Well, I'm switching from bass to guitar in my band. As a result, I'm selling all my backup basses and buying a new guitar. Any recommendations?
Here's the skinny- We play a type of jazzy-bluesy rock. Our guitar tone is always straight into the amp, no distortion except for what occurs naturally, and then leave it the hell alone. I really dig semi-hollows and thin hollowbodies, and am looking for something with some hotter pickups. I have an Epiphone dot right now that I like, but the pickups are a little lacking and the neck is thick as hell. I'm leaning toward an Epi Casino, though I haven't tried one yet. I may also ask Subway guitars to make me one of their Casino clones, though I'm a little leery of buying a guitar made of used parts over the internet that I don't get to try first. Trying to stay under $1K, and I don't care where or when it was made; vintage is good, new is good, USA, Korea, whatever...
Any semi or fully hollow recommendations you can make would be appreciated. Any thoughts?