I liked my Gibson J-200 for playing jazz stuff because it had really strong fundamentals, presumably from the maple construction. A lot of clarity for leads and chords, especially up the neck, above the 5th fret.
An archtop is better in this regard, obviously, but I found my J-200 to serve in this role better than any of my dreadnaughts, which definitely trend towards the warm overtones.
That doesn't mean all J-200's are like this, but mine was.
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