Archtop guitar and some equipment.

Salieri

Hey guys. My uncle just bought a little club cafe and he asked me, my pianist and my clarinetist to play there every tuesday and I accepted. But, after 2-3 weeks I want to buy one more guitar, electric jazz guitar like Gibsons, Epiphone, you know what I mean.
My total budget is around 3000 dollars.
So. Can anybody recommend me a decent guitar and some equipment for a little bar to play in? I don't know exactly what I should have, because I never played in a bar.

Thank you!
Stefan.

Salieri

Forgot something. I want to get the Wes Montgomery's sound, or something similar.
Or something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNnvg1w2fNM
Or like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXr9...eature=related

Anyway, that three examples is almost exact sound, but ... I gave you more examples.

Thanks.

Tele295

You have 3,000 US dollars to spend? You could get a good Epiphone archtop (look for at least 1 neck humbucker for that Wes sound), a Polytone amp, and still have money left over.

noodlenot

Hi there!
These links could be of help (sorry if you already knew of them):
http://www.jazzguitar.be/wes_montgomery_guitar.html
http://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/guitar-a ... udget.html
http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/deste ... 0Sound.pdf

in one the articles it states that wes didn´t turn the treble all down, but for me, mere mortal with clumsy hands, it shure helps me a lot to octave in the style of wes (i wish!) .
anyway, IMVHO, most of his sound comes from his astonishing thumb technique, heavy gauge flat wound strings and the springy reverb sound, so you could spare in the guitar and amp department. i´d buy a cheapo archtop with similar scale length (25´5´´ IIRC) and a gibson ´57 classic neck humbucker replica to go with it ( http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... sku=306000 , http://www.zzounds.com/item--GIBAIM57P and http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/G ... umbuckers/ ).

hope this is of interest.
Cheers,
Miguel.

Salieri

Thanks guys.
Just another question, for a sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNnvg1w2fNM what should I buy? Tell me, amp, or ... all the gear is required in 3000 dollars.