Gibson 2019 J 185 Vintage SN: 10039054

The Gibson J185 is proof that guitars, like baseball, are a game of inches. When Gibson introduced it in 1951, they intended to offer flattop lovers a jumbo guitar with a slightly different flavor from the J200. So, they shortened the scale length from to and made the body slightly smaller. These two changes resulted in a guitar that sounded quite different from the vaunted SJ200, so let s take a closer look and examine what makes the J185 Vintage such a unique and delightful instrument.