New vs Vintage Gibson Southern Jumbo: 1940's vs 2010's Acoustic Guitar Comparison

Comparing a relatively new Southern Jumbo (Bozeman, 2013) with an old one (Kalamazoo, 1946).
Both guitars have Adirondack Spruce Tops, Mahogany Back and Sides, 24.75" scale lengths, and are strung up with D'addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Strings.
The Southern Jumbo, or "Southerner Jumbo" as it was originally called is a rather peculiar guitar because it's not a Jumbo, it's a slope-shouldered dreadnought. The model was introduced in 1942 for Gibson sales reps to take around to stores in the southern US and use it to sell Gibson guitars! It is essentially a J-45 with a little extra bling; a bound fretboard, parallelogram inlays, a slightly more ornate rosette...
Many prolific artists have been sighted with an SJ including Kris Kristofferson, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams Jr., and Sheryl Crow.

1946 SJ
Strumming 0:01 Flatpicking 3:22 Flatpicking2 5:40 Fingerpicking 8:16 Fingerpicking2 10:57 Capo 13:50
2013 SJ
Strumming 1:43 Flatpicking 4:30 Flatpicking2 7:06 Fingerpicking 9:42 Fingerpicking2 12:37 Capo 15:00

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