GUITAR SEARCH NEVER ENDS, BUT IF IT DID …

Every guitar search starts in the same place: sound.

How does it sound the first time played? In different rooms?

What’s it sound like when you thump the flat top?

What does it feel like in your hands from fret to pick?

Look until you can’t look anymore, or just get the same guitar Bruce Springsteen has hanging on his shoulder.

Bruce’s super jumbo Gibson is either a J 250 Monarch, or a Bob Dylan SJ 200.

The double pick guard is a clue.

Who else played giant guitars?

Elvis.

And George, the quiet Beatle.

What is it about holding a behemoth guitar?

Ask the Everly Brothers.

Or Pete.

Or The Edge.

Bob Dylan says play it.

One amazon reviewer said a Gibson SJ-200 makes you a thirty percent better player as soon as you strum one.

I like the sound of that, but I like the sound of this even better.

From epiphone.com:

The “200” jumbo style might be the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, known equally for its majestic look and focused, complex sound. Since the late 1930s, every great rhythm guitarist and singer has made the “200” their primary acoustic instrument both on stage, on recordings, and even on record covers including Don Everly, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Presley, Gram Parsons, Buddy Holly, and Pete Townshend who used a “200” Jumbo to compose the songs for The Who’s rock opera Tommy. The “200” Jumbo acoustic guitar is still a must-have for guitarists in every genre of music. And now the Ltd. Ed. “EJ-200 Artist” makes that classic sound affordable to everyone. Based on Epiphone’s legendary EJ-200, the new Ltd. Ed. “EJ-200 Artist” features the same “Jumbo” body as the original with a Select Spruce top with hand-scalloped bracing for superior tone along with Select Maple back and sides which not only support the top but also help amplify its classic full-bodied tone.

A guitar search never ends, but if this was a resting point, you get extra credit. Where else can you go after Super Jumbo?