I would get the gibson. The guitar's creator was a jazz player himself, and a very good one too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul the guitar can also handle distortion pretty well too.
Or if it doesn't satisfy you, then install some new pickups. If I had the money then I would get the les paul.
My boy friend got a ibanez rg350dx and I like the tone very much.
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