Questions about Archtops

[LuigiCabrini]

I WANNA JAZZBOX! Right now I'm the owner of a mexican strat. Decent for rock/blues, not exactly a great guitar for jazz. I'm interseted in getting a hollowbody, preferably a real archtop. My budget is limited, very limited, so any suggestions? I've been considering a certain Tacoma model which I know to be a real archtop, but at relatively low prices, somewhere in the neighborhoood of a grand (that's low for an archtop.) Anybody know if its good? Any other suggestions? How much is an ES175?

[Raskolnikov]

I've played some decent Washburn's, but I can't remember how much they were, but basicly they were ES 335 copies.

[LuigiCabrini]

Yeah I know those. They are cool, but better for blues than jazz in my opinion.