Jazz Guitar
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Getting the right Jazz guitar used to be costly. Jazz masters such as Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass might have played pricey Gibson Semi’s but these days there are a variety of entry level guitars that are suitable for getting a jazz tone.
For an authentic jazz tone, you should have a semi-acoustic hollowbody electric guitar. Models such as the Gibson ES-175 or the Gretch Tennessean can run into thousands of dollars but there are also excellent entry models such as Ibanez Artcore line of guitars. Guitar manufacturers such as Yamaha or Guild also make entry level semi-acoustics similar to the more expensive Gibson 335. There are also numerous Epiphone hollowbody guitars that’ll also be suitable and come from the Gibson stable. Explore your local music store and try out what they look for something that’s comfortable to play and can produce a tight clean tone with plenty of sustain.
Hollow body guitars will provide a suitable mellow tone and most will be fitted with two humbucker pickups allowing you to vary your sound accordingly. Most guitars will be fitted with tone controls. Practice rolling the treble off your tone and experimenting - Jazz guitarists often play with a less trebly sound as it produces a rich mellow resonance that is suitable for the style.
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