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Beautiful guitar playing!!

Hello Paul, Randy showed these guitars sometime ago love the looks of the blonde one and to my ear it has we bit softer tone but it be hard to pick both sound great and your playing skills are great as well and do I dare buy another guitar lol good job thanks! :-))))))

Awesome video, Paul! Love both🎸🎸

I hate these kind of shootout vids. Putting a tux on a turd doesnt hide the cheap smell. I collect real Gibson for many reasons. its much more than just the look.

I JUST BOUGHT ONE FROM SWEETWATER, CANNOT WAIT TO GET IT, HAD IT PLEXT AND BONE PINS, MAN DOES THAT SOUND GOOD, BUT IT IS A NITRO FINISH....LOOK IT UP, I HAD A MARTIN D-15 ALL MAHOGANY, GOT RID OF IT, GUILD DESROYED THE MARTIN, THX , GRAT VIDEO, LOOK UP FINISH IT IS A NITRO, BOUGH WILDLY KOYOTE TRUUS ROD COVE BECAUSE OF YOU THX, HE MAKES GREAT STUFF, THX, GOD BLESS, STAY SAFE, JOE!!!!

On pair.

There’s trillions of available guitars and the two generations (boomers and genx) that was 95% of the market are all dying off or just to old for the hobby in general anymore and trying to sell off there 10+ guitar collections at the same time. Problem is who are they gonna sell all these trillions of guitars too? Mellinials and gen z sure don’t want them so hence goes the market values. 5 years from now you will be buying a typical Les Paul custom for 1000 or less and everything else even way cheaper, there’s no demand in the future for all these guitars at the end of the day, just a natural market correction starting to happen so best get used to it.

Love both but if they were the same price I would take the Guild. Good video.

Sounds like an older 45. What’d they want for it? Nice rhythm, brother man Paul 👍🏻

I've owned 18 guitars. 9 were new and 9 were used. However I've never paid more than $600.00 even for the Fender or Gibson models I've owned. When I bought them it was back in the early 1970's. Some were under $400.00 new. The others were most recent purchases were new and under $600.00. Most of the guitars were between $350.00 and $400.00. If you know where to look and are patient you can find deals if you are looking for specific models.

I've been calling a guitar crash for the better part of 2 decades. It's inevitable. Fewer new players, aging players needing to liquidate, and a daily overproduction by manufacturers competing against their own used inventory already in the market. I'm just surprised it's taken this long to play out.

Good video! New guitars have been too expensive for me for a long time. The used market has some beautiful instruments and as you pointed out, you can often save up to 40% or more if you find a used guitar that you like. The fringe benefit is, if you decide to sell at a future time, you can recoup most of your money and often sell for a profit.

Inflation is caused by devaluing the dollar. If printing presses are running day and night and the dollar is not pegged to a standard, such as silver, the dollar is worth less and will therefore buy less.

Dry hide glue is a hard crystal. Dry white glue is rubber. No place for discussion which is better for the tone.

wow this is so awesome well done my frend great job cool video

wow this is so awesome well done my frend great job cool video

Brother Paul, I thought the thermally aged had a sweeter tone. I love the depth that these 200’s have. Both were tone monsters, for sure. Great playing! I’m not going to kick either one out of the house, brother man 👍🏻

Hands down the vintage wins nice and and warm the standard needs to go you have my address.happy 4th

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Super Jumbos not for fingerpicking???.Somebody has clearly never listened to Michael Chapman's 'Naked Ladies And Electric Ragtime'.Didn't Ray Whitley's SJ 200 see the light of day in 1937?.I've had(and still own)J200s since 1972 including 3 Bozeman models.My Guild F50R(made in New Hartford)would eat them for breakfast according to not only me but a former Taylor and Larrivee clinician and demonstrator.I've got a slightly smaller rosewood GAD and a maple 17" Farida J66.Many years ago a guy was selling a '54 J200 and said a buyer would be in laminated body territory if they opted for a '55.I wonder if that was the situation down the years before a return to solid wood at the tail end of Nashville production and Bozeman models?.I heard that Gibson went with laminated though more expensive due to worries re structural integrity on a big guitar.Don't like the Epiclones though.

A friend of mine here in West Sussex (Southern England - UK) has one of these and I have to say I'm very impressed with it. The build quality is great, and unlike so many Les Pauls or Gibson LP copies, it's not too heavy. The neck and fretboard are great, it's very comfortable to play, and TBH I wish it were mine..! My guess is that it was made in Japan, partly because of the much lighter than usual weight, aprtly because of the super-high build quality.

Great video brother

You empathize with the people building them, but, take my money! Haha, well they took mine also. Whoever trained the children to build them, did a good job. I've gotten the SG so far with a 338 on order currently. The SG is incredible as well.

Wonder what will happen to boutique builders? Their cost has risen significantly. I bought a used Bourgeois this year for $4700 and a new one cost 13k.

It doesn't help that SamAsh is gone and Guitar Center is probably next to close shop.

I just bought a new Guild USA M20.. which the does not have the deep dread sound… because it’s the 00 version of what you have..but it still sounds rich. I love it.

Wow!! So beautiful!! Sounds great!! I have a Gibson J-45. Great tone, my friend!!!🎸

Yup I Need one of these guitars!!!!! Great tone!!!!

Gibson wins, but for the money, I will get an imported Guild. Great review

So wonderful performance!👍👍👍

I ain’t wasting time no more, cause life goes by like a hurricane. Bits of a song that resonates with us, for sure. A beautiful song, Paul. You’re more than welcome for myself being part of the now 500+ subscribers. As far as I’m concerned, time well spent just to get to know such a fine man who’s become like a brother to me. You’re the one that got me interested in the 200 to begin with and at some point one will end up in east Texas with me. A really great review, my friend. Now, how about a comparison between the red wine and the sunburst? I would guess that the aged top on this one is louder that the standard, but I’d sure like to hear it. By the way, Maryanne was always my girl 👍🏻

Lovely tone, such a roaring bass and chimy treble! I wonder if the tone will become mellower over time. Would love if it did to some extent. That's definitely a grand piano, I don't think the wine red is standing a chance!😁 Is it pickup-free? That's definitely a bonus for this guitar's tone! Lovely grain as well, I think tighter than most Adirondack. The 2 block bridge might not look as good but it's just a better design. Bridge holes should be closer to the saddle for optimal break angle. If they're far away, the angle is too shallow, and with inlay between the pin hole and the saddle you're kind of prohibited to ramp the bridge, which is a real shame. I understand a guitar can sound great even despite suboptimal construction, but when it's a guitar as expensive as J-200 it would really pain me to look at the bridge and constantly realise that the guitar's crucial part was robbed of its potential. Not saying that to put you down, I love the moustache bridge even though it's not an optimal design either, just a bit of geekness.🤓

Oh man, I understand that "in the back of my mind I always wanted a different thing". That's exactly why I ordered the new all-solid natural maple Epiphone SJ-200, I always wanted THAT. Thank you VERY MUCH for mentioning my review in the description, I greatly appreciate it!

The Guild is completely outclassed. 😮

Why do people always talk about resale value? Who buys guitars just to sell them? I just don’t understand. I have 31 guitars and I could get a crap about what their resale values are. Maybe some of you buys guitars just to sell but it just doesn’t make any sense at all to me. Just don’t buy the guitar.

In 1989 I purchased a new Gibson Les Paul Custom and a new PRS CE 24 Custom and when I was purchasing my first house I tried to sell them to help with my down payment 🫤 I couldn’t get more than $500 each both being in excellent condition 🫤 losing money on guitars is nothing new !

From the UK here, I have listed three guitars One Gibson, One Fender and a Kramer. Three to four times all low priced for what they are. No buyers. 1 silly offer for the Gibson that's it. That was on Ebay.

Well they arent that close. The guild is kind of tight/stiff sounding and has less detail/overtones. The gibson is simply a prettier sounding guitar. It sounded like a piano with a ton of bass. The songs sounded better on the gibson.

I think I like the fullness and sound of this Gretsch better than the recent Reverend 12-strings, which do look very cool. They just don’t seem to ring like a 12-string should.

Laurel fingerboards are so exciting. It is such garbage that we can't even get rosewood boards unless we sell our children to Gibson 😔

Sigma sg200 is supposed to be all solid woods

Thanks to the fraudulent illegitimate Biden regime.

The Gibson 200 was already defeated by the Guild f50r

Wow! Sounds really cool, Paul!!!Nice place, my friend!!

It's already dead

Don't know why you think everyone has so much time to waste.

In my opinion the Guild has the superior sound here.. I tested one against a Gibson and bought the Guild. The Guild just has a more balanced and full sound. The Gibson is too bright sounding for me and doesn’t have the warmth and personality of the Guild. The Gibson is a much nicer guitar to look at, but I’m here for sound not looks.

Excellent cover really well revisited with your own style and touch. Much inspired and talented. Full of poetry and tenderness. A real peaceful and relaxing pleasure to listen. Good for the mind and the ears. Exceptionnal guitar player and singer with a lot of feeling and sense of groove. Big big big like for this fantastic perform and brilliant sharing. Splendid and luminous.

Thank you for this informative video here !! Loved the song in the beginning!!!

no comparison the Guild is way better, the sound and the build are far superior