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D'Angelico Excel 16 Hollowbody Guitar
$1,899.99Stemming from the deepest roots of the brand's rich history, D'Angelico is proud to introduce the Excel 16. D'Angelico Excel 16 Hollowbody Guitar Features: An all-new 16" wide archtop Punchy, wood...12 Payments of $158.33
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D'Angelico Excel Style B Archtop Guitar with Case
$1,899.99A faithful replica of John D'Angelico's rhythm-focused archtop and go-to model throughout the 1930's, the Style B is an old-school non-cutaway archtop embodying the spirit of New York City jazz. With a 24.75" scale ...12 Payments of $158.33
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Epiphone Broadway Wine Red Left Handed Electric Guitar with Bag
$999.00For over 70 years, the classic Epiphone Broadway has been considered the ultimate hollowbody jazz guitar, but it's also excellent for roots rock and other genres. Now, this legacy-rich instrument has returned with b...12 Payments of $83.25
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Epiphone USA Casino Hollowbody Guitar P90 Pickups with Case
$3,499.00The 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 McC...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch G6120T-BSSMK Brian Setzer Nashville HollowBody ‘59 Smoke with Bigsby and Case
$3,899.99Honoring a pivotal rock ‘n’ roll legend, the G6120T-BSSMK Brian Setzer Signature Nashville® Hollow Body ’59 “Smoke” with Bigsby® is a recreation of Brian’s main stage guitar since retiring the famed ‘Stray Cat.’ ...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch G6120TGQM-56 LTD Quilt Classic Chet Atkins® Hollow Body w/Case
$3,699.99Co-designed with the guitarist’s guitarist, Chet Atkins, the venerable 6120 is one of the most widely heard Gretsch instruments. Gretsch Quilt Classics are stylish renditions of classic vintage models, reborn wi...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch G6136T59 Vintage Select 1959 White Falcon with Bigsby w/Case
$4,299.99A 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 S...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch Pro Collection Falcon Guitar with Bigsby and Case
$3,899.99Our Professional Collection combines classic Gretsch sound with modern performance features that deliver an enhanced playing experience. Featuring flagship pickups and electronics, these guitars are designed for pow...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch Pro Series Falcon Guitar with Bigsby and Case
$3,899.99Our Professional Collection combines classic Gretsch sound with modern performance features that deliver an enhanced playing experience. Featuring flagship pickups and electronics, these guitars are designed for pow...12 Payments of $250.00
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Ibanez Artcore AF75 Hollowbody Electric Guitar
$499.99The 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 wer...8 Payments of $62.50
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Ibanez Artcore AF75G Hollowbody Guitar
$549.99The AF75G features a select-grade Maple hollow body, a set-in Mahogany neck and bound rosewood fretboard contribute to the warm-sounding characteristics of the AF75G. Ibanez designed the Classic Elite pickups to giv...8 Payments of $68.75
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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AF95FM Hollowbody Electric Guitar
$799.99the Expressionist AF95FM is built with tone woods selected for their beauty as well as their musicality. The full-hollow AF95FM features flamed maple top, back, and sides, and handsome ivory binding on the body, hea...12 Payments of $66.67
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Hollow Body Electric 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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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.