X-500 vs X-150

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This semester, we are doing a jazz trio at school: sax, guitar, and bass. I started playing my X-500, but at home I’d practice on my X-150. I was loving the feel and sound of the old girl, and brought her in to school for today’s rehearsal. Aside from the lightness (fully hollow Hoboken vs. semi-hollow late Westerly), the sound was just so much woodier, in a good way. The odd thing was, a chord in the cutaway that wouldn’t work on the X-500 was a piece of cake on the X-150. Same fret join, same cutaway, but the body depth and neck carve just worked better.

Now, I’ll pair the ‘60 X-150 with the ‘60 99J for the concert.
 
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Perfect reason for owning both of them!

Speaking of woody sound, I'm Jonesing for a 1920's Gibson "A" style mandolin.
 

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That's cool, Chris! Nice to have two guitars like that to choose from!

Can't agree more about the effect body depth has on the feel of a guitar and it's playability.

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And, in case you were wondering, the chord in question is a CMaj7(b5), fingered x-x-14-16-15-14 (E-A-D-G-b-e).
 
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