Gibson has unveiled a brand new assortment of guitars featured in and impressed by the brand new Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere.
In response to a press launch, a spread of Gibson and Epiphone acoustics — many handcrafted on the Gibson acoustic craftory in Bozeman, Montana — have been used all through filming and OST recording to match the devices, tones, and sign chains of the early Nineteen Eighties.
Lead actor Jeremy Allen White will be seen taking part in lots of them in his function because the Boss, and Springsteen himself famously used a late-Nineteen Fifties Gibson SJ-200 on Nebraska — the 1982 album that’s central to the plot of the movie.
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This assortment specifically curated choice of Gibson and Epiphone acoustics, highlighted by a plethora of SJ-200 reissues — most notably, the 1957 SJ-200 Reissue based mostly on the aforementioned guitar utilized by the Boss in actual life, aka “The Well-known Fifties Jumbo.” This new Gibson Customized 1957 SJ-200 provides particulars reminiscent of hand-selected maple for the again and sides, a headstock stinger, and a thermally aged high.
Then there’s “The King of the Flat-tops,” the SJ-200 Authentic, first launched in 1937. The brand new reissue of the SJ-200 Authentic consists of the carved four-bar Moustache bridge, an engraved tortoise pickguard, mother-of-pearl crown fretboard and headstock inlays, and flamed maple again and sides.
These two have been featured within the movie, whereas the remainder of the gathering options variations on the SJ-200. Gibson fashions vary from $3,699 to $8,499, whereas the three Epiphone fashions are available a bit cheaper at $1,499. You’ll be able to browse the gathering on Gibson’s web site and buy comparable SJ-200 reissues on Reverb.
Try a video of Springsteen and White speaking a couple of Gibson SJ-200, in addition to pics of choose guitars from the Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere assortment, beneath.
