancier all around; there are multiple layers of binding around the body and soundhole and the fingerboard is bound with pearloid double parallelogram inlays. The bridge is a rosewood top-belly design, like an upside-down Martin. This 1950 model has a very sharp look but more importantly a big sound. Don Everly used a 1953 SJ to create the famous open-tuned chord hooks on the Everly Brothers early records, and this guitar has that same combination of punch and warmth. A very nice example.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 16 1\/16 in. (40.8 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 15\/16 in. (12.5 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3\/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11\/16 in. (43 mm.). A nice, original guitar; Some pickwear around the soundhole but overall the finish is well preserved with typical checking. The very tip of the bass side headstock wing was chipped off and reglued-less than perfectly-long ago; no other visible repairs. A really fine player with a big smooth sound. Generally Excellent Condition.","brand":"Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853419270284,"sku":"4897","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_e8d9ac18-f07d-40a0-8311-e5b5ea36b5d6.jpg?v=1774338290","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/gibson-sj-southern-jumbo-flat-top-acoustic-guitar-1950-4897","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}