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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AG95MG Hollowbody Electric Guitar
$799.99The AG features a slightly smaller body width than the more traditional AF dimensions. However, the same depth and true full-hollow body construction make for a big, warm, and powerful sound. - Artcore Expression...12 Payments of $66.67
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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AF95 Electric Guitar
$636.95 - $749.99The Ibanez AF95 Artcore Hollow Body is one of the most traditional of the Artcore series. The full-hollow body construction means there are no sound blocks in the body. This construction method produces a rich, comp...12 Payments of $62.50
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Ibanez Artstar AF115 Hollowbody Guitar with Case
$1,199.99The AF is the most traditional design within the Artcore series. The full-hollow body construction means there are no sound blocks in the body. This construction method produces a rich, complex tone, expressed with ...12 Payments of $100.00
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Ibanez Artstar ASH300 Hollow Body Guitar with Case
$1,799.99Ibanez Artstar ASH300 Hollow Body Guitar The histories of jazz music and hollow body electric guitars are closely connected, and the Ibanez Artstar ASH300 Hollow Body Guitar pays tribute to that tradition while e...12 Payments of $150.00
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Ibanez Signature George Benson GB10 Hollowbody with Case
$2,699.00Designed and crafted to the exacting standards of jazz guitar legend George Benson, the Ibanez GB (George Benson) Signature is a true piece of modern art. Even the most discerning guitarists’ demands will be exceede...h m s
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Ibanez George Benson GB10EM Electric Guitar
$799.99For 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 has...12 Payments of $66.67
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Ibanez George Benson GB10SEDM Guitar with Case
$1,799.99An exciting instrument, the George Benson GB10SEDM guitar exemplifies Ibanez expertise in creating high-quality instruments for any musical genre. Super smooth performance with enriched resonance, the GB10SEDM offer...12 Payments of $150.00
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Ibanez Pat Metheny MP3 Electric Guitar with Case
$1,699.99The Ibanez PM Pat Metheny signature guitar is one that commands attention. It’s both the elegant simplicity, and radically precise craftsmanship, that make this an incredible Jazz guitar.  Ibanez Pat Metheny...12 Payments of $141.67
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PRS Hollowbody II Piezo Electric McCarty Sunburst with Case
$7,760.00The Hollowbody II 10-top produces brilliant acoustics and a vast array of tones. The PRS Hollowbody II has been a constant favorite in our dynamic lineup of semi-hollow instruments. The combination of the McCarty Su...12 Payments of $250.00
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PRS Hollowbody II Piezo 10-Top Electric Guitar with Case
$7,760.00PRS Hollowbody II 10-Top: The Two-Guitars-in-One Myth, Made Real The PRS Hollowbody II 10-Top is the answer to a question guitarists have been asking for decades: "What if I could have my acoustic cake and eat it...12 Payments of $250.00
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PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II 10-Top Guitar with Case
$7,230.00The McCarty 594 Hollowbody II brings a new set of features to one of our most beloved models: the Hollowbody II. With fully-hollow construction, the Hollowbody II is a resonant guitar with warm, woody tone. The deta...12 Payments of $250.00
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PRS McCarty 594 Hollow Body II Guitar with Case
$5,650.00The McCarty 594 Hollowbody II brings a new set of features to one of our most beloved models: the Hollowbody II. With fully-hollow construction, the Hollowbody II is a resonant guitar with warm, woody tone. The deta...12 Payments of $250.00
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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.