my wife has a 2007. it was the best guitar we have heard in a while, just walked into GC one day and couldnt go home without it. and it had incredibly dead strings on it, yet the magical warm tone was unmistakable. she will never want another guitar. me on the other hand, well.....
it is short scale though, and i tend to feel a bit cramped if i play it for too long. i prefer the standard scale of my hummingbird, but wow is this J-45 bassy. huge low end, and very sweet....it puts bass players out of work.