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I have one just like this - same model and color - and it's got the fullest, deepest tone of any acoustic I've played, including a $3000 Gibson Hummingbird (played one in a local store years ago).
Only trouble with mine, and I'm not sure if it's consistent across the entire production run, is the strings are a mile off the neck. It appears (on mine) that the neck was not mounted to match the slope of the top. Like I said, it may just be mine, as there is a visible separation of the neck heel, so I cannot speak for every one made.
However, tune it to Open D and put a thick glass slide on it and you'll have a guitar that truly sings the blues the way they were meant to be sung. Brass and thin glass slides won't cut it - you'll need a wine bottle.
You can bash the crap out of the strings (with a nice Medium pick - haven't tried it with a Jazz III
) and it will rumble your guts like thunder. That's even with the cheap tuners!Crap, I'm tempted to go for it just to see if it's got better action than mine