The incredible semi-hollowbody electric guitar has cemented its legacy as big, bold instrument ready to bring your vibrant rock-and-roll, blues, rockabilly, and alternative rock tones to life! Blaze new musical paths with one of these guitars - they take the deep, colorful tone of a hollowbody and pair it with the confidence and sonic fire of a solid electric. AMS has a wide selection of these instruments in different layouts, flavors, and styles - they will help you rock the stage and make you look incredible the whole time you're doing it!
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Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Guitar with Case
The Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Reissue is your passport back in time when semi-hollowbodies ruled the airwaves and legends were born in smoky clubs. This isn't your run-of-the-mill...
The legendary ES-345 is unrivaled in classic visual presence and that unmistakable semi-hollowbody tone. Crafted with a thermally engineered maple centerblock and thermally engineered quarter-sawn Adirondack spruce ...
The Historic Reissue ES-335 is back and better than ever thanks to a year of studying, scanning, and listening to original examples. The expert craftspeople at Gibson Custom Shop have rendered every contour, profile...
Gibson ES335 Dot Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar
The Gibson ES-335 Dot transports you straight to the heart of rock, blues, and jazz. This legendary semi-hollowbody electric guitar delivers the perfect marriage o...
The foundation of the Special Semi Hollow LTDÂ guitar is very much like a Custom 22 but the versatile electronics truly carry it to new sonic territory. The PRS Special Semi-Hollow makes its debut at Experience PRS 2...
PRS SE Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Piezo: The Ultimate Two-for-One Deal
Let's face it, hauling both an electric and an acoustic to a gig is a special kind of punishment. The PRS SE Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Piezo isn't jus...
PRS S2 Special Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar
The PRS S2 Special Semi-Hollow isn’t just eye-catching — it’s a versatile instrument built to shine in any session. If you struggle to choose between the rich tone of a ...
Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 Guitar
The Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 is built for rock warriors who demand legendary tone and stage-ready style. This semi-hollow beauty combines the best of ES-335 DNA with Trini Lope...
Gibson ES-335 Supreme Figured Top Guitar
The Gibson ES-335 Supreme Figured Top Guitar is what happens when a legendary workhorse puts on a tuxedo. The ES-335 has always been the Swiss Army knife of the guitar wor...
The Gibson ES-335 Figured is a classic design that is both visually stunning everything you’d want in a great ‘335’! Crafted with a thermally engineered maple centerblock, and thermally engineered quarter-sawn Adiro...
Introducing the 40th Anniversary Custom 24-08 Semi-Hollow Limited Edition, celebrating four decades of PRS Guitars. The Custom 24-08 keeps many of the foundational specs as the original Custom – the guitar that star...
Epiphone Masterbilt Gem Archer Sheraton
Some guitars tell a story — this one carries a legacy. Inspired by the 1966 Sheraton that Noel Gallagher gave to Gem Archer — and which Archer has played on stages with Oas...
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The standard solidbody guitar might get the lion’s share of the attention, but the big, bold semi-hollowbody guitar is a giant in its own right – these electric guitars are what really took rock’n’roll and popular music to a whole new level back in the late 1950s and early 1960s! What’s the difference between a solidbody guitar and a semi-hollowbody guitar? While the body of the first is fashioned from a solid block of wood, the second is constructed to have a chambered open interior enclosed by multiple pieces of wood. The pickups and electronics interact with these bodies differently, making each suitable for different types of music at different levels of volume.
Unlike those very first true ‘hollowbody’ guitars with a completely open interior chamber, a ‘semi-hollowbody’ instrument has smaller internal sections that are commonly separated by a solid center block. Why the difference? Well, mounting the pickups to the interior of a fully hollow instrument came with its own set of challenges. Overdriven high-gain signal was much more likely to lead to unpredictable distortion and feedback. Simply put, the center block added a more secured housing for the pickups. In 1958, the first semi-hollow - the Gibson ES-335 - was released and players in the hollowbody tradition were now able to power up their performances.
This family of guitars is often described as having ‘the best of both worlds’ – the increased stability of a solidbody with the characteristic clean tones of a hollowbody, tweaked slightly for an extra amount of edge and presence. As a result, this wonderfully complex and versatile sound makes the semi-hollowbody the ideal choice for jazz, blues, folk, country, rockabilly, alternative, and of course the vintage 50s-style rock n’ roll. We’re stocked with semi-hollow guitars from historic brands like Gibson, Epiphone, Gretsch, and Ibanez.
