The Epiphone Slash J45 sounded great.. the 2nd one lacks the warmth and depth in the low end when I was trying it out, but still a great sound though.. just not what I was after.
The Epiphone came with Pau Ferro fretboard and bridge. The All Solid Sigma SJM-SG45+ came with ebony board and bridge (i think?) and the JM-SG45 came with Micarta board and bridge. I wouldve loved rosewood board, but its not an issue to me as long as the guitar plays and sounds great
Yeah, the all Solid Sigma lacks a bit of warmth and low end. But in the room, it clearly won over the Epiphone Slash. I bought the semi-solid Sigma (3rd guitar) as clearly it sounded closest to the Gibson J-45 in the same room (not on video)
Same radius from what I can remember. Both felt the same, but the response and sound of the all-solid version is just better than the non-solid back and sides - which I bought. I still have it and it has opened up significantly since this video - but it makes me think that I shouldve went for the all-solid one so I wont be looking back and think I settled.
@@bboyging Out of all the guitars I've tried, the Eastman E20SS beat them all, including high end Martins. It was just out of my budget but I hope to return and get it as well.
@@bboyging Yes, I prefer Mahogany back and sides as well for acoustic guitars. I got surprised that I liked the E20SS as it has rosewood, but it sounded amazing. for J-45 copies, Id like to stick with Mahogany.
It does sound very good. However, my goal was to get the closest sounding guitar to the Gibson J-45 I tried it against in the same store. Whoever got that Epi will be very happy, although, to my ears, the Sigma JM-SG45 (last one) sounds almost 1:1 to the Gibson. As usual, with acoustics, you just gotta try them in person. YMMV.
the Sigma SJM-SG45 is a guitar all solid wood (1600 euro) and sounds worse than the same sigma laminated model (650 euro) and semilaminated epiphone with Slash signature (900 euro), thats because she is extremely out of tune ... ???
The Epiphone Slash model isnt semi laminated. Its also all solid. It might just be the set up and intonation on the bridge saddle isnt great. As far as I’m concerned, the Sigma I got to take home was far better sounding than the all solid Sigma and Epiphone Slash. Your experience may vary. These are acoustics and not all of them are the same
Thanks, the guitar was very new out of the box and strings have not settled in yet, so maybe thats one of the reasons why it was going out of tune. I tuned them all to standard and played them a couple of minutes before recording.
They all sounded great, but I liked the Epi Slash and the 2nd one
The Epiphone Slash J45 sounded great.. the 2nd one lacks the warmth and depth in the low end when I was trying it out, but still a great sound though.. just not what I was after.
The Sigma guitar is the best sound
Please do a comparison on the tanglewood X15 SDTE VS Epiphone
Great comparison!
Thank you! They’re all great!
liked the Epiphone... nice guitar!
@@sudkreuz7570 it is indeed very nice
does it looks a bit faded or ordinary the fretboard (so the bridge) .. !? wouldn´t be better have came with rosewood bridge and fretboard..... !?
The Epiphone came with Pau Ferro fretboard and bridge. The All Solid Sigma SJM-SG45+ came with ebony board and bridge (i think?) and the JM-SG45 came with Micarta board and bridge. I wouldve loved rosewood board, but its not an issue to me as long as the guitar plays and sounds great
The Epi shaded it for me over the second Sigma. Not keen on the first Sigma
Yeah, the all Solid Sigma lacks a bit of warmth and low end. But in the room, it clearly won over the Epiphone Slash.
I bought the semi-solid Sigma (3rd guitar) as clearly it sounded closest to the Gibson J-45 in the same room (not on video)
Do the 2 sigmas have the same fretboard radius or are they different ?
Same radius from what I can remember. Both felt the same, but the response and sound of the all-solid version is just better than the non-solid back and sides - which I bought. I still have it and it has opened up significantly since this video - but it makes me think that I shouldve went for the all-solid one so I wont be looking back and think I settled.
EPI J45 sounds fatter, more warmth and louder.
Yes it's a great guitar! I went with the non-solid Sigma (third one in the video) as it sounded closer to the Gibson J-45 in the same store.
@@BardOfTheSixString congratulation! Thanks for the cool information!
@@bboyging Out of all the guitars I've tried, the Eastman E20SS beat them all, including high end Martins. It was just out of my budget but I hope to return and get it as well.
@@BardOfTheSixString I have a used e20d, it's really good. But I've loved the mohagony back and side for strumming recently.
@@bboyging Yes, I prefer Mahogany back and sides as well for acoustic guitars. I got surprised that I liked the E20SS as it has rosewood, but it sounded amazing.
for J-45 copies, Id like to stick with Mahogany.
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Epi wins
It does sound very good. However, my goal was to get the closest sounding guitar to the Gibson J-45 I tried it against in the same store. Whoever got that Epi will be very happy, although, to my ears, the Sigma JM-SG45 (last one) sounds almost 1:1 to the Gibson. As usual, with acoustics, you just gotta try them in person. YMMV.
the Sigma SJM-SG45 is a guitar all solid wood (1600 euro) and sounds worse than the same sigma laminated model (650 euro) and semilaminated epiphone with Slash signature (900 euro), thats because she is extremely out of tune ... ???
The Epiphone Slash model isnt semi laminated. Its also all solid. It might just be the set up and intonation on the bridge saddle isnt great. As far as I’m concerned, the Sigma I got to take home was far better sounding than the all solid Sigma and Epiphone Slash. Your experience may vary. These are acoustics and not all of them are the same
You've got some horrible ears then
@@MrSwitchblade327 yep. Sorry to disappoint the most perfect ears in the universe. :-)
@@MrSwitchblade327 lets see some playing! Id love to “hear” what your tone is like, maybe I can learn something here and there. :-)
the 2nd guitar is out of tune
Thanks, the guitar was very new out of the box and strings have not settled in yet, so maybe thats one of the reasons why it was going out of tune. I tuned them all to standard and played them a couple of minutes before recording.