Gibson Southern Jumbo Deluxe Acoustic

Finish: Glossy beautiful finish
Body Style: Round Shoulder Dreadnought very comfortable
Tuners: Chrome Grover Tuners
Neck: Awesome neck, easy to play with Rosewood Fretboard
Accessories: Gibson Hardshell Case, plush blue interior
Wood: This guitar is a cannon, All solid wood! Spruce top and Mahogany back and sides
Electronics: Built in electronics from the factory, not sure what brand, but I have gotten many compliments about it's sound plugged in
Year: 2007 USA God Bless America

Sounds amazing being strummed, picked, plucked you name it, sounds amazing. Rich highs, strong mid range that cuts through anything and a booming bass that has such warmth only a Gibson could have. I don't think there is anything about this guitar I don't like.

Perfectly setup, action is great and easy to play!
The wood is matched perfectly, which not only helps the look but, the sound of the guitar as well. I am a huge fan of binding and there is plenty here, all around the top and even the neck, really just sealing in that freshness with a beautiful look. No problems what so ever with this guitar.

I play this guitar a lot, plugged and unplugged it will last me a lifetime! The hardware, finish everything seems it will go the distance. I will always depend on my Southern Jumbo! I have been using it steadily without my backup acoustic an Epiphone EJ-200ce.

Haven't had a problem.

I've been playing for over 10 years and have owned a few guitars from Taylors to Martins and back again. This is truly the first guitar I have been happy with and look forward to playing it each time. The only thing and it is a little thing, but it bugs me a bit that Gibson doesn't put strap buttons on the heel of the neck from the factory. Just about everyone plays standing up it's very necessary for me and many others I know. It's only $10 though to get one installed so no biggie.

Features: 8
Made in late 1980s? These Serial Numbers are impossible to read without my glasses. I have a glass eye, the other is an older model made out of wood. This is the greatest acoustic guitar ever made.
According to the guy on E-Bay this guitar is a Fabulous Flattop. It seems to be a mid-to-late forties version of Gibson's Southern Jumbo without the hardware, neck, frets, sound hole, pick guard placement, nut or saddle. I think it has Rosewood on the back and sides and some other kind of wood on the top. Log, I think?
The bound fingerboard reminds me of a Japanese Princess. Tight with amazing grain and Mother-of-Pearl parallelogram inlays. The Banner and block letters could read "The Gibson" but it doesn't. I can't read the logo stenciled in gold on the peg head. This guitar smelled like toe for three weeks after it arrived. Yea, old toe. A tiger wouldn't want to smell this guitar. Nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Hard-shell case, shots, papers and a Gibson pick! The pick was worth the money! Three-on-a-plate kluson tuners.

Sound: 7
Amazing. It's not at all like my keyboard, which is the same size and probably the same shape. Sublime, big and warm and sublime, simply sublime. This guitar sings like a virgin on steroids, but with more pureness and clarity. When I played it, I was startled at the sound. I didn't want a guitar to have that 'heavy bottom end' (I hate that) and this one is not exception to the rule. It just sang to me in that special way.
I was the first and only person to bid on it.

Action, Fit, & Finish: 8
Perfect, as is everything I've gotten on E-Bay. They could see me coming like a Bozeman guitar. Almost perfect. I just cut a scrap of paper and glued it over the sound-hole now it's perfect.
The action is amazing. A little fatter and rounder in the neck area. I like the heavy bottom end on this guitar. Not a Les Paul, but super slick. It's still got the action of a hot little chimpanzee and that skinny neck gives it great tone. It arrived with the original strings on it (I want to play something with that old time feel to it) these strings cut the hell out of my fingers but it is well worth it.

Reliability/Durability: 10
It's light, it's breakable, it's bendable and unbreakable at the same time. Better than my Les Paul with out that high tone (I hate that high tone) On the other hand, it's a Gibson and it's supposed to have that high tone. Quite fragile and solid as a ROCK.

Customer Support: 7
Gibson customer support is pretty good, but you have to rub the lamp to get their Jennie out of the bottle. Although it's not easy, getting someone there to answer trivia questions about Dungeons and Dragons will make your day. The warranty people always respond. I suppose that's the most important thing when you get down to it.

Overall Rating: 10
I have been playing guitar for over 1 year. I'm so happy to have found this guitar, even if I'll be broke for a few years paying for it. I would buy it again if I had to. I love it and feel this is a fantastic guitar.

I have 3 Gibson SJ deluxes, a 1970 and two 1974's.....hands down these are the best sounding Gibsons made. I like the wide frets because they don't wear out like todays narrow Gibson frets and they are made of a heavier metal than todays Gibson frets. They look like steel and give a brighter sound. These big box Gibsons give a big deep bass sound too. The volume is LOUD. I keep them outfitted with bone nuts and saddles which gives a lot better sustain than new Gibson issue tusq and I get that deep Gibson booming trademark sound with rich highs. I collect them and usually pay $650 to $850 for these year models.

I have 3 Gibson SJ deluxes, a 1970 and two 1974's.....hands down these are the best sounding Gibsons made. I like the wide frets because they don't wear out like todays narrow Gibson frets and they are made of a heavier metal than todays Gibson frets. They look like steel and give a brighter sound. These big box Gibsons give a big deep bass sound too. The volume is LOUD. I keep them outfitted with bone nuts and saddles which gives a lot better sustain than new Gibson issue tusq and I get that deep Gibson booming trademark sound with rich highs. I collect them and usually pay $650 to $850 for these year models.

The key to me keeping 30 year old Gibsons in good shape is maintenence. I keep them hydrated with Planet Waves humidifiers and keep accurately sculpted bone nuts and saddles on them. As we alloder Gibsons, the sound hole sinks a bit, but htis makes no diffenece if it's not totally destroyed and you do the set up right. The tone prevails!

I do not use electronics.....strictly acoustic. For acoustic playing they are perfect and have held up for 30 and 34 years now. The finish does hold up and I keep them wiped with Gibson brand nitro cellulose polish.(receommeded via email from gibson.com tech support)

I have emailed Gibson.com numerous times. Outstanding help!

I've been playing 35 years. I have checked out and played every type of guitar there is manufactured after 1970. Today's new Gibsons, Taylors, Takamnies, and Martins are designed for electric playing, but for strictly acoustic playing, they are dull and boring with dead tone. With the exception of one guitar I have seen, the 3 Gibson SJ Deluxe's I have set up with bone saddles and bone nuts are the best acoustics I have ever heard manufactured after 1970 and for under $2000. Of the 500 acoustics I have seen in the last 10 years that were manufactued after 1970, the best was a big box Guild that was awesome and better than my SJ's. It was a $3500 big box with lots of pearl inlay and a huge boomy balanced sound. I saw it at Zoo music in garland, texas. The salesman said only 200 of them were made. George Strait has one and you can see it in his pictures on stage.

My 1973 Gibson SJ was made in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is a solid top guitar with a mahogany neck and mahogany back and sides. Rosewood fretboard and what looks like a spruce top and a rosewood bridge. It has a nice sunburst finish to it and the back is stunning. It is your basic Gibson Dreadnought guitar shape. The tuners are Gibson Deluxe original 70's models. The frets are worn to perfection (if that's possible). It has a comfy neck. It feels like an Epiphone Casino. It came with a neat soft case with a hip and happenin' red velour interior. Mainly I bought it because it was bizarre looking. It has this wack pickguard that you wouldn't believe. It is name brand Raunch...kind of like my old Jaguar. The guitar is in great shape. It looks like some spoiled kid got it for Xmas 1973 and shoved it under his bed and just now found and sold it. There are some tell-tale "Beginner" guitar player scratches above the sound hole.

I bought it in 1997 from Dave's Guitars in La Crosse Wisconsin. Mainly I was looking for something to use for my own enjoyment and sometimes live. I wanted a nice 25 year old guitar so that I could get that warm mellow tone these things acquire with age. The sound is very deep and mellow. I read that Billy Corgan wrote most of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on his '64 SJ, and I think I can hear it on a few of the tracks. I get a good Beatles-esque/Oasis tone from it (Pick one up and start strumming "Wonderwall" and you will know what I am talking about.)

The top is absolutely flawless... I have even gotten up under the soundhole with a dentist's mirror and can not find a thing wrong with it. The action was a bit low when I got it, but a few adjustments and it was just fine. The nut is old, and I am thinking I may have to replace it soon.

This guitar has been knocked around my dorm room. Worse yet, my girlfriend has been trying to learn to play on it, so sometimes i will come in from class and there she will be sitting, banging away on it. Ahh...the things I do for women. She had better not think of touching my jag. I am sure I will have this thing 60 years from now, it is that solid.

Havent dealt with Gibson...but the little sticker inside says "Lifetime Warranty"

I have been playing for a few years, and have mainly been in garage bands. My other gear consists of my Jaguar which I run through a 1973 Bassman 100watt head running through a 2X12 Cabinet. That seems to do me fine. (1973 was a GREAT year for equipment). If lost or stolen, I would definitely track down the SOB and beat the tar out of him/her. Then I wouldnt need anything else...this guitar was built for ME. I love the tone to the thing, I hate how I have to be so careful with it because it is vintage. I think I like the headstock the best...it is quaint. I wanted a J160-E like John Lennon, but I am a poor young man. This is a great guitar...if you are lucky enough to find one (it took me a few months) get it as quick as you can.