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Fender Tom DeLonge Starcaster Guitar Rosewood Neck
$1,349.99Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has teamed up with Fender once again to design a truly otherworldly phenomenon - the Tom DeLonge Starcaster. Whether you’re a Blink-182 fan looking to bottle the band’s signature ...12 Payments of $112.50
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PRS S2 Vela Semi-Hollow Satin Guitar with Gig Bag
$1,549.00 - $1,789.00<p>The S2 Vela Semi-Hollow Satin is a vintage-inspired, offset guitar with loads of personality and tonal textures. The all-mahogany body brings warmth and an organic tone, while the semi-hollow construction a...12 Payments of $149.08
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Gretsch G2622T Streamliner Center Block Electric Guitar with Bigsby
$649.99The Streamliner Collection revitalizes the best elements from the past and combines them with exciting new features to deliver exceptional performance, sound, and style at an incredible value. The G2622T Streamliner...12 Payments of $54.17
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Fender Jim Adkins JA90 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar
$1,249.99Sweetness … In collaboration with Fender, Jimmy Eat World guitarist and frontman Jim Adkins helped in designing his perfect guitar, his signature JA-90 Telecaster® Thinline guitar. Fender craftsmen sat down with...12 Payments of $104.17
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EVH SA-126 Standard Centerblock Semi Hollow Body
$999.99 - $1,199.99In 2025, we will once again challenge the “norm” with the introduction of the SA-126 Standard. SA-126 is the very definition of innovation incarnate. It’s a hybrid between semi-hollow and solid body guitar: think ch...12 Payments of $83.33
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Epiphone Emily Wolfe White Wolfe Sheraton Aged Bone White with Case
$699.00The Epiphone Emily Wolfe “White Wolfe” Sheraton is based on the triple-threat rock & roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist’s popular Sheraton Stealth. Once again, Emily has lent her creativity to develop her new...12 Payments of $58.25
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Gretsch LE Falcon Center Block Semi Hollow Body Guitar with Bigsby and Case
$3,789.99The Gretsch 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...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch LE Streamliner G2622TG Center Block Double Cutaway Semi Hollow Guitar
$799.99The Limited Edition G2622TG Streamliner Center Block Double-Cut with Bigsby bursts into the modern era with powerful sound and style. Featuring gleaming gold hardware, metal G-Arrow control knobs, and pearloid Big B...12 Payments of $66.67
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Gretsch LE Streamliner G2655TG Center Block Jr Double Cutaway Semi Hollow Guitar
$799.99The Limited Edition G2655TG Streamliner Center Block Jr. Double-Cut with Bigsby bursts into the modern era with powerful sound and style in a smaller package. Featuring gleaming gold hardware, metal G-Arrow control ...12 Payments of $66.67
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Semi Hollow Body Guitars
The incredible semi-hollowbody electric guitar has cemented its legacy as big, bold instrument ready to bring your vibrant rock-and-roll, blues, rockabilly, and alternative rock tones to life! Blaze new musical paths with one of these guitars - they take the deep, colorful tone of a hollowbody and pair it with the confidence and sonic fire of a solid electric. AMS has a wide selection of these instruments in different layouts, flavors, and styles - they will help you rock the stage and make you look incredible the whole time you're doing it!
American Musical Supply is excited to be your stop for Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars from top brands! We offer True 0% interest payment plans - applying is easy. Use your own debit or credit card, enjoy fast and free shipping, and add a Semi-Hollowbody to your creative setup.
We make buying a Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar quick and easy - in-stock items that are ordered before 5PM will ship out the same day! (see our Shipping Information Page for more details) Do you have questions about Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars and want to know which one would be best for you? Give us a call at 800-319-9043 - our experts are standing by.
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.