This is a near mint 2005 Emmylou Harris model with the original body size and Emmylou Harris hand signed signature label. This custom model was designed after the SJ-200 Gibson super jumbo, Emmylou’s guitar of choice, but in a more preferred smaller LC-1 body size. Features like beautiful AAA Flamed Maple back and sides, Rosewood mustache bridge Pearl Crown inlays, floral pickguard and Schertler Bluestick pickup for stage add up to make this Emmylou Harris’ guitar of choice.
This guitar is on consignment from the original owner and has been very well taken cared for.
About the Gibson L-200 Emmylou Harris:
(excerpt from the 2003 Gibson catalog) Emmylou Harris and Gibson have had a longstanding mutual admiration, and the artist and guitar company have now formally joined forces to create the Gibson L-200 Emmylou Harris Model.
Produced by Gibson Montana, the company’s acoustic division, the L-200 presents the big sound and classy look of Gibson’s SJ-200 – the model Emmylou has been so closely identified with throughout her career – in a smaller package designed to meet an artist’s performance and travel demands.
“I love the size of this guitar,” Emmylou said of her new model. “It’s a great guitar to have in your bedroom or down in your music room. It’s great to grab when you have an idea and want to work something out.”
“Emmylou Harris is one of the most important artists of our time,” said Henry Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corp. “We’re proud of the role Gibsons have played in her music, and we’re excited to be her partner as she continues to make great music in the years to come.”
Emmylou’s association with Gibson dates back to her duets in the early 1970s with country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons, whose 1960s J-200 she still owns. Her black J-200 with a red rose custom-inlaid in the top graced the cover of her 1979 album Blue Kentucky Girl and her custom-painted pink J-200 captured the essence of her 1985 album The Ballad of Sally Rose.
The Gibson L-200 Emmylou Harris model features a newly designed body that is smaller and thinner than the SJ-200 but braced to produce a powerful natural sound and equipped with a Schertler Bluestick® transducer pickup system for concert performances. Classic features from the SJ-200 include flamed maple back and sides, mother-of-pearl “crest” fingerboard inlays, pearl-inlaid Moustache® bridge and engraved pickguard.