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http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/148853/fs-ft-2010-dupont-bebop-archtop
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An Epiphone Broadway would be in budget. At 17" (lower bout) they are big though. The last one I tried I didnt care for, but you might strike luckier than me.
I would look to try a D'angelico Premier EXL-1. These are slightly over budget, but really very nice indeed.
There's a fast note decay which really helps with traditional styles, and if top level jazz guitarists don't need a hollowbody that doesn't mean you needn't bother.
I'm not a jazz guitarist by any stretch, but when I need to fake it for a job I find it a lot easier to get in the zone with the right style of guitar.
The good news is, unlike acoustic archtops, electric archtops don't have to be expensive to work well. Check out The Loar guitars for example.
What about amplification?
Exactly.
But still, the best clean jazz tone I get is from my jackson dinky with a sd59 bridge pickup and the tone and volume pots rolled down. Don't know how well that would go down at an old school jam (not that I'm much of a jazz guitarist) but it sounds great.