NEW 1957 Epiphone SJ-200 

Lovelovelove your Vox collection!! My cousin brought his Royal Guardsman over to my house back in 1970 to let a new guitar playing kid work with a real amp, I was in awe and will never forget that!

The AN color looks better in that finish. I own one. It’s a lovely and great sounding guitar. Great review by the way.

That performance of Julia was spectacular

I know one dealer who had a run made of custom J200s from Gibson with the tune-o-matic bridges. But you're right, that bridge makes a huge difference if you want that Harrison or Townshend or Led Zeppelin sound.

An absolutely beautiful piece of gear

Excellent review Paul! Was very curious to see a review of the SJ-200 after seeing you it on Insta. As it is already nails the sound of George’s for the most part. Can’t wait to see the mods!

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Paul also congratulations ❤😊

Man what a great guitar, certainly is on my list of dream guitars 🎸

Hey Paul, you did good for no editing!😄 She's got lots of sustain, that for sure. Not a fan of the matte finish either but that's not too difficult of a fix. I was actually expecting that you'd mod the case too, looking for those period correct latches!😂😂 Good score, thanks for sharing.👍👍

Nice review, how do intend to buff it, would be great to watch how you achieve that.

Well done great video great choice of songs

A great guitar got a great home 🎶👍Congratulations!

If it had a gloss finish and thinner tone inner braces, I would buy one in a second

The pick guard matches your shirt.

I had an all-black SJ200 from around 2014, bought it the next year. One of the worst acoustics I ever had the misfortune of owning and playing. The tone sounded practically dead and I never felt inspired anytime I played it. Needless to say, that guitar is unceremoniously long gone. It sounds like Epiphone did what they could to give players affordability and quality for what this is. Hopefully, your video will persuade people's opinions on whether or not they want to pick one up. I'm certainly intrigued.

I saved up and bought a gibson sj-200. I was on a wait list for 2 years and sadly it’s not my favorite guitar. It plays good enough and sounds fine but for 5k I want my butt to pucker when I play it lol. I have to say that J-45s are my favorite gibson acoustic. If I could trade the j-200 an EJ-160 I would

I'm not seeing it in person, but I think that finish is fine.

Hello, good review. I am very interested to see how the guitar will be after being polished (are you going to make a video ? would be great). IThis model interests me and I would like to do the same thing. That's the only point that made me not buy it

Do you like Vox amps?

I know you probably haven't played it but I wonder what you would think of the Sigma version of this, the GJA-SG200. It's also solid sitka spruce and just a bit cheaper. I had seriously been considering that one for a while. I didn't know epiphone just made this.

Do you know Jim Elia?

Noice

Thanks for revealing to the public what a financial mistake you made. Why didn't you purchase the regular Epiphone SJ-200 for $799.00 at Guitar Center?

I spend money on equipment that makes money. It's not the price - it's "How much can THIS guitar make ME?" A creatively-inspiring acoustic might, but I've got those already, and those have made far more money. And will in the future. This is only a show-piece - a stage-piece, something that could be stolen.

I received a scam saying I won one .what a let down.