Acoustic Guitar Magazine's "Best Steel String Guitar Up To $500"

This solid top jumbo body acoustic guitars weighs 4.50 lbs. and has a nut width of slightly under 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard with 20 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl split-diamond position markers. Headstock with inlaid pearl "Epiphone" script logo and pearl cloud inlay. Individual Gotoh tuners with half-moon metal buttons. Tortoiseshell pickguard. Cream-colored plastic bridge on an ebony base with white pins with black dots. All hardware gold-plated. Serial number ("Z00020025") on an oval label inside the soundhole. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition. There was a rectangular label on the front of the guitar which has left a very slight fade mark. Housed in the original Gibson black hardshell case with blue velvet lining (9.50). Complete with the original owner's manual.

"The Gibson Super Jumbo acoustic guitar was born in 1934 as the result of a need for bigger, louder instruments. The oversized guitar delivered a superior tone that became the benchmark for acoustic guitars that still exists today. Epiphone, who earlier this year took home a Player's Choice Award from Acoustic Guitar Magazine for 'Best Steel String Guitar Up To $500,' is proud to offer the legendary tone of a Super Jumbo in a new, affordable solid top model, the SJ-18S. The SJ-18S features mahogany back and sides, a solid spruce top, rosewood fingerboard with split diamond inlays, and gold hardware. This guitar truly embodies the famed tone and quality build of the original, but is offered at a highly affordable price. The Epiphone SJ-18S is available immediately, with a list price of $429" ("Epiphone SJ-18S Acoustic Guitar" (July 23, 2000, Press Release) at http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM00/Content/Epiphone/PR/SJ-18S.html).