Solid bodies for jazz?

[AaeCee]

How many of you use them? Do you use them exclusively? What is it about the sound that you prefer vs. a hollow or semi-hollow body? Just wondering, as I have several solids that produce great, warm jazz tones from the neck pickup in particular.

[Caretaker]

If Nugent can use a Byrdland for his stuff, I can use a Les Paul for Jazz. It`s mainly about the "touch" you have and not the guitar itself IMO.

[Austinrocks]

I have a Gibson LP Custom which is great for Jazz, and a Strat is good as well, If Jeff Beck and Terje Rypdal can use strats so can I, I have an Oscar Schmidt semi-hollowbody which is suprisingly nice for Jazz, high fret access is difficult, but otherwise it rocks (Jazz wise).

I think that Jazz

[Gene]

I thought I read somewhere that Les Paul designed the Les Paul for jazz. Also, Pat Martino once told me his favorite "jazz" guitar was a Les Paul Custom which was stolen from him years back.

[webs]

A Les Paul has always worked for me too- like Caretaker says, it's mostly touch- a friend of mine plays jazz with a strat and it sounds good. It's recognizable as a strat sound, of course, but the feel of the notes is proper and it fits in just fine.

[Flyin' Brian]

Mike Stern, Ted Greene, Ed Bickert, Pat Martino for many years to name 3.

[Caretaker]

Mike Stern, Ted Greene, Ed Bickert, Pat Martino for many years to name 3.
Al Dimeola too. Les Pauls with Dimarzio Super Distortions in both positions for years.

[jb70]

i use a sadowsky custom tele (h-s-h) with joe barden pickups. it sounds amazing for any style but excels at a modern jazz guitar tone.

jack

[jzgtrguy]

Mike Stern, Ted Greene, Ed Bickert, Pat Martino for many years to name 3.

+1. A lot of people don't realize that some of Pat's early work was on an LP. Ed Bickert on a Tele and so on. Great point! :dude

[diego]

Lenny Breau!

[B Vance]

I think teles work great for jazz stuff.

[Boogs]

Musicians define what "jazz guitar" is. Whatever anyone has ever played jazz through is a "jazz guitar." Somewhere, someone is playing this music through a Mosrite...and KILLING it. :D

[7String Thing]

its how and what you play thats the jazzy thing. ive seen guys play jazz on an ibanez rg! I think a cool thing for jazz is the teles with the charlie christian pickups! I play alot of jazz with my parker and prs. They work well!

[Old Tele man]

...granted, I ain't famous (like Ed Bickert, early Howard Roberts, Ted Greene or Danny "Redneck Jazz" Gatton), but *I* play chordal jazz on a Telecaster!

[re-animator]

I love LPs for jazz... they have a unique but very jazzy tone... different than the modern crowd, but i dig it.

[DejavuDave]

A Tele with some fat strings plays and sounds great for jazz.

[mrbill]

On YouTube, there's a nice video of a young Joe Pass laying down some jazz on a Fender Jaguar.

[alvagoldbook]

Les Paul himself plays pretty much nothing but Jazz. That should tell ya something. I think a fender tele with those wide range humbuckers would probably sound pretty good.

[Old Tele man]

I think a fender tele with those wide range humbuckers would probably sound pretty good....yes it does!

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