Hollowbody Guitars

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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  1. Epiphone Casino Archtop Hollowbody Electric Guitar
    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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  2. PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo Electric Guitar with Case
    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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  3. Gretsch G6136T59 Vintage Select 1959 White Falcon with Bigsby w/Case
    Gretsch G6136T59 Vintage Select 1959 White Falcon with Bigsby w/Case
    A pair of TV Jones Classic pickups in the G6136T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Falcon generates powerful tone and unparalleled dynamics. A sophisticated rendition of the original masterpiece, the G6136T-59 Vintage...
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  4. Ibanez George Benson GB10SE Electric Guitar Brown Sunburst With Case
    Ibanez George Benson GB10SE Electric Guitar Brown Sunburst With Case
    The GB10SE which is inspired by the popularity of George Benson’s GB10 signature model exemplifies Ibanez expertise in creating high-quality, affordable signature instruments capable of meeting the artists exacting...
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  5. Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Pro Electric Guitar
    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 true archtop...
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  6. Ibanez LGB30 George Benson Hollowbody Guitar with Case
    Ibanez LGB30 George Benson Hollowbody Guitar with Case
    The Ibanez LGB30 George Benson Hollow Body Guitar is an exciting instrument designed in collaboration with the one and only George Benson and Ibanez! As the first Signature Model of the Ibanez Artstar Series, the...
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  7. Epiphone Casino Coupe Hollowbody Electric Guitar
    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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  8. PRS SE Hollowbody Standard Electric Guitar with Case
    PRS SE Hollowbody Standard Electric Guitar with Case
    The SE Hollowbody Standard 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,...
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  9. PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II 10 Top  Electric Guitar  with Case
    PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II 10 Top Electric Guitar with Case
    The McCarty 594 Hollowbody II is a true showstopper with effortless playability, articulate vintage tone, and a jaw-dropping aesthetic. The PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II with a 10-Top brings a new set of features...
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  10. Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AG95QA Hollowbody Electric Guitar
    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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  11. Epiphone USA Casino Hollowbody Guitar P90 Pickups with Case
    Epiphone USA Casino Hollowbody Guitar P90 Pickups with Case
    The Epiphone Casino of the USA Collection is now made in the USA for the first time in over 50 years! Since its introduction in 1961, the Epiphone Casino has been the choice of countless musicians including Paul...
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  12. Epiphone Casino Hollowbody P90 Electric Guitar
    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 ‘n’ roll standard....
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  13. Ibanez AF55 Artcore Hollowbody Electric Guitar
    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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  14. Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut with Bigsby
    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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  15. Ibanez Artcore AF75 Hollowbody Electric Guitar
    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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  16. GUI3793000
    Guild M75 Aristocrat Hollowbody Electric Guitar
    A true Guild classic, the stylish M75 Aristocrat offers magnificent tone in a compact and lightweight guitar. Featuring a graceful hollow body which is specifically sculpted to produce the resonance of a larger...
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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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