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PRS SE Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Piezo Guitar with Gig Bag
$1,359.00 - $1,599.00PRS SE Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Piezo Guitar The PRS SE Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Piezo is more than just a guitar — it’s a versatile tool for unleashing your creativity. Based on the iconic Custom 24 design from 1985, ...12 Payments of $133.25
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Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 Guitar Pelham Blue with Case
$799.00Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 Guitar The Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 is built for rock warriors who demand legendary tone and stage-ready style. This semi-hollow beauty combines the best of ES-335 DNA with Trini Lope...12 Payments of $66.58
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PRS CE 24 Semi-Hollowbody with Gig Bag
$2,379.00 - $2,799.00Both familiar and refreshing, the CE 24 Semi-Hollow is a masterfully-built PRS, combining the snap and sustain of a bolt-on guitar with the airy resonance of a semi-hollow body! This is a truly unique addition to th...12 Payments of $233.25
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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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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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Epiphone Sheraton Semi Hollowbody Guitar Natural with Gold Hardware
$749.00 - $899.00Guitarists, if you're looking for an instrument that oozes class and packs tons of tone, the Epiphone Sheraton Semi Hollow body is for you. This storied instrument has been resurrected with a classic blend of maple ...12 Payments of $74.92
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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AMH90 Electric Guitar
$594.95 - $799.99Though smaller in size than other semi-hollow bodies, the AMH90 guitar provides warm, punchy tone and abundant sustain. It offers the added benefit being compact enough that players more accustomed to a solid body e...12 Payments of $58.33
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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AM93 Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar
$584.95The Expressionist AM93QM sounds as good as it looks! A gorgeous maple top produces those crisp notes with such clarity that your fans will give you an encore. The semi-hollow AM93QM features quilted maple top, back,...8 Payments of $73.12
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Epiphone Riviera Semi Hollow Archtop Electric Guitar
$589.95 - $699.00One of Epiphone’s original, most enduring classics, the Riviera makes a comeback! First introduced in the early ‘60s, the Epiphone Riviera’s semi-hollow design has been a favorite of players from all genres and gene...12 Payments of $58.25
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Gretsch G2655T Centerblock Jr Double Cut Guitar with Bigsby
$549.95 - $649.99The all-new 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 G2655T Str...12 Payments of $54.17
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Epiphone Sheraton Semi Hollowbody Left-Handed Guitar Gold Hardware and Bag
$749.00 - $899.00Epiphone brings back the legendary Sheraton semi-hollowbody guitar for a new age of players. The versatile Sheraton semi-hollowbody guitar is crafted from layered maple and includes a center block for superior feedb...12 Payments of $74.92
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Gretsch Broadkaster LX CB Semi Hollow Body Guitar with Bigsby and Case
$2,149.00 - $2,899.99Professional Collection Broadkaster® LX Center Block guitars provide modern Gretsch tone with exceptional performance. Featuring the powerful Pro Twin Six™ humbucking pickups, a redesigned Channel Core™ center block...12 Payments of $241.67
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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.
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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.