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Gretsch G2420T Streamliner Hollowbody Guitar
$549.95 - $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 G2420T Streamliner...12 Payments of $54.17
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Ibanez LGB30 George Benson Hollowbody Guitar with Case
$1,399.99The Ibanez LGB30 George Benson Hollow Body Guitar is an exciting instrument designed in collaboration with the one and only George Benson and Ibanez! As the first Signature Model of the Ibanez Artstar Series, the ...12 Payments of $116.67
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Gretsch G5422GLH Electromatic Hollow Body Left Handed Guitar
$999.99It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud. The left-handed G5422GLH Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut with Gold Hardware features a laminated maple body with vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches...12 Payments of $83.33
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Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Single-Cut with Bigsby
$899.99Get classic ‘50s & ‘60s -inspired Gretsch sound and style with the all-new Electromatic Classic Hollow Body guitars. Crafted with essential Gretsch hollow-body sound, style and playability, these no-nonsense gui...12 Payments of $75.00
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Epiphone Broadway Archtop Hollowbody Guitar with Gig Bag
$999.00An all-time great jazz guitar from Epiphone! For over 70 years, the classic Epiphone Broadway has been considered the ultimate hollowbody jazz guitar. Now, this legacy-rich instrument has a beautiful finish with Aln...12 Payments of $83.25
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Epiphone Casino Archtop Hollowbody Left-Handed Guitar with Gig Bag
$699.00For the ultimate in sound and style, left-handed players everywhere will love the legendary Epiphone Casino Archtop Hollowbody guitar. It has been an iconic centerpiece of rock ‘n’ roll since it was first introduced...12 Payments of $58.25
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Ibanez Artcore AG75G Hollowbody Guitar
$549.99The fit and finish of the AG75G is impeccable with a dynamic tone that makes it a joy to play every time! The AG features a slightly smaller body width than the more traditional AF dimensions. However, the same dept...8 Payments of $68.75
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Gretsch G2420 Streamliner Hollowbody Guitar
$549.99The 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 G2420 Stre...8 Payments of $68.75
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Ibanez AF55 Artcore Hollowbody Electric Guitar
$399.99Providing rich, complex full-hollow tone, the Ibanez AF55 Artcore Hollow Body Electric Guitar is for the purist in all of us. The traditional full-hollow construction means there are no sound blocks in the body as...8 Payments of $50.00
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D'Angelico Deluxe 59 Hollowbody Guitar with Case
$2,199.99Joining the Deluxe Series for the first time since its redesign, the all-new Deluxe 59 marries old-school design with modern feel. A full hollowbody clocking in at 16 inches wide and just under two inches in depth, ...12 Payments of $183.33
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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. Â 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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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.