Good hollow body jazz guitar

Barney

Im looking for a good hollow body guitar does anybody have any suggestions of decent makes...dont really want to go into gibson 175 price range unless i can trade a few guitars

stimpsonslostson

Ibanez. Well made and not super expensive. 

If it's good enough for George Benson...

antifash

^This^

Fuengi

+1 for Ibanez. The Artcore series are excellent guitars for the money. I had an AS93 with a lovely thick neck and beautiful top. Stupidly sold it! 

dogload

Epiphone ES-175 Premium. Really nice guitar with decent pickups, electronics and hardware. 

Babones

Godin.

octatonic

Ibanez Artcore.

There are better guitars out there sure, but not for that budget.
I have no idea how they make them that well for so little money.
It shouldn't be possible.

I would buy used myself, and upgrade the pickups.

Jalapeno

Very pleased with my cheapo Gretsch NewYorker

V neck profile might not suit all.

Chalky

I tried all the usual names like Ibanez, Tokai, Peerless, etc (owned them all for a while) and the best one was a cheap Vintage-brand. None compared to the real thing though. You will just keep telling yourself "but for the money this is really good..."

Evilmags

Heritage second hand. 

Teyeplayer

The Loar. All solid woods on their top end, hand crafted and cheaper than an Eastman. Definitely worth checking. (And if you want a bargain one, check my threads)

Fretwired

I'd second Godin .. I have a 5th Avenue Composer and it's great for jazz. Amazing build quality and tone for the money. I had an Epi 175 but it was let down by the build quality so I sold it. With a jazz box you get what you pay for .. the Godin was far less than a Gibson ES-175. Godin do a range of jazz boxes that can be had cheaply on the second-hand market.

http://godinguitars.com/godin5thavenue_36677_36653.html

http://godinguitars.com/godinarchtop.html

Jazz guitarist Philip Catherine playing his Godin Composer ...