Sigma GJA SG200 Guitar Review

Looking at Sigma's GJA SG200 Jumbo acoustic with Fishman pick up. Theme music 'Mustang,' from my album, 'Warbirds,' by Harpaxe. Available from Amazon & i-tunes.
'Clouds upon a painted sky,' is also available on i-tunes and Amazon.

[@davidbeja]

Great video. Your playing of open chords sounds beautiful. Reminds me of the 70's soft rock band "Bread"

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

One of my favourite bands.

[@brody.4098]

Goodness John, I was really struck by "Clouds On a Painted Sky." It's got one of the best chord progressions I think I've ever heard. If I am ever so lucky as to record an album, I would like very much to cover that song. Thanks for playing it!

[@tramlad2]

Welcome back young John, love your reviews, always so enjoyable, and done with lovely humour , top work again, that guitar has a really nice tone.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks William, yes lovely guitar, wish it was mine!

[@kufijerry]

Love your videos, John. Always glad to see a new one.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks John, glad you liked it.

[@hjalmarconte4926]

Thank you so much for this review - it helped me enormously. You have touched upon all the main issues, and saved me some coin ... the guitar is not unstuck in any of my local stores, so I would have ordered it without testing it first. It's beautiful, and sounds great, but the point you made about the action (although it can be adjusted) and the difficulty in fiddling around the higher part of the neck made me realise it is not the one for me. I wet for the Sigma Hummingbird instead and I love it! Thanks again!

[@listairgin]

Enjoyed your demo and song John. Thanks for sharing it with us. 🌌🌠👍

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks for listening

[@graham5000clepto]

Excellent review John ,i really like the sound of the sigma as I’m just an auld strummer and i feel as if it would suit me down to the ground.I loved the lyrics of the song you wrote as a seventeen year old and the tune was great too,keep up the good work.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Graham, yes it's a pity I had to give it back to its owner.

[@tipp55]

Great review and a very enjoyable video. I really like the sound of that GJA SG200. It sounds better than a few Gibson J200s I've played in the past.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@tipp55]

@@JohnCouplandguitar My pleasure, John!

[@JEFF-xk5jp]

Good to see you sing ! Thanks for your reviews :-)

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks for listening Jeff.

[@bobbyblackburn1647]

Boy that is a beautiful Segma an sounds great.

[@Saladzingers]

Lovely review John, you’re very winsome in front of the camera! I have a DT41+ I found for a great price second hand and wouldn’t hesitate to buy another AMI Sigma, they’re brilliant instruments. As the action - that’s what truss rods are for!

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Cool, thanks!

[@toffee335]

Very good John! your best yet! :-) great lighting and sound, catchy song! very well presented to the lovely (looking) Sigma

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Toffee, much appreciated.

[@patgaff2536]

Sure sounds pretty. I like your song John, and as usual your review.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Pat, much appreciated.

[@roddyrobertson5393]

Great song John, Still humming it. The distance between us means your song has crossed the span from Bishopbriggs all the way to Summerston. Must be at least 4 miles! Loved the tones of the guitar too especially when played acoustically. Cheers John another good one. See you down Byres rd sometime. :-)

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks for listening Roddy. Ah, memories of the Byre!

[@gglendinningok]

i felt much the same when i tried 1 in guitar guitar glasgow, had my £700 cash expecting to buy, but although a beautifully lush strummer, i felt it was 1 trick pony and couldn't justify £700 for simply strumming, don't recall it having bad action, just lacking in anything other than strumming, single strings, riffs, fingerpicking, no projection at all, later got the sg100 version which is fab guitar and well worth it's cost, i got mine from shop in Germany online, at well reduced ex display for only £375, not bad for guitar that costs over £500

[@philidorblackmmar7910]

this model for you is bad guitar and overpriced?

[@gglendinningok]

@@philidorblackmmar7910 It's certainly not a "Bad" guitar it's a very lush sounding strummer unlike any other, but that was it, it's not an all round guitar & i couldn't justify spending £700 for a 1 trick pony, a lovely strummer

[@killerashtray1396]

Loving the review mate!! Watched you les Paul LT review a month ago and got my own the next day hahaha

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Kenny, Hope you bond with your new toy.

[@tyroneshoelace4872]

I believe that this guitar has laminate back & sides. Therefore, cutting a hole on the side for battery and tone control would not be detrimental to the sound in any way. I refuse to play out with any guitar that requires me to almost rewove the strings to change the battery since you never know when that's going to be required.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Wise words indeed.

[@markthomas1812]

Love this guy

[@deanlutgert8292]

Nice playing very tasty

[@The2Frank]

👍

[@darwinmatulatan4486]

Sir, I think that is Sigma GJA-SG200+, not SG200. The Sigma logo is new, differemt than the old one. And its neck, or fretboard, I don't remember, is made of different wood than that of SG200.

[@markgraves5454]

And you're right.

[@MartinJG100]

Ah, do I detect a few beats of 'Horse with no name' 2:07 :)

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

A distinct possibility.

[@IGstBNgrPPutra]

Hi, i wanna know what is the difference between sigma gja-sg200 and gja-sg200+ ?? Could you please explain it for me Thanks in advance

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

The fingerboard material is different. The 200+ uses Micarta while the 200 uses rosewood.

[@IGstBNgrPPutra]

@@JohnCouplandguitar what about the size and the finish, is it the same? Sorry for my bad english 🙏🙏

[@j.dtruths5577]

Sounds thin to me, however the Price$$$ and the overall playability is Amazing for the Price !

[@InnovativeHybridWrestling]

Action can be adjusted very easily.

[@InnovativeHybridWrestling]

Should have any guitar set up with preferred action upon purchase.

[@InnovativeHybridWrestling]

Lovely review though, and a lovely guitar

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

That is why the owner brought the guitar to me.

[@TonyBurke100]

Audio is way out of synch. Will I need to have it set up before I play it? The last guitar I purchased (an Epiphone Hummingbird) needed a setup the frets were all over the place, it was awful.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

It will benefit from a set up. Epi QC is almost non-existent. I got one of their Les Paul studios and the selector switch was unfinished and useless. A travel guitar needed 3mm removed from the nut to 1st fret and my 339 had to have a new selector switch after just 6 months.

[@TonyBurke100]

I had the Hummingbird and the Sigma set up by a local tech ($340 X 2) and they're great. The strings on the Sigma i.e 0012- 0053 were too heavy for me so I Replaced them with a set of Ernie Ball Earthwood 0010-0050s (just now) and it's perfect not only is it easier to play but it rings like a bell it's just beautiful.That old myth about light gauge strings sounding terrible is just that, "a myth".

[@Whitty43]

Liked your own song! Got a bit of a Weller sound to it. Are you a fan?

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Being a child of the 50's my musical tastes are Beatles, Cohen, Joni Mitchel. The only modern artist who's album I have bought was KT Tunstal.

[@Whitty43]

@@JohnCouplandguitar I meant Paul Weller John

[@telefan2]

Would be good to know what you think of the guitar at the end, just a summary maybe tone, playability and value for money? Hard to judge a video if your not in the room with it in your hands.? Thanks anyway

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Rest assured if I though a guitar was shite I would say so.

[@telefan2]

John Coupland fair comment john !

[@darwinmatulatan4486]

Hi. How is its sound volume? Is it loud enough for a $1000 jumbo guitar standard? Thanks.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

It would be loud enough for a classroom full of children. Remember that if a guitar is too loud, no one will be able to hear what you are singing!

[@darwinmatulatan4486]

@@JohnCouplandguitar Thanks. For me, the louder the better. Loud instruments can be played softer but not vice versa.

[@darwinmatulatan4486]

@@JohnCouplandguitar Hi again. Can I ask again? Is your Sigma made in China? Thanks.

[@EJ2K2K]

What’s that first chord progression you play? it sounds lovely

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

I have had so many asking that that I made a video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqaQiWith5abZqM

[@ciggy_]

Could you do a review of their j45 copy?

[@ciggy_]

Great video btw

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

I am limited to those guitars that come my way by friends, family or subscribers who live near me but should one come by I will grab it at once.

[@ciggy_]

@@JohnCouplandguitar thanks friend! really dig your style greetings from sweden!

[@freddysnewchannel8885]

Guitars aren't perfectly suited to the player when they come out of the factory they're barely playable some of them. They have to be set up according to the musicians playing style. I take every new guitar I buy straight to my local tech who is amazing. When Joe Walsh comes to Australia he uses Leo, that's how good he is. The down side is that he isn't cheap $380 is what I pay but it's worth every cent believe me. Alternately learn how to do it yourself.

[@krisverding3908]

Yeah , a good set up is a must .

[@proberaum7015]

Hopefuly you did wipe away the covid-19 virus? ;-)

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

I think it pre-dates the virus and it has now been returned to its owner so hopefully....

[@proberaum7015]

@@JohnCouplandguitar Ok, fine John. Thanks for showing it to us. I` d think you can have a Corona beer then. ;-) Greetings from Germanistan!

[@danmarlovsky1977]

Micarta=Sigma Fraud. Exist Excellent woods like pau ferro, this guitar it has plastic unglued as a bridge and fredboard, wtf is it for 800 pounds? Martin dx2 changes his richlite by mahogany. I returned the guitar when I knew about Micarta. The only real and honest is your review and song John, not Micarta,I don't understand jow Sigma lies at his customers making those frauds.

[@tomformanek3312]

The reality is that too much ebony has been wasted to get the dark heartwood. Because musicians feel they need to be pampered to show off bling we are coming upon a tonewood crisis. The world has to adjust. Don't worry we'll wave to you while you remain stuck in the mud.

[@teib757]

You good bro? Who the F cares about what its made of if its good