The Alvarez maple jumbos work great for jazz, look and play really nice, and they don't cost a lot. My AJ60SC is loud. It has a very fundamental tone. It has an immediate and crisp attack without a huge amount of sustain. I use it for folk-style music and it works just fine, but I let a jazzer friend of mine try it out and I thought it was actually better suited for his style than mine. It's not a high end guitar by any means but it might have just what you are looking for.
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