To reply to your question (#9);
I don't play a lot of jazz, but when I do it's chord melody stuff. I have a mutant L-5 I got 30 years ago (someone put a Johnny Smith pu assembly on it) which sounds great, but I want to put it back to its original form and replace it with another hollow body.
Being from Battle Creek I remember the old Gibson factory so was considering a Heritage.
Your thoughts??