The trick to all of this is to just buy the one that sounds best to you. I can be difficult and confusing going through the process the one that is best is the one you like the best. Personally, I do not like walnut, even in the Jackson Browne!!! I would not play it in a car. I would not play it in a bar. I have never cared for any guitar with walnut.
I do love seeing so many great slope-shouldered, short-scaled Gibsons, at a lower price point.