Rusty Chops,
Again, I'm new to the world of Guild guitars and have but one, a GAD jf 30, so I'm not particularly knowledgeable about their various models.
However, your new guitar looks very nice, and based on your comments, it rivals the j-45 series that it physically mimics in sound quality.
However, that resemblence to the Gibsons, right down to the use of the script logo and the open-book shaped headstock instead of the more standard Guild logo-style and headstock shape bothers me a little. Its as if Guild, for this particular guitar wanted to issue a Gibson "wannabe" product, rather than proudly making a slope-shoulder spruce-mahogony dreadnought that is distinctly Guild.
Just my reaction to what I see in the photos.
RBSinTo