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Let us know how you find it.
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I guess it would depend what you’re going to use the guitar for. I’ve never felt the J200 was particularly good for fingerstyle. Many like it for strumming, but it’s not my favorite guitar for that either. If you’re a fingerstyle player, it’s very, very hard to beat a good OM. You will not her the same clarity or response from a J200.
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I fingerpick all my instruments using my nails. I also own a rosewood J-200 and it is a great fingerpicking guitar. I'll just let Mark and Chet give you a taste of that with their '85 Gibson rosewood J-200s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wTVLIZaxMk Don .
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I'm just happy to be able to finally get my hands on one. But like you, I think maple might be the better choice for back and sides...we'll see?
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* * * My 2 cents is that a rosewood J-200 is a much different sounding beast than a maple J-200. A difference that I enjoy with either wood. As I mentioned previously two posts ago (post #18), I fingerpick with my nails. But it also sounds great when combined with some hybrid thumb and strum. Don .
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Guitars are individuals. I wouldn't buy one sight unseen unless I knew I could return it if it didn't live up to all the brand rah-rah. |
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Though ANY guitar in the hands of Mark Knopfler or Chet Atkins will sound GREAT. OM guy here.... Like the other forumite mentioned.... the rosewood jumbo could be monstrously tough... I had a few Gibson J200's in rosewood as well. MEH |
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Powerful, warm and responsive. Impressive guitars!
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They're amped. Sound like the nylon strings strings Chet and Jerry played back in the day. That doesn't count. |
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I think you need to be clear about what you love and what you hate in the J200 because there's no guarantee a Collings OM will live up to what you love - then you may have bought a different love/hate issue.
I also think a Collings small body and a decent J200 are about as opposite as you could hope to find tonally, and that's not an insult to either of them, so I have to agree with those who caution about buying anything unplayed .. and by that I mean having at least both of those instruments with new strings together in a quiet place. |
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This. The Collings should be good all around but don’t expect the bass to rumble like a SJ200.
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These are pretty different instruments. Given that choice I would go with the OM, but that's really useless information.
You need to play a couple of Collings guitars. You're going to use it for many, many hours and it's worth taking a day to drive to a store that stocks them. If you're so far from a store that you can't manage that you might see if there is a member with a Collings within driving distance.
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Wow, you couldn’t have picked more different guitars. Having played both this would be a no brainer for me. Give me that great sounding, easy playing, consistently well-made Collings OM3 any day of the week. But, that’s me and not you. Get one in your hands and then decide.
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But, a Collings OM can be and most likely will be, a wonderful instrument. I love a Collings OM. And, yes, they are precise, but with time, the tone becomes more blended. You can always play with string and pick combinations, to dial it in to what your ears like. Adi/Rosewood in a Collings OM is a wonderful pairing. I don't believe I have played a bad one, yet. Good luck!
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