Gibson Unveils Collection of Guitars Featured in Bruce Springsteen Biopic

Gibson has unveiled a new collection of guitars featured in and inspired by the new Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.

According to a press release, a range of Gibson and Epiphone acoustics — many handcrafted at the Gibson acoustic craftory in Bozeman, Montana — were used throughout filming and OST recording to match the instruments, tones, and signal chains of the early 1980s.

Buy a Gibson SJ-200 Reissue

Lead actor Jeremy Allen White can be seen playing many of them in his role as the Boss, and Springsteen himself famously used a late-1950s Gibson SJ-200 on Nebraska — the 1982 album that’s central to the plot of the film.

This collection specially curated selection of Gibson and Epiphone acoustics, highlighted by a plethora of SJ-200 reissues — most notably, the 1957 SJ-200 Reissue based on the aforementioned guitar used by the Boss in real life, aka “The Famous Fifties Jumbo.” This new Gibson Custom 1957 SJ-200 offers details such as hand-selected maple for the back and sides, a headstock stinger, and a thermally aged top.

Then there’s “The King of the Flat-tops,” the SJ-200 Original, first released in 1937. The new reissue of the SJ-200 Original includes the carved four-bar Moustache bridge, an engraved tortoise pickguard, mother-of-pearl crown fretboard and headstock inlays, and flamed maple back and sides.

Those two were featured in the film, whereas the rest of the collection features variations on the SJ-200. Gibson models range from $3,699 to $8,499, whereas the three Epiphone models come in a bit cheaper at $1,499. You can browse the collection on Gibson’s website and purchase similar SJ-200 reissues on Reverb.

Check out a video of Springsteen and White talking about a Gibson SJ-200, as well as pics of select guitars from the Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere collection, below.