Know Anything About Gibson Acoustics?

indytone · Post by **indytone** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:14 am

I have an EC-20 Starburst (Natural) model and am wondering if it's the same thing as Gibson's later released J-180 EC model.

The reason I'm a bit confused is because the model number listen inside the guitar is EC-20 Starburst; however, when I was looking up the blue book value of the guitar I ran across a photo of the J-180 EC and they were identical. Even the description is spot on. Oh, and their blue book values are very close.

For example, some eBay comparisons:

J-180 EC: http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-J-180-EC-Aco ... 7350576078

EC-20: http://cgi.ebay.com/GIBSON-EC20-STARBUR ... 7352074285

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:37 am

Hi Anthony, I have an EC20 Starburst as well, and a nice guitar it is too, and quite rare as a lefty!. Regarding the Blue book photos, someone has made a "technical error" and put the wrong photo in. I noticed it too.

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:43 am

I've just checked out the links and I'm confused now!

indytone · Post by **indytone** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:41 am

Peter: I emailed Gibson last night and the responded today. Looks like it's no error:
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Hello Anthony,

You are correct the Starburst EC-20 was later renamed the the J-180 EC. Thanks for your inquiry to Gibson.

Best Regards,

Bob Burns
Gibson Customer Service
1-800-444-2766
service@gibson.com