The Bob Dylan Autographed SJ-200 Collector’s Edition

In this new Gibson Acoustic's advertisement Bob apperars playing his autographed SJ-200 collector's edition.

MARTIN D-28

1963 Newport Folk Festival 

backstage photograph by Jim Marshall.

MARTIN 00-42

MARTIN 0042

Freebody Park

Newport, Rhode Island

24 July 1964

“Broadsides (Topical Songs) Workshop”

with Joan Baez’s guitar.

Two days later, on Sunday 26, Dylan is the major performer and he presents a new image to an audience of over fifteen thousand.

His set contains no topical songs but his new All I Really Wanna Do, To Ramona, Mr. Tambourine Man and Chimes Of Freedom.

For the encore he invites Joan Baez and they sing With God On Our Side.

Reviews are mainly unfavorable.

GIBSON J-45

GIBSON J-45

Freebody Park

Newport, Rhode Island

24 July 1964

Photograph by David Gahr

David Gahr (1922–2008) was an American photographer born in Milwaukee to Russian immigrant parents.

His book, The Face of Folk Music (Citadel Press, 1968) with writer Robert Shelton captured the exploding American Folk music scene, with hundreds of images including Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, among many others. 

His work appeared prominently in Crawdaddy.

BLACK WASHBURN TANGLEWOOD

Opera House

Washington, District Of Columbia

20 January 1986

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Bob played two guitars: a sunburst Washburn Tanglewood and a Black Washburn Tanglewood with rosewood soundboard pictured above.

SILVERTONE ARISTOCRAT 642

SILVERTONE ARISTOCRAT MODEL 642 ARCHTOP GUITAR. SINGLE CUTAWAY.
Dylan Room, Hibbing Public Library. The guitar Bob played in a student talent show.

MARTIN D-28

Early sixties with a Martin D-28.

GIBSON LG-1

In 2006  musician and photographer Aaron Warren was touring the Gibson Bozeman plant. He spied something different in the final setup area: there were two guitars with Bob Dylan’s work order attached.
The guitars are labelled as Gibson LG-1, a model that has not been made since the 1960s.

The LG-1 is a small body guitar with spruce top and mahogany sides and back, similar to the J-45 but smaller.

In 2006, Dylan was probably trying to find a smaller guitar that would accommodate the rumored arthritis he has. It is quite common for guitar players to get arthritis in their 60s due to over use.

GIBSON J-50

Early sixties with a natural Gibson J-50 with rosewood soundboard.

Gibson SJ-200 Bob Dylan Autographed Collector’s Edition (SJBD2AGH1)

Limited to 175 worldwide

The Bob Dylan Autographed SJ-200 Collector’s Edition is an exact replica of Bob’s personal highly-customized SJ-200, fashioned from highly figured Indian rosewood and AAA Sitka spruce. The headstock features an inlaid artist’s eye logo with a Bella Voce mother-of-pearl inlay in the fret board. The double pick guards are ornately decorated with an inlay of abalone.
Each model features an autographed label by Bob Dylan and is numbered in the series. The head block also bears a matching number in the series. Only 175 guitars will be made and distributed for worldwide sales.
These guitars will also include a unique limited edition hard-shell case with embroidered artist eye logo.

Gibson SJ-200 Bob Dylan Player’s Edition (SJBDVSGH1)

The SJ-200 Player’s Edition is a high-performance model based on Bob Dylan’s personal guitar. This model is constructed with Adirondack red spruce and hand-selected AAA flamed maple. Featuring vintage style hide glue top bracing. The headstock features the artist’s eye logo with a Bella Voce Mother-of-pearl inlay on the fret board. Double pick guards feature an engraved design, with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.

WASHBURN 5250 ARCHTOP

Joan Baez introduced Bob to big audiences...here is Dylan at Newport 1963 with a Washburn 5250 with slotted headstock and tailpiece

GIBSON L-00

1997.'Time Out of Mind' front cover with a Gibson acoustic L-00

KRAMER ACOUSTIC BASS GUITAR KFB

Traveling Wilburys...Bob with a 1987-88 Kramer Ferrington acoustic bass KFB

GRETSCH RANCHER ACOUSTIC GUITAR

with a Gretsch Rancher acoustic guitar...The richly resonant Rancher first appeared in the early 1950s with its highly distinctive triangular sound hole and sweepingly elegant pickguard

GIBSON DOVE GUITAR

Universal Amphitheater
Los Angeles, California
23 March 1994
The Rhythm, Country & Blues Concert

Playing 'Tomorrow Night' with Trisha Yearwood and a black Gibson acoustic Dove guitar

GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD

1993 With a natural vintage acoustic Gibson Hummingbird

GIBSON J-45 with soundhole pickup

Messing around with a Gibson J-45 with double pickguard and soundhole mounted pickup

OM-28 PERRY BECHTEL AND HD-28 MARTIN GUITARS

...'George Harrison borrowed the Perry Bechtel OM-28 for a televised Dylan tribute Concert at Madison Square Garden ... Bob played his leather-stained herringbone.'
from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book      
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

OM-28 PERRY BECHTEL MARTIN GUITAR

...'In 1993, a PERRY BECHTEL Commemorative OM-28 was conceived to pay tribute to the man who is credited with the development of the 14-fret neck on Martin guitars...

...For several years, Cesar Díaz was Bob's guitar technician and amplifier specialist. Cesar was also a great player and joined in with Bob's band for a time, during which he often visited Martin to stock up on plenty of strings and to acquire a variety of stock and custom guitars for the tour. A few HD-28s and an OM-28 Perry Bechtel were purchased.'
 from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book      
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com