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Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-330 Reissue: A Fully Hollow Historic Heavyweight
Step back and soak in the glory of the Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-330 Reissue. This is not your average semi-hollow sidekick; it is a fu...
Gibson Custom Shop 1962 ES-330 Reissue: A Fully Hollow Historic Heavyweight
Step back into the golden age of guitar making. The Gibson Custom Shop 1962 ES-330 Reissue is not just another semi-hollow sidekick; it ...
Danelectro Pro Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar Features:
Spruce body and hardboard top
Rosewood fretboard
Maple neck
White Body Binding
Semi-hollow body with center block
Traditional bridge wi...
Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1962 ES-335 Reissue Guitar
The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1962 ES-335 Reissue is a six-string stunner that reimagines the golden era of guitar building, capturing the un...
Epiphone Jim James ES-335 70s Walnut Semi Hollowbody Guitar
Jim James of My Morning Jacket turns to his signature Epiphone ES-335 for its blend of vintage vibe and modern reliability. This semi-hollow guitar, fin...
Noel Gallagher Riviera, Dark Wine Red, this is where it all started.
During the early Oasis tours, Noel Gallagher played various Gibson and Epiphone guitars, but the early 80s Epiphone Riviera really stood out. ...
EVH challenges the “norm” with the Limited Edition SA-126 Special, Satin Shell Pink, Wolfgang Van Halen’s interpretation of what a modern guitar should be in the 21st century.
SA-126 is the very definition o...
The distinct, punchy tone of this limited-edition Fender American Professional II Telecaster Thinline is joined with a beautiful transparent finish on the ash body. This will be a guitar that will keep you coming ba...
Austin-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter Gary Clark Jr. has carved out a unique space in modern music, blending blues, rock, soul, and hip hop into a sound that’s unmistakably his own. A four-time GRAMMY Award ...
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, prole, ...
A true Gibson semi-hollowbody with a slightly small, lighter design than the classic ES-335. The Gibson ES-339 is a modern classic with a super-comfortable feel and vintage-flavored tone. The pearloid dot inlay rose...
The Gibson ES-339 is a modern classic designed for those seeking the tone and look of an ES-335, but desire a slightly smaller, lighter instrument. The pearloid dot inlay rosewood fingerboard on a hand-rolled Rounde...
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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.
