If you were to only have TWO Jazz guitars......

[DMgolf66]

Everyone always poses the question "if you were to only have ONE....blah, blah, blah". Doesn't matter what it is. Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to see what TWO Jazz specific (meaning obviously they would be for all your jazz applications/playing)guitars you either dream of, currently own or hope to have someday.

In a slightly generic answer I would want something in the L-5-type, classic Humbucker sound and then an eloquent acoustic from a custom maker with a floating pickup.

What say you?

[krusty]

A small body hollow and my Strat that is equipped with Tom Anderson M Series pickups. It does everything from jazz to blues and fusion. Very thick sound

[BBGuitar]

I already have my two.

Eastman AR610 with a clip on condenser microphone.

Gibson ES-175D.

Eastman gets played 99% of the time.

[FredH]

I have actually thought about this question a lot lately. If I were limited to only two for a strict jazz application it would be my 98 Wes Mo and my 74 Gibson Johnny Smith. Both pretty much cover all the stuff I do and enable me to switch off between finger style and plectrum with ease.

[Tal_175]

One deep body spruce top and one shallower maple top.

[Tal_175]

Ironically my archtops are the opposite. Shallow body spruce (Byrdland) and deep body maple (ES 175). Go figure.

[jads57]

Laminate would be a Benedetto Bambino. Carved Top: L-5C or Johnny Smith type of archtop guitar

[Jabberwocky]

An L5CES or L5 WM and a LeGrand.
An L5CES or L5 WM and an ES-175.
A LeGrand and an ES-175.

Happily, I expanded your duo to my trio: so, I have an L5 WM and a LeGrand and an ES-175...amongst others.

[Jim Soloway]

One tuned to C# and one tuned to E.

[Stringswinger]

Sorry, I would need a minimum of six guitars for my jazz guitar needs:

A Laminate Electric archtop (My 1997 ES-175)

A Carved Electric archtop (My 1996 L-5 WESMO)

A Carved Acoustic archtop (My 1948 D'Angelico Style B)

A Gypsy guitar (My 1993 Dupont MD-30)

A Nylon string for bossas (My 1982 Thames classical)

and a solid Body (My 2017 Les Paul Studio)

My seven other guitars are just backups

[lawson-stone]

I'd go with my Gibson L5ces and the VOS 1959 ES175.

[msr13]

Only have two... My Soloway Loon and an Eastman 810. But I regret selling to Sadowsky Jim Hall and would insert that for the Eastman. The Soloway will never leave.????

[GNAPPI]

Only 2?... my 175 and an ES-330, 335 or Tal Farlow, and, an Ibby AS-120 and... never mind, I couldn't do it.

[dconeill]

Heritage Sweet 16
Gibson ES335

Oddly, I've had these two guitars for years. In true Blues Lawyer fashion, sadly, having them has not helped my playing.

[christianm77]

I do not feel I have conducted enough research to come to a conclusion.

#gas

[christianm77]

Also what is a jazz guitar?

[GNAPPI]

Also what is a jazz guitar?

Pffft... any thing you play Jazz on :-)

[mr quick]

Keep my ES and add something stupid like a super 400!

[DMgolf66]

Also what is a jazz guitar?

Ha, I believe I addressed this by stating they would be 2 guitaars that you would be using strictly for Jazz. I knew someone would ask that!!

[rmpmcdermott]

An ES-330 and a Strat. Covers everything I'd need for the stuff I play.

[Bbmaj7#5#9]

1. Archtop with Charlie Christian pickup.

2. Semi hollow-body with P-90 pickups.

[Spook410]

For playing out and not considering Gypsy Jazz or nylon strings for the moment:

With a drummer, something with a solid block under the bridge.

Not with a drummer, something without a solid block under the bridge.

For playing in my living room:
Something well crafted in solid woods with a nuanced acoustic sound.

[christianm77]

Ha, I believe I addressed this by stating they would be 2 guitaars that you would be using strictly for Jazz. I knew someone would ask that!!

Still seems like a slippery concept. I mean I use an ES 175D mostly for jazz, but dayum that bridge pickup is good for funk.

Seems a little restrictive to me.

I suppose a guitar that would be used strictly for jazz would most likely be a carved top single pickup archtop, but try playing one of those on an organ trio gig.

But I get it, you just don’t want me to say the T word.

On the other hand, solid body guitar with flat wounds....

[jameslovestal]

Ha, I believe I addressed this by stating they would be 2 guitaars that you would be using strictly for Jazz. I knew someone would ask that!!

I don't limit any of my guitars to only one style of playing \ musical genre.

Even my L7 I will use when playing folk \ bluegrass type music.

Anyhow I would use my ES-175 D and my Martin Jumbo acoustic with a cutaway - yea, not a jazz box, but the L7 isn't loud enough and most of the time I play without an amp (and the proof being that I'm still married after 24 years!).

[omphalopsychos]

Trenier Broadway
Slaman Sister