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A good tele neck p-up with the treble rolled off will give you a very credible jazz tone and it's probably more the feel of a big jazz box that you're really craving.
I've been down that road a few times, but always end up going back to my strats & teles. I have finally figured out that it's mainly because I'm just not a humbucker guy.
Recently got one of those new Korean made Gretsch hollow bodys and I'm really diggin it. Nice chunky neck and the short scale allows me to use heavy guage flatwounds without compromising playability. It's a big archtop, but the 2 1/2 inch depth makes it very comfortable to play sitting or standing. The pickups are US made DeArmond 2000s, a pretty good sounding single coil design that's got a P-90ish vibe. With the tone pot rolled back, I'm getting a Kenny Burrell sound from the neck pickup, but this guitar also has tons of twang. A very versatile instrument and great bang for the buck. It's been radically re-designed in it's first year of production, so if you look around, you may find one from the original batch for cheap. Definitely worth checking out.
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