Which is the best hollow body guitar?
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2023
- What is the right hollowbody guitar for you? With so many options like the Gibson Es330, 335, 345, and 355. You could choose one of the many Gretsch or PRS guitars. One of Baxters favorite's is the thinline from Fender. Let us know what your go to Hollow or Semi Hollow is for blues rock or jazz or whatever style you are playing.
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Many years ago I owned a Les Paul Deluxe but I sold it to buy a car. Yes, I know, dumbest decision ever, but it was the only thing I owned that was worth anything and I wanted a car. A couple of years later an old guy nearby was selling his early 70s Gibson 335, I saw it but didn't think I could afford to give him a fair price. A couple of days after I saw it my girlfriend went back to him and bought it for my birthday present. I now own a few guitars but that's the one that I will never sell, and we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary last year. So for purely emotional reasons, that's my favourite kind of semi-hollow guitar.
Nice story.
@@216trixie thanks, most of my guitar history has not been so successful.
Same reason I will never sell my Epiphone Les Paul.
Awesome story!
My first electric was a 1965 Epiphone Casino (Gibson ES330 counterpart). Yes, since it’s a hollow body you must learn to tame its tendencies towards feeding back, but without the center block of the 335 it rings out and is therefore usable acousticly without an amp. No plugging in to practice. Also nice in that sense for songwriting. Oh, and it’s way lighter than a 335.
My Fishman Aura Spectrum DI box has an anti-feedback switch for feedback😊
@@terrylawrence1893 I’m going to look into one. Thanks for the tip!
Don't stand directly in front of your amp. In the past, jazz guitar players used to put the amp out front on the edge of the stage rather than behind them. DUH!
65 is the same guitar epi or Gibson. Same factory, same material, same guitar
@@timhallas4275 Ahh, so not beig able to hear themselves results in playing wrong notes which by definition makes it JAZZ. Now it ALL makes sense!
I saved up a lifetime to get a custom shop 335. Yeah, I probably overpaid, but it’s my money dammit. I love her. ❤
Hahah I did the same. Got a CS vintage burst VOS 335 last October. I love it.
Same here got a Gibson CS custom shop 335 from Casino about a year ago. Love it
Duesenberg Starplayer iii. Bigsby style trem, p90 in the neck, vintage voiced humbucker in the bridge. [insert chef’s kiss here]
Thanks for this video. It was nice to get your takes in-shop a few weeks ago.
My absolute favorite electric guitar to play is my PRS single cut Hollowbody II....lightweight, beautiful and has 57/08 pickups. Fabulous guitar!
Those pickups sound great. So warm.
I got the SE Hollowbody about 2 months ago in "Charcoal Burst" ..looks and plays absolutely exquisite ! Cannot say enough great things about this instrument ! Saving for the Zach Myers semi hollow now ..🎼🎶🎵🎶 Love this channel..Thanks for all the info I get from ya'll!
I love my PRS SE Hollowbody Piezo in blue... it combines the perfect balance to handle everything you throw at it. And for a semihollow, I fell in love with the Tagima Marcinho Eiras "New Blues" Signature tele shape body. It is just amazing. Glad I stumbled with this brand.
Appreciate you guys. Look forward to watching your videos. Al ways get that good vibe from yall. Thank you. Please keep em coming. Always interesting topics. God bless
I also picked up a PRS HB2 (double cut) with 57/08s and I love it. Great tone and playability. No real issues that I can think of...other than the price.
My first hollow body was a Gretsch Electromatic and I loved it. I used to play doom county on it through an Orange with a Marshall cab and it was glorious.
I’ve recently resurrected an old ‘60s Harmony H1215 Archtop that is really killer for blues. Next I’m gonna get one with a pick up installed and see what blues doom I can get up to.
I have a 330 and and 335. They are completely different animals and I love them both. I was lucky to hit on a new 330L 10 years ago or so when they briefly were selling those. Having the neck join in the same spot as my 335 was the key for me taking the plunge, love it.
You're absolutely correct The 330 (Casino) and the 335, while they look similar, are entirely different guitars. The Casino is, of course, fully hollow while 335 is really a solid-body guitar. I don't think that the 335's hollow wings do much of anything at all except perhaps cause feedback under certain conditions..
My Casino is the older version with the neck joining the body at the16h fret. While this does mean that extreme upper frets are not readily available, the neck being so firmly a part of the body gives this guitar an overall acoustical resonance that the longer-neck joint version may not possess.
I recently re-strung it to Nashville Tuning for recording and it really does chime and sing like the top half of a 12 string.
A lot of great music has been made on those old 330s and Casinos.
Good luck and good music to you with yours.
I was fortunate enough to purchase a PRS 594 hollowbody from you all, great experience and great guitar a lifer type guitar. Thank you so much, you guys are awesome. Ohio guy CE
Yessss!! This is what I’ve been waiting for!!!
Recently bought a Heritage 535. It’s incredible. And makes me want to turn more towards the semi hollow or hollow vibe far more often. As typically a strat guy, I love that the semi-hollow dances the like between my Les Paul and my strat (as crazy as that sounds)!
I play a semi-hollow Rivera and it is doing the work of a 335. So good! 💯
I bought a hollow body Gretsch over a decade ago…..I’ve been hooked ever since! I have a few solid bodies however, 99% of the time I am playing one of my Gretsch hollow bodies. Their tone, look and feel just vibe with me. I think Billy Duffy really opened up Gretsch’s being used for rock. Thanks to him, I never saw them as old school but more of this beautiful, exotic guitar capable of amazing sounds.
Gretsch all the way! A thinline fender tele is a very close second, though.
I've been hearing great things about the Epiphone ES339. Seriously tempted to buy one.
The epiphone es guitars are often surprisingly good.
I have four Semihollow guitars and the latest is a PRS S2 Vela, and lightweight and absolutely lovely guitar.
The Casino is the HB for me. I love having to work to control the feedback and the combination of P-90’s and a fully hollow body is heaven to my ears. My #1 is a Gary Clark Jr Black n Blue. It’s the guitar I run into the burning house to save.
I have an epiphone dot that I installed a trapeze tailpiece on and I left the stopbar in place and I run the strings thru it and over the bridge. The result was a noticeable increase in sustain. I have never heard of anyone else doing this and to this day I have never seen another. Trust me. The vibrations are awesome!
I got to say I love your channel. I could listen to you both wax about guitars all day. It doesn't feel like you're trying to sale me something( like other channels) just two friends talking gear. Ty
I have an Epiphone Wildkat that I bought used on a whim and its a damn fun guitar to play. I did put a Bigsby fix on it and it helped quite a bit keeping it in tune.
I’ve owned my ES345 stereo for 26 years. And ever since my current luthier set it up it has become my favourite guitar to play. It screams rock and cleans up nice for jazz and blues. 🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶
I’m in love with my Hagstrom Viking Baritone. Sabbath riffs in A standard are goddamned glorious.
When I was looking for a semi hollow body, I initially was thinking along the lines of a 335 or an Ibanez Artcore. But when I was in the store looking with my wife, she pointed out a Gretsch Streamliner Centerblock Jr with Bigsby, and said she thought it was the best looking guitar on the wall. That buy-in from her was all I needed, and that's exactly what I ended up with!
My dream semi hollow is a tele thinline with a classic 50’s style tele bridge pickup and a cunife humbucker in the neck. 🤘
Have always loved full hollowbody. Have several Gretsch’s including the Tennessee Rose (love it!). My only semi-hollow is the Guild Starfire V. But I only play in the studio so feedback for me is not an issue. And a Country Gentleman 12 string 😊
Just got a 2000 Tennessee Rose and I love it. It was a bucket list guitar. Still trying to figure out the volume/master volume sweet spot but still so happy I got it
I have a few T style thinlines in my collection. All of them have something that makes them different to one another.
Baxter, you talked about rotational playing of the guitars on the stand. I have all my guitars in cases lined up and just go to the next one in line when I feel like playing.
Knowing that a thinline or semi hollow is coming up next always puts a bigger smile on my face. There's just something special about them.
The combination of weight relief and semi hollow resonance works for me.
Jonathan, you also talked about your Gretsch and all your points were exactly what I experienced with my Gretsch G6118t Players Edition Anniversary.
That one on the wall behind you (Jonathan) a little while back looked similar.
I don't/can't play like Chet or Rockabilly but always enjoy the way my cover songs and jams come out.
The controlled feedback that I can get from the High Sensitive Filtertron pickups and the resulting vibration of the guitar against my body is what you reminded me of when describing your Gretsch experience. I'm 63 years old and literally burst out laughing every time this happens. Still a kid at heart. 🤣😂🤣😂
Thanks, guys, for yet again reminding me of how much fun life is with a guitar. (or lots of different guitars 😁)
Growing up, I never thought I was a hollow/semi-hollow guy. Now, the rotation includes a 335, a 339, a Wildkat, two (!) Les Paul ES, a Hamer import, and a HB PRS-type, and I'm realizing I might have been wrong.
You guys are spot-on: each one has its own sound, and you won't know until you play them which one(s) work for you.
I bought a PRS SE Hollowbody II charcoal burst on a whim and on sale. I love it. I thought I would want to change the pups but I'm keeping them for now at least. I may add a bass roll off knob Ala all Reverend guitars, but that's about it.
I love the slightly bigger body and the layered wood (like a 335) as opposed to the core solid carved bodies.
The only drawback is working on a Hollowbody 😫😓. But it doesn't look to bad.
I’ve had one for a bout a year, it’s really grown on me I love this guitar.
One of the things that is most important to me in a guitar is balance. Both sitting down and standing up with strap. A pourly balanced guitar just takes a lot of the joy out of playing for me. When I bought my Casino I tried both the Coupe and the Worn. I really wanted to like the Coupe. Smaller body and better upper fret access. But it had bad neck dive. Casino was fine.
I just put a set of duncan psyclones into a D Angelico premier. It's magic to my ears. The mid range push of that hollowbody really works
I have a Harley Benton CST-24HB (a semi-hollow PRS clone), a Cort CL1500 (LP size fully hollow body) and a Eastwood Classic 12 (12 string with Gretsch styling semi hollow body). Love them all. Thinking about a 335 clone. I won't pay a lot when I can find fantastic quality, playing & sounding guitars that are amazingly low priced today!
I have a PRS CE semi hollow. Absolutely my favorite guitar. The way she resonates is magik.
What’s a CE? Is it under a core but above an SE? Not SE but S2 I meant. I haven’t figured it all out with PRS
@@deanmccaskill5495 without looking it up it’s like a bolt on neck Core. I think you’re correct on where it sits in the PRS tier. Below Core above S2. Lol I thought that CE was core edition! Not as confusing as Ibanez lol!
I have multiple PRS core guitars, but my number 1 guitar is the PRS SE Hollowbody standard. There is something about that guitar that just resonates with me. The 'mushyness' of the 58/15 S pickups combined with the top end of the hollowbody is the perfect blend.
My go to is an Ibanez Prestige Artstar and it plays/sounds amazing.
I’ve got a Gibson 335 and an core PRS HB2, both brilliant guitars, very different feels and tones. I don’t struggle with feedback issues with my PRS either, and it’s a fantastic neck to play
As a beginner player into jazz...
Which semi-hollow guitar with a center block would be advisable?
Appreciate your input 👍
Much blessings 🙌
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I played an Epiphone Joe Pass model until the frets needed changing and the varnish wore off the neck. The thing I found about most vintage hollow bodies is that there usually is a buzz somewhere. They develop over time and eventually, I didn't do too well on the used market. That frilly thing on the trapeze usually is a problem and it can be heard through the pickups. Instead of solder welding them back on, consider taking it off.
It took me years to figure out that 335s are my favorite guitars. I played everything under then sun then the 335 was the one. Love love love it.
Kimmie didn’t think that my semi hollow looked natural on me until I got my last one. I finally got a red/black AS53 Artcore, which is the one I wanted specifically…even though it was the cheaper option. I wanted the playability, tonal characteristics and beauty of that particular guitar. I haven’t looked back. 😊
I have the JSM10 from the same line and it’s really good
who tf is kimmie
His boyfriend bro.
Gretsch. I bought a 5420 ten years ago, non-pinned, first gen model in Caddy Green. Just supposed to be a living room toy. Man, that thing is versatile.
My go to is a semi hollow Duesenberg Session Man! Cheers Casino!!
I was a 335 guy and still am, I didnt sell it.. BUT recently picked up a Heritage H530 its a 330 but the neck is in the right damn place! The Nashville Casino (330 same) drove me nuts! It has quickly became my number one just recently. Its getting all my love right now.. DONT FORGET HERITAGE!
My Epiphone Sheraton Pro II semihollow has a nice sound when over driven. It makes me smile.
I have given up most of my electrics, but have kept my 70s Guild Starfire III. Love that girl!
I have a Early 60's Hofner Hollow Body with P90 in Bridge and Dan Electro Lipstick in the Bridge and it is an amazing Guitar
Just got my first Hollowbody. A Gretch 2420 with bigsby in walnut finish. I love the sound and look.
My barber just got herself a Casino. Once I have some more playing experience I want to meet and compare the sound.
I have a few semi-hollows. My favorite is my Fender Starcaster
Smokin' t-shirt Jonathan! 🎸🤘
I got my eye on the Schechter C-1 EA. semihollow with the piezo.
Try a PRS SE Hollowbody piezo. Neck is a bit bigger but I don't like big necks and I think the neck is nice.
I’ve always loved semi hollows and hollow body guitars. My main bass since 1972 is a ‘67 Gibson EB-2c, I presently own a modded Casino Coupe, a Howard Roberts Fusion, an Airline H-74. My most recent acquisition is a ‘66 Epiphone Howard Roberts. So I’m stuck in Semi Hollow land.
You guys are on the cusp of greatness. If you played guitar, topically, in between talking and edited your videos more your subscriber numbers would shoot up.
A friend gave me a 1993 Vantage 655 Hollowbody. This guitar is magical. It screams more than my Strat type with DiMarzio's
Unfortunately I had to return two PRS SE Piezo Hollowbodies to Sweetwater. First one had fret buzz my local luthier couldn't get rid of; sent it back to Sweetwater. Had them do their own setup on the second. It developed fret buzz two days after receiving in the open chords. May have been fixable, but got so frustrated I returned that one too.
Gibson ES-225T. Picked one up last year, single dog-ear P90. Really articulate and sensitive to touch and the volume and tone pots. I use it as a great rock rhythm guitar, absolutely gnarly with a touch of gain. And a chance to get a vintage 50s piece for less than a current custom shop.
Hermanos Gutiérrez play the heck out of Gretsch guitars. Nice job guys.
Hey Buster, I have a stereo ES345 and suffer from the same dilemma as you. What is the brand of cable you got that turns stereo into mono? I would like to try it. Technically, it’s not supposed to work without losing some frequencies and tone.
Thanks
I recently bought a Collings I-30 LC hollow body. It's a 330 style with P90 dog ear pickups (Throbak). Impeccable quality. It just sounds so good. It really nails the 70 - 80 rock-blues sound. It is my go to guitar. On hollow body feedback, its only there when you want feedback. Collings has a "trestle brace design" that provides strength, lightness and responsiveness while eliminating unwanted or accidental feedback. Collings put some thought into this guitar!
Collings puts thought into every design they come up with! My favorite builder; I'm a huge fan of their Waterloo line of flat tops.
I have a 2015 D'Angelico Excel SS that I love. That is the single cut style, and I believe it was listed as a semi hollow, but the is no center block that runs all the way through. It just has a reinforcement at the bridge and a small piece to reinforce the stairstep tailpiece. This one came with Kent Armstrong pickups, but I think the newer ones have shifted to Seymour Duncans. I do want to eventually get a 335
I tried out a Gibson ES 175T a few years ago. I should have bough it then. Prices for these guitars have tripled since then. A wonderful sounding guitar, it weighs almost nothing, and has a comfortable neck which was incredibly easy to play. The P90 pick sounded great. Y I wonder if there is a boutique builder somewhere who makes something comparable.
I have a hollow body G&L bluesboy - definitely helps with the weight relief. The quality control was a bit ropey (bought from a UK retailer-G&L not available in Ireland).
Waiting for FedEx to deliver my Sire H7 Cherry Sunburst with Humbuckers at the moment.
Looking forward to having a semi-hollow sized guitar again. Thanks for the discussion guys ! Best Wishes - John
I met you guys too late to know Limited Edition is meaningless... But I still love my Gretsch Hollow Body Limited Edition...
Want to learn jazz am a beginner...
What would you recommend a Hollow body, semi-hollow with center block?
Humbuckers or P90's...
Would really appreciate your input 👍
Much blessings 🙌
Ty
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I bought a Ventura 70s Japanese-made es 335 style guitar. Great guitar. But I would like to swap the pickups what do you recommend?
My go to, or No. 1 is a G&L S500 Semi-hollow. Very nice.
Got a USA made Casino last year. Very similar to a 330 I guess. Incredible instrument
Love my Rickenbacher 330
I am with Jonathan. Fully hollow feedback is where it's at.
I would like a Byrdland someday.
PGK kits offer a 335 style with solid mahogany back/sides carved out hollow with a roasted spruce top.... that would work too.
Byrdlands are weird beasts, short-scale and tiny neck. Nothing beats a solid carved Spruce top though!!!
I’ve got a Gibson 335, and a Gretsch 2622T limited edition with P90 Soapbars. Two great semi-hollows.
Great vlog. I have a 339 and I love it. It thrives in Open G and the higher action makes it easier to play slide. But then I lived in rural Kentucky, my pickup truck is a Ranger (not an F150) and it isn’t UK blue, and I have a Taylor dread instead of a Martin D18 or D28 so there is all that.
The 339 flies under the radar! I loved the Epi version as well. That and the Uptown Kat would be my choices for slide…likely the 339, tho, for feedback reasons.
@@jeffrey.a.hanson I have the Epi version. For some reason it has coil splitting and the Gibson doesn't.
The unsung hero in this category is the Taylor T3. I own a 335, Fender Thinline and Gretsch 6120. Also two Taylor T3’s one with factory Bigsby.
On both I installed Tom Anderson pick ups, coil splitting pots, and Grover locking tuners. These improvements, combined with beautiful wood, great craftsmanship, and the unbeatable Taylor neck make them the best of the bunch. You can buy them used for a song on Reverb, at least for now.
yes ... that's the difficult thing about trying to pick out a guitar. You really do need time with it to decide. Another thing is having time to try several back to back in an environment where you can crank the amp a bit and even try them in different amps.
Saw a local band in which the guitar player put black foam inside the guitar so you cant see it from far away but it helped somehow with the feedback. I dont know much about it but it looked cool.
Three hollow/semi-hollows worth mentioning that didn't get mentioned are the Epiphone Casino, ES-Les Paul and Danelectro 59. All very cool, all very different.
the casino is fully hollow. it's a clone of the Gibson ES 330.
Epiphone Riviera
Epiphone B.B. Lucille
Had Gretsch streamliner g2622 for little time. Sold it to a friend. He played in my band and realised that I really liked its tone. So I decided to look for my own semi hollow, and since 335 shapes are too big for me, I settled on the Gibson ES les Paul. It's rare, and certainly overpriced now, but dang she sings. Something to be aware of : they have really big frets, so bring it to your luthier if you are like me and do a lot of slides. I invested a lot of money in that instrument with a new nut, fret job (2 times) and installed a vintage bigsby b12 I had somewhere, but that tone is soooo specific and unique it's worth it. It's really closer to an ES than to a LP, don't let the shape fool you 😉. It goes even further than the ES335 'cause it doesn't have a "proper" centerblock in it, it's actually closet to a Casino 🔥
I tried so hard to bond with my 335. Nothing beats a full hollow body or a thin line (like a 330) though.
I have a 69 Fender Telecaster Thinline Japanese reissue and a Guild Starfire SC I love them both but the Guild has a great tone nice action and is a super light guitar for the size I grew up in Westerly Rhode Island and worked at the Guild shop back in the 1980's and they made some great guitars
I love hollow bodies! I own a pair of Gretsch's and a pair of Gibson's, and my favorite is my 1967 ES 330. I traded a strat for it back in 1978, and have never regretted it. There is something about the way it resonates, and the P-90s sound fantastic. Feedback is an issue, and when I used to play louder gigs I would use my Les Paul and later another strat, but the 330 is still my fav.
I have a D'Angelico Excel Mini DC Semi-hollow in black. It is a beautiful guitar that plays and sounds fantastic.
I have a D'Angelico Premier DC Semi-hollow in white, with the tailpiece. I love it. A 335 is beyond my reach so I bought the D'Angelico and I'll probably never sell it.
@@EclecticHillbilly Nice!
Epiphone has a fully hollow 330 style in the casino.
The Emporer swingstar is cool.
Agree with the PRS SE hollow being cool too.
One's hair is defying gravity and one's is pulled straight down. There is no middle ground here in this video 😂
This had me crying 😂😂
I need all the things!
I chose and like an Epi Casino Coupe. Full hollow, at 339 size.
I've been searching for the right semi hollow for years now. I keep on returning to my 80's Japanese copy of a Gibson Trini Lopez . It was modified nicely before I got it and it radiates with character. I should stop looking for a new , shiny version of it.
Love the topic. My 1st semi-hollow came by chance. I was at an estate sale, for vintage electronics. Bought a Samick Greg Bennett RL-3; Korean 2002. Interesting semi, I found out; later. The back, sides & centerblock are routed from a single piece of mahogany (top is bookend flame maple). It’s has a smaller body, than a 335. I think of it as a ‘Thinline Les Paul’. I ended up really liking it
Someone told me that was originally featured in a Gibson model. Any truth to that?
I have a 330L and it's amazing....once I swapped the pickups for Lollar lo-winds. The stock pickups were so muddy and dead in that guitar I almost sold it. Swapped pickups and OMG. What a guitar.
I got a Epiphone Broadway (hollow), Dot Deluxe (semihollow), Loar LH319 (Hollow), XavierXV-970 (Hollow, Gretsch-like), Squier VM Thinline 72 Tele, Squier CV Thinline 69 tele. The PRS SE hollowbody II really appeals to me.. but hard to justify the purchase. Having a hollowbody or two in your collection is definitely a good call.
I really shouldn’t get any more guitars, but I really want an epi Casino! I feel like I’ll probably regret getting a fully hollow guitar, but I love the Beatles and P90s, and I don’t have a guitar with P90s
I have both full hollow Eastwood Rockerbox (it does have a small block under bridge and a bit longer tail block under Bigsby) and 4 center block thin semi-hollows from Gibson, D'Angelico 6 & 12 strings and Aria Pro II. Every one of them has a very unique and special character. My wife likes the tone of the 1972 Aria Pro II better than any of the others, it has aftermarket DiMarzio's and sings with a full throat roar when turned up.
I second the Eastman Scott mentioned for the Gibson ES-330 type. The model is the Eastman T64 - would love to own one without the Bigsby-as my preference! Lollar P-90s factory installed!
I got up early on a Wednesday to watch the live broadcast. I am a member. How in the world do I find the live content??
Bizarre that the Epiphone Casino isn't prominent here - Noel Gallagher? Keith Richards? Gary Clark Jr.? The friggin' Beatles? Not to mention the model name is the same as your shop! 😁I bought a 2011 50th Anniversary Casino (Royal Tan burst) during lockdown and I love it to death - it's almost supplanted my '86 MIJ Telecaster as my favorite. Almost.
What is that light blue guitar behind you with the single pickup? It is GORGEOUS!
I would guess an Eastwood or a vintage National
Since this is the topic I should put in a good word for my Duesenberg Star Player TV Deluxe, or some model name sort of like that. I have the good fortune of having some really fine instruments and the Duesenberg stands shoulder to shoulder with any of them.
Gretsch MGC signature White Falcon. There is no substitute.
Sitting here noodling on my Epi 335 as I'm watching this 😄 I'd also love to try a 339 for it's size, a Casino Coupe for a combination of its size and fully hollow, and a PRS