Tom Curry Guitars

Electric Jazz

January 15th, 2009

Electric Jazz

Higher end electric guitar for clean, smooth jazz tones?

Hi guys,

I am an accomplished acoustic fingerstyle guitarist. Recently, however, I have been looking to get back into electric guitar. My Ibanez RGT42fm sounds great and looks nice, but I’m looking for an upgrade. I am looking for a nice round, smooth, blue/jazz tone that will be suitable for single-note leads and chord/melody arrangements. Thus, I want something a little more playable… so maybe a bulky archtop guitar is out of the question. I don’t care how it sounds with distortion… the goal here is pure, clear tones.

Any suggestions for me? $1000-$3000 is my range.

Some tones I like:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=au8b4iwvOnE (about 2:30 in)

You can always try a Fender American strat. It’s in the $1,000 price range and has great jazz, blues and all around sounds. It doesn’t have quite the sustain as a jazz box or archtop, but it’s easy to play.