semi-hollow electric guitars

[kazuki]

hi guys, anyone knows whrere can i get semi-hollow electric guitars?

i am looking for a strat with a single f-hole.

another question, what are the significant tone different between them and a solid body?

thanks !

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

semi hollow guitar, can be found at sweelee and some shops round exclesior hotel area. Various brands..

as for strat with f holes, dont think you have much choice or any(for standard production type that is). The closest is perhaps thinline tele...

 

[nysk]

suhr custom archtop? strat shaped plus f hole like u mentioned

 

[kazuki]

yes thats the one!

thanks!

where can i get them locally?


how different is the tone from a solid body?

 

[slashlk]

are there any specific advantages of semi-hollow guitars? - other than the fact that theyre ligh, if tts an advantage

 

[nysk]

can order from guitar77, prepare to fork out lots of cash for one...

 

[shyamalan]

haha they have a slightly hollow sounding tone compared to solid body lor

 

[kentheman2000]

I is likes playing with the feedback...

 

[kazuki]

hmm icic..

thanks!

Anyone knows around how much will it cost?

http://www.suhrguitars.com/guitarsCustom2.aspx?custom=AT#2

is it expensive because its custom made?

 

[tany]

$4-5k?

 

[kazuki]

OMG how come its so ex?!

its just a strat.. and hollow it.

 

[slashlk]

hahah what'dyu mean its "JUST a strat". strats are good okay, even the MIM ones.

i mean, if its a strat is so mass produced, its cheap (and very good too). so i guess its so pricey cuz its some ultra rare hand made guitar or something...

 

[shyamalan]

cosmetics my friend.

 

[kazuki]

i didnt mean that strats are good..

i love strats.. just that i did a search on the price range.. its like a few thousands?

maybe i should just stick with a solid bod

 

[nysk]

its soo ex not so much cuz its hollow body strat.... its more like cuz its a suhr

probably got one of those copy brands making such guits if u look hard enuff

 

[almondx]

The price is high due to the fact that it's a semi hollow + branded. Proper semi-hollows are alot more difficult to make than solid bodies and I estimate them to take 3 times the amount of time required to make a solid body. This means that for every semi hollow made, Suhr is giving up his time to make 3 solid bodies costing around 3-4k for the lower end models each.

Name me any boutique guitar that doesn't costs thousands. The Singaporean market is too used to mass produced guitars to embrace the cost of boutiques yet. Same goes for amps. A mesa boogie is considered low end boutique already. Proper ones go for around 5k USD each.

Tone-wise, semi hollows/hollow bodies sound alot warmer than their solid body counterparts and feedback easily ie. controlled feedback but has less sustain. It's kinda like a smooth big fat tone without the spank or *immediate-ness* of solid bodies. An analogy would be the sound produced when using a metal rod to hit an object for solidbodies vs a metal rod wrapped in thin foam to hit an object for hollow bodies.

In Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" Armaggedon soundtrack, Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are using hollow bodies so go hear for yourself.

kazuki: why don't you consider the PRS SE custom Semihollow?

It should be much cheaper since it's mass produced and MIK (but still quality material).

 

[rikki]

man....
that suhr is a beauty.

 

[lachiplo]

try a schecter semihollow.

 

[slashlk]

nice explanation almondx! thanks

 

[kazuki]

thanks so much almondx!!

really learnt a lot!

how much will a PRS SE custom Semihollow cost?