Judging from the Collings, it looks like you might want a hollowbody, two-pickups f-holes. On the other hand, you're also thinking about a Tele. Either would serve you well, but it's not clear what you're really looking for. What's your reasoning? Tell us more.
From Telecasters to jazz boxes, any electric guitar can be played without a pick. No electric guitar is made especially for picks or bare fingers. No pickup is, either.
But since you mentioned that you want a wide body, Gibson has plenty of jazz boxes that fill that bill — the ES-350, for example. The ES-325 is flatter, but it's a nice hollowbody.. And Paul Reed Smith, of course, has a good line of hollowbodies. Also, check out Heritage Guitars. It was started by former Gibson employees who didn't want to move when the company closed it's Montana factory. Heritage has a great reputation.
The best jazz boxes have carved tops, but that might be beyond your price range. But if you think you can swing it, do some searching.
One word of caution about extra-hot pickups, like the Tele you're thinking about: It's easy to overdrive an underwound pickup, but it's impossible to tamer an overwound pickup. So if you want versatile pickups, you don't want them hot. Lindy Fralin's and Jazon Lollar's websites are good places to start some pickup browsing.
Happy hunting. Let us know what you come up with.
You're welcome in advance.
Last edited by Charlie Bernstein; 01-10-2024 at 06:06 PM.
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