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The electric guitar started right here! In the early 1930s, Hollowbody Guitars were the very first electrics to be made, incorporating pickups that were mounted to the inside of an archtop instrument specially designed to be amplified. These are the instruments that have been popularized by jazz icons, singer-songwriters, and sonic travelers who seek to incorporate their wonderfully pristine sounds to genres ranging from electronic to fusion and all stops in-between. AMS carries hollowbody guitars of all types from the biggest brands in music - find yours today with the help of our True 0% interest payment plans!
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PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo Electric Guitar with Case
A refined, skillfully designed and crafted instrument with an incredible versatile tonal range! The PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo combines the balanced, clear, resonant tone of a hollowbody instrument with the power ...
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Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut with Bigsby
The G5422TG Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut with Bigsby and Gold Hardware features a laminated maple body with vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches, as well as all-new trestle block bracing to ...
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Gretsch G6122T-62 Vintage Select '62 Country Gentleman with Case
Made famous by The Beatles’ George Harrison, the 1962 Country Gentleman is the sound of rock ‘n’ roll. The G6122T-62 Vintage Select Edition '62 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Hollow Body with ...
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Pro Electric Guitar
The Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor-II PRO honors the ‘President of Bebop Guitar’ and one of the most prolific and groundbreaking electric guitarists in the history of jazz. The Joe Pass Emperor II PRO is a ...
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Epiphone Casino Archtop Hollowbody Electric Guitar
Possibly the most famous Epiphone Guitar in music history, the Epiphone Casino thin-line, hollowbody archtop electric guitar is built with a traditional laminated Maple top, back and sides and solid Mahogany neck ...
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Guild A150 Savoy Hollowbody Acoustic Electric Guitar with Case
The elegant tone quality and design of this guitar will bring real satisfaction of ownership to the most critical player. A truly outstanding acoustic/electric, the A-150 Savoy is a pleasure to see and hear, ...
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PRS SE Hollowbody II Electric Guitar with Case
The SE Hollowbody II brings the original PRS design platform to the high-quality, more affordable SE line up of instruments. Played by internationally touring artists, gigging musicians, and aspiring players, the ...
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Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Single-Cut with Bigsby
Get classic ‘50s & ‘60s -inspired Gretsch sound and style with the all-new Electromatic Classic Hollow Body guitars. Crafted with essential Gretsch hollow-body sound, style and playability, these ...
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Gretsch G2420T Streamliner Hollowbody Electric Guitar with Bigsby
Big, bold and righteous, the G2420T Streamliner Hollow Body Single-Cut with Bigsby is designed for the modern guitarist who yearns for something beyond the norm. A commanding guitar for powerful players, the ...
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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AG95QA Hollowbody Electric Guitar
The full-hollow AG95QA features quilted ash top, back, and sides, and handsome ivory binding on the body, headstock, and fingerboard. An expertly crafted 3-piece Maple/ Mahogany set-in neck ensures body liveliness ...
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Gretsch G6120TG Players Edition Nashville Electric Guitar with Case
Designed from the ground up for modern players yet retaining all the timeless sound and style that made the 6120 famous, the Gretsch G6120TG Players Edition Nashville® Hollow Body with String-Thru Bigsby® ...
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Epiphone Casino Hollowbody P90 Electric Guitar
Featuring a unique tone, the Casino hollow body is a comfortable lightweight guitar with plenty of loudness. Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a rock ...
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Ibanez Artcore AF75 Hollowbody Electric Guitar
The Ibanez AF75 Artcore Hollow Body Electric Guitar brings the traditional hollow body electric guitar to a completely new level of tone and playability. If you thought the only good full or semi hollow guitars ...
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Gretsch G5420T-140 Electromatic® 140th Double Platinum Hollow Body with Bigsby®
Crafted with essential Gretsch hollow-body sound, style and playability, the exceptional G5420T-140 Electromatic® 140th honors Gretsch’s historic past while providing essential features for the modern ...
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Ibanez AF55 Artcore Hollowbody Electric Guitar
Providing rich, complex full-hollow tone, the Ibanez AF55 Artcore Hollow Body Electric Guitar is for the purist in all of us. The traditional full-hollow construction means there are no sound blocks in the body as ...
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Epiphone Casino Archtop Hollowbody Guitar
The ultimate archtop guitar - the Epiphone Casino Archtop Hollowbody guitar. This classic piece of music history has been rocking with sound since 1961, and has been used by legendary musicians all over the world. ...
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Ibanez George Benson GB10EM Electric Guitar
For nearly 60 years, George Benson has captivated audiences the world over as one of the best performers and recording artists of all-time. Crossing into multiple musical genres during his storied career, George ...
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Guild X175B Manhattan with Vibrato Hollowbody Guitar with Case
An extraordinary instrument for the swinging soloist and technician, Guild’s X-175B Manhattan is a masterpiece of the guitar maker’s art. It presents the same exceptional appointments as its brother, ...
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Epiphone Casino Coupe Hollowbody Electric Guitar
Epiphone Casino Coupe Hollowbody Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst Features Outline: Body: Laminated maple with ivory binding on top and bottom Neck: Mahogany, SlimTaper Shape; Scale Length 24.75'; ...
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Gretsch G2410TG Streamliner Hollow Body Guitar with Bigsby
Big, bold and righteous, the G2410TG’s modern sonics, thinner maple body, updated electronics and authentically elegant style create the latest iteration of That Great Gretsch Sound! The G2410TG Streamliner ...
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The acoustic guitar has always been a solo instrument and a singer-songwriter’s trusty companion. In the early part of the 20th century, they also served as both a vital rhythm and chording instrument in jazz combos and dance bands. As musical groups got bigger, played louder, and performed in larger venues, the guitar quickly got overwhelmed in the texture by the horns and percussion. What was the solution to this problem? Why, electrify the guitar and project the sound through an amplifier and speaker! Early builders and tinkerers started by mounting a pickup (a carefully constructed magnet wrapped in wiring that generates a current in coordination with the vibration of guitar strings) and the requisite electronics inside hollow archtops and the first electric guitars were born!
While the first hollowbody guitars were built and marketed in the early 1930s, it was during the middle of the decade that numerous companies released production models and manufacturing was scaled up. Gibson’s very first production hollowbody electric guitar – the ES-150 – was released in 1936. ES was short for ‘Electric Spanish,’ referencing an electric version of a traditional ornate archtop guitar built in the style of an instrument of Spanish origin, complete with violin-style F-holes and fine-finished appointments. Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian was the first to perform with the Gibson ES-150 and he quickly took the new guitar in exciting directions. Armed with that extra volume and a collection of fresh new tones, he was able showcase the guitar as both a solo instrument and more colorful accompaniment. That meant that commanding improvisations and lead melody lines quickly became available to a generation of players.
The biggest challenge facing those early hollowbody guitars was uncontrolled feedback at extremely high volumes. Guitar companies began working to tackle this challenge and sought to improve the instrument. Over the following decades, this spurred a rapid evolution in the guitar world, also leading to the creation of the solidbody guitar and semi-hollowbody guitar. Today’s full hollowbodies are remarkably consistent and versatile but remember . . . they are based around utilizing pure cleans and crisp attacks. If you’re looking for something that can handle mega distortion, tons of volume, and is able to drench your music in overdriven sound, a solidbody electric is going to be more of your style.
We carry a wide variety of hollowbody guitars from the biggest names in music - Gibson, Epiphone, D’Angelico, Gretsch, and Ibanez have wonderful offerings available! Their clear, focused cleans are some of the most pristine and complex guitar sounds in existence and it’s no wonder that they are sought after for their use in jazz, dub, atmospheric EDM, fusion, folk, and numerous singer-songwriter genres.
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