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02-11-2022, 12:48 PM
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What do you consider the quintessential jumbo?
When I think dreadnaught, I see a D-28 or a J-45. When I think OM or OOO see an OM-28 or 000-18.
When you think jumbo, what do you see? 
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02-11-2022, 01:55 PM
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Yeah, Gibson J-200.
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02-11-2022, 02:10 PM
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Gibson J-200. But I am pleased with the my Takamine GJ72CE-12 string.
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02-11-2022, 02:24 PM
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Gibson J-200 was the first to come to mind, as others have also mentioned.
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02-11-2022, 02:32 PM
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Guild F-50. I associate those with John Denver back when I started playing guitar. All my other heroes played dreadnoughts or Ovations (early to mid-70's).
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02-11-2022, 02:45 PM
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I was afraid to mention a Lowden O because then I'd have to come up with body dimensions, and then they wouldn't be those of a "real" jumbo and then I'd get defensive trying to justify my statement. 
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02-11-2022, 03:06 PM
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What do you consider the quintessential jumbo?
Easy. The original Jumbo, designed by Ray Whitley, who co-wrote "Back in the Saddle Again" with Gene Autry. He brought it to Gibson to make the guitar, which has his name inscribed on the headstock. Made spruce over rosewood B&S in the late 1930s before WWII, spruce over maple B&S in standard production after the war. That original J-200 resides in the Country Music Hall of Fame. The nomenclature comes from the Cost, which was originally $200.00, married to the 'J' for Jumbo. Mine is a later model J-200, but it does have the spruce over rosewood back and sides body. Here's a couple of guys name Mark and Chet fingerpicking rosewood J-200s duet style: "I'll see you in my dreams" and "Imagine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wTVLIZaxMk Don .
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02-11-2022, 04:34 PM
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My 1987 Guild JF65-12.
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02-11-2022, 04:42 PM
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Gibson and Guild. Equal IMO, but I would have to concede the edge to the SJ-200 just because of the exposure and popularity.
Oh, and let me give a very honorable mention to the J-185!
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