which hollowbody jazz guitar?

[threshhold2]

i was thinking of one of these affordable guitars:
EPIPHONE joe pass 2

WASHBURN j5

can anyone give me an advise???

 

[acidrock]

I would look at the Ibanez Artcores also.They have some bigbody hollow bodies that are pretty nice.

 

[philboyd studge]

Ibanez Artcores are very good for affordable laminates.

 

[AlChuck]

Check out the Cort Larry Coryell signature model too...

 

[h1pst3r88]

Joe pass is hard to beat for the money. I have owned one for more than 10 years and love it. Well made, nice dimensions for an archtop, and the action and intonation are a joy to play.

My JP rings like a bell. A very nice Korean made guitar.

 

[edgarallanpoe]

If you have about 1K, then a used Hamer USA Newport simply cannot be beat for the price. Fit and finish on the USA Hamers is as good as anything I own, and I have several guitars that cost over 3K.

 

[faderbug]

If you have about 1K, then a used Hamer USA Newport simply cannot be beat for the price. Fit and finish on the USA Hamers is as good as anything I own, and I have several guitars that cost over 3K.

he wants a hollowbody, the newports are fine guitars but semi-hollows.

 

[edgarallanpoe]

he wants a hollowbody, the newports are fine guitars but semi-hollows.

Whoops...my bad. The Newports are indeed semi hollow like a 335. Sorry, I thought that was what you were looking for.

 

[DogFood]

Tradition is an American company with a country flair. Their guitars are Korean and I have played them, they are what you would expect. They have a jazz hollow body model. I recommend looking at them as their prices are really nice at my local music store. I am planning on buying one of their PRS models semi hollow should come in at $500.

 

[Thunder33]

I would agree with the artcore fans. They sounds very nice for recording and you can pick them up for around $325

 

[Dani Pace]

I recently got a Silvertone SLA30, my Artcore hasnt been out of the case since, to be honest, it surprised the hell out of me.

 

[gvarko]

Joe Pass

Makes the Artsore sound like a piece of plywood. No comparison.

 

[battleminnow]

Count me in as a newly converted Epiphone fan. I boought an Artcore and took it back the next day. It just wasn't (flame away) very easily playable to me. I bought a Sheraton II instead, which I love.

Pete

 

[guitar junkie]

Washburn seems to make nice hollow body guitars!

check around and see how you like em, go from there.... if you can get into a Sam Ash or guitar center and play as many of them as you can then have at it... myself its a Gretsch hollow body and a Fender Twin!

but the Joe Pass is awesome if you put flat wound strings on the sucker!