Those are a totally different sounding animal. Incidentally I recommend when buying a used J200 that you make sure it's noty a mid 70's one that has a double x bracing underneath. The koa seems a bit more versatile and a little more satisfying for strumming. That’s certainly present and correct here, alongside the distinctive calling cards of J-200 heritage the moustache bridge, decorative tortoiseshell-style pickguard and pearloid crown inlays. The two guitars have slightly different tones and as you would expect the maple is brighter a bit and the koa is more midrangy. It’s traditionally regarded as a strummer’s pal and in theory the larger size rewards players with a deeper bottom end. There are many great guitars out there that have one or two but when they have all three my wallet comes out. They just sound great fingerpicking or strumming or capoed or anything. ![]() ![]() The koa was at Manny's in NYC I bought after playing everything they had and the maple one was bought at Guitar Emporium in Louisville Ky after playing about 40 of his high-end guitars (Taylor, Santa Cruz, Larivee,Martin,Tacoma etc.). I bought them both at separate music stores. I'm not into cowboys and I didn't walk into a music store looking for a J200. ![]() ![]() These J200s were both bought based on sound alone.
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