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My favorite Gibsons.
My wife has a '94 J-100 which is pretty much a Plain Jane version of the J-200. Compared to my 1960 J-200, it does not have near the projection (my J-200 is loud, I mean really loud) and lacks the chunky bass - one of the defining characteristics of "old school" Gibbys (which, of course, is not to everybody's taste).
Before Norlin, Gibson turned out maybe 150 to 200 J-200s a year. After the 1960 plant expansion, the J-200 was the only steel string made in the third floor custom department of the old Parsons Street daylight plant. Braces were tailored to match the thickness of each top and the tone bars were tuned for each instrument.
But modern Gibsons do vary so it might take you a bit but you probably can find one you like. Quality has also improved quite a bit since Gibson scaled back production numbers at the Bozeman plant.
GOOD LUCK
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"I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks." John Lee Hooker
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