GIBSON SJ (SOUTHERNER JUMBO)

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  • acoustic guitars

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1942 to 1978

The SJ (SOUTHERNER JUMBO) was made between 1942 and 1978. The Southener Jumbo was a spruce topped acoustic jumbo guitar with mahogany neck, sides and back. Out of necessity the wartime models sometimes used different materials, some of the early ones had rosewood sides and back, and some examples have maple sides. It came in a sunburst finish, but a natural finish option was introduced in 1955 (known originally as the Country-Western Jumbo and later the SJN - Super Jumbo Natural).

There have been minor changes over time with this model, the earliest ones had a banner inlay on the headstock until 1946, when it was replaced by a pearl banner logo. From 1962 to 1970 adjustable bridge saddles were used. In 1974 the body and neck binding was changed. The older ones are much more valuable, comanding ten times the price of the seventies examples.

Source: Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars 9th Edition. Z.R. Fjestad

Specifications (19)

General

Binding4-stripe body-binding
Finish effectssunburst finish
Number of strings6 strings

Body

Body back materialrosewood body back
Body sides materialrosewood body sides
Body top materialspruce body top
Pickguard materialAdd a 15%-25% for early striped pickguard, black pickguard
Pickguard shapepickguard
Soundholeround soundhole

Neck

Body fretNeck joins body at 14th fret
Headstock inlays or logosbanner headstock inlay/logo
Neck jointset neck
Number of frets20 fret
Peghead (headstock)black face headstock
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Hardware

Bridge pinswhite pins
Bridgerosewood bridge

Fretboard

Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersparallelogram fingerboard position markers

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