Limited edition acoustic guitar available now
Gibson has teamed with the family of world-renowned music icons Phil and Don Everly, aka The Everly Brothers, to celebrate their lasting musical legacy all month long. Gibson has released the limited edition Everly Brothers SJ-200 acoustic guitar and the Everly Brothers x Gibson capsule apparel collection on everlybrothers.com and gibson.com.
On Friday, June 17th, the new, hotly anticipated 17-track compilation album Hey Doll Baby, will be released worldwide via Warner Records. On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th, the star-studded virtual concert, Hey Doll Baby Festival: Celebrating The Lives & Music Of The Everly Brothers will feature the legendary songs of The Everly Brothers at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT on the official Everly Brothers’ YouTube, Facebook, and website. Additionally, on June 19th, SiriusXM will simulcast the livestream at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT on Tom Petty Radio, channel 31.
The concert is presented by Gibson and features a superstar line-up, with new and archival performances of classic Everly Brothers songs by Albert Lee, Bob Weir & Chris Robinson, Butch Walker & Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, Carly Simon & Ben Taylor, Chris Isaak & Nicole Atkins, Dave Stewart & Amy Lee of Evanescence, Graham Nash & Chris Stills, Jakob Dylan, Jimmy Vivino, Lady Blackbird, Lukas Nelson, Mapache, Matt Sweeney, Mike Campbell & Stan Lynch, Paul Simon & Edie Brickell, Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls, Susanna Hoffs & Dan Wilson, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, The Cactus Blossoms, The Milk Carton Kids, Waddy Wachtel & Steve Postell and more. Phil Everly’s son Jason and Tom Petty’s daughter Adria, who curated the HEY DOLL BABY compilation album, will also make a special appearance.
On Saturday, June 18th, Gibson will hold a kick-off celebration with live music, Everly family, friends, and fans at the Gibson Garage — the ultimate guitar experience and music destination — in the heart of downtown Nashville.
Preferred by famous musicians for decades, Gibson acoustic guitars are known on stages the world over, and in the hands of the most celebrated artists across the globe. Gibson acoustics are cemented in the zeitgeist as the quintessential American acoustic guitar. The Everly Brothers recorded the majority of their hits such as “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” “All I Have to Do is Dream,” and others on Gibson J-200’s. This is back when artists recorded in mono and for all intents and purposes, live. If you needed to turn your acoustic guitar down during a certain section of the song, you had to back up from the microphone exactly the right amount when that time came during the song. The same for vocals and all the other instruments. As Phil Everly once said, “Before there was Pro Tools, there were Pros.” Guitar was their choice instrument and the brothers worked closely with Gibson to develop these new Gibson 200s known as “The King of the Flat-Tops” with double pickguards. The SJ, or Super Jumbo body shape, was first designed by Gibson in 1937 and engineered for volume even with a natural touch, and with Phil and Don Everly’s matching Gibson SJ-200 acoustic guitars and their soaring harmonies, music royalty had finally created the perfect fit.
Rare and collectible, these Everly Brothers SJ-200 acoustic guitars are handmade by the expert luthiers and artisans of Gibson Acoustic Custom Shop in Bozeman, Montana and feature the detailed SJ-200 ornamentation and beauty expected from Gibson acoustics. Equipped with a AA flame maple back and sides paired with a thermally aged Sitka spruce top, the guitar is capped with the dual pickguards that The Everly Brothers made famous. The Everly Brothers SJ-200 features a stunning Ebony finish and also has essential SJ-200 cosmetic appointments including classic mother-of-pearl graduated crown inlays on the rosewood fretboard, as well as a “Moustache” bridge with four bar mother-of-pearl inlays. The bridge saddle, nut and bridge pins are bone, while Gold Grover Rotomatic tuners ensure solid tuning stability; an SJ-200 hardshell acoustic guitar case is included. An acoustic masterpiece, only 30 of these limited edition Everly Brothers SJ-200 guitars will be available.
