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PRS Special Semi-Hollowbody 10 Top LTD Electric Guitar with Case
$4,999.00 - $5,840.00The foundation of the Special Semi Hollow LTD guitar is very much like a Custom 22 but the versatile electronics truly carry it to new sonic territory. The PRS Special Semi-Hollow makes its debut at Experience PRS 2...12 Payments of $250.00
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PRS S2 Special Semi-Hollow Guitar with Gig Bag
$2,599.00PRS S2 Special Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar The PRS S2 Special Semi-Hollow isn’t just eye-catching — it’s a versatile instrument built to shine in any session. If you struggle to choose between the rich tone of a ...12 Payments of $216.58
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PRS Special Semi-Hollowbody LTD Electric Guitar with Case
$5,060.00Expand your creativity with the multifaceted sonic capabilities of the PRS Special Semi-Hollow Limited Edition guitar. Offering players a versatile hum/single/hum configuration with two PRS 58/15 MT (Multi-Tap) humb...12 Payments of $250.00
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Gretsch Broadkaster Jr LX Center Block Guitar with Bigsby
$2,899.99Professional Collection Broadkaster Jr. LX Center Block guitars provide modern Gretsch tone with exceptional performance. Featuring the powerful Pro Twin Six humbucking pickups and a redesigned Channel Core center b...12 Payments of $241.67
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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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Epiphone BB King Lucille Semi-Hollowbody Guitar with Epi Lite Case
$949.00Epiphone B.B. King Lucille Guitar The Epiphone B.B. King Lucille isn't just a guitar; it’s a direct line to the heart of the blues. Inspired by the legendary Gibson ES models that the King of the Blues relied on ...12 Payments of $79.08
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D'Angelico Premier DC Electric Guitar
$799.99 - $999.99Equal parts modern and classic, the Premier DC is a versatile double-cutaway semi-hollow offering a huge range of tones. Custom-voiced humbuckers provide sweet, focused mid-range and vivid high-end, yielding balance...12 Payments of $66.67
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EVH SA-126 Standard Centerblock Semi Hollow Body
$899.99 - $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 $75.00
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Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AMH90 Electric Guitar
$699.99 - $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 AS93SP Semi Hollow Body Guitar
$899.99The AS is a semi-acoustic guitar built to tackle just about any genre of music you throw at it. The pickups are mounted directly to the center block for increased sustain and feedback elimination. Over a lon...12 Payments of $75.00
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Epiphone Emily Wolfe Sheraton Stealth Black Aged Gloss with Case
$599.00Emily Wolfe has teamed up with Epiphone to create a magnificent axe that is as fun to play as it is to look at! A triple-threat rock & roll singer-songwriter-guitarist from Austin, Texas, Emily is breathing new life...12 Payments of $49.92
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Gibson Custom Shop LE Gary Clark Jr. ES-355 Semi Hollow Body Guitar with Case and Bigsby
$7,999.00Austin-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter Gary Clark Jr. has carved out a unique space in modern music, blending blues, rock, soul, and hip hop into a sound that’s unmistakably his own. A four-time GRAMMY Award ...12 Payments of $250.00
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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.