Members Luke66 Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 So i'm pretty interested in hollow bodies. I've played some artcores at the shop we have here, but they had crap strings and the foam under the bridge and all. Plus i didnt get a chance to plug it in. What songs should i listen to to greater appriciate the sound of a full hollow body guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by Luke66 So i'm pretty interested in hollow bodies. I've played some artcores at the shop we have here, but they had crap strings and the foam under the bridge and all. Plus i didnt get a chance to plug it in.What songs should i listen to to greater appriciate the sound of a full hollow body guitar? Check out these artists, all famous for using full-hollow guitars. The entire Beatles catalogJoe PassWes MontgomeryBrian SetzerChet AtkinsAlvin LeeJorma KaukonenGeorge Benson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 What type of music?There's a ton of hollow body stuff in jazz obviously. George Benson, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, etc., etc. Ted Nugent played a hollow body Byrdland for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by pete n. What type of music?Ted Nugent played a hollow body Byrdland for a long time. As did Eric Clapton during the Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonney, and Bangla-Desh years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThunderDump Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 BB King catalog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pondo sinatra Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Wasn't who's next recorded on a hollowbody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members F-holes Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Everything ever recorded by Chuck Berry. Early Elvis'(Sun Records years w/Scotty Moore, guitarist). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acape Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Trey AnastasioJohn Scofield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 luke66 means FULL hollow, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke66 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by jerry_picker luke66 means FULL hollow, right? yes, full hollow. as for genre of music, just darker stuff. maybe a little bit of overdrive. songs with picking more than strumming are nice. I guess i'm thinking of music along the lines of stairway to heaven, just on hollow body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted June 21, 2005 Moderators Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by F-holes Everything ever recorded by Chuck Berry. Early Elvis'(Sun Records years w/Scotty Moore, guitarist). Yeah, Scotty's ES295...but Chuck used an ES345, which is a semi BB King's Lucille is a semi, also...and Scofield has recorded with SGs as well as L5s and others... Check out Duke Robillard, although he can play anything from a Strat to an SG to a 335 to a 175 or an L5 Some of the live material from Hell Freezes Over was done using Gretsch hollowbodies (both Joe and Don Felder played them) The late great Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann) played hollowbodies and semis... And of course, Brian Setzer, the Gretsch maven... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acape Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by Luke66 yes, full hollow.as for genre of music, just darker stuff. maybe a little bit of overdrive. songs with picking more than strumming are nice. I guess i'm thinking of music along the lines of stairway to heaven, just on hollow body. OK, I messed up and gave Scofield when his is actually semi-hollow. But Trey's ARE full hollow. While I wouldn't consider it "dark" really, he often times does use a significant amount of distortion, so you could get a sense for how it would sound. I'd suggest listening to some of the live stuff such as A Live One or Hampton Comes Alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by daddymack Yeah, Scotty's ES295... Scotty Moore also played a Super-400, which can be seen in the Elvis '68 Comeback video (good viewing for any fans of 50's rockabilly-blues). Elvis commandeered that axe from Scotty, launching millions of "Wow, Elvis can actually play the guitar!" 's, during that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by pondo sinatra Wasn't who's next recorded on a hollowbody? Yes - a Gretsch 6120 given to Pete by Joe Walsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skorb Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by Luke66 So i'm pretty interested in hollow bodies. I've played some artcores at the shop we have here, but they had crap strings and the foam under the bridge and all. Plus i didnt get a chance to plug it in. funny, I was playing one a couple of those today at Guitar Center. I liked it, and would buy one with a few modifications thrown in. I checked these Ibanez Artcore hollowbodies out on the review board here (which is great, BTW) and the word is that they are very well made guitars, despite where they are made, China. and since they are inexpensive and made in China, the electronics will go out sooner than later and the strings and tuners are subpar. the ones I played had Grover-style tuners. and they felt ok in a few minutes of playing and tuning in the store. the bodies and finish on these is amazing. they look as good as the $1500 Gibsons and Gretchs there. but we all know the quality in some parts is poor. I am considering one of these, or an Epiphone ES335, which also is very well made, better neck than some US Gibsons I've played. if I got this Artcore hollow or semi hollow (there was one there) I'd immediately cut all the strings off and take it to a luthier to get the floating bridge glued on (which is loose and falls right off when you remove the strings - terrible for intonation) and put Schaller tuners on it. then maybe a Gibson burstbucker in the bridge pickup, and that would be an awesome guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheBlueGuy Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 'Crossroads' by Cream comes to mind. For something more modern, the band The Living End recorded with a hollowbody of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by TheBlueGuy 'Crossroads' by Cream comes to mind.For something more modern, the band The Living End recorded with a hollowbody of some kind. Gretsch Ainniversary early on - I think his arsenal has expanded quite a bit now, I've seen pics with several other new Gretsches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by TheBlueGuy 'Crossroads' by Cream comes to mind. 335. Semi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by skorb funny, I was playing one a couple of those today at Guitar Center. I liked it, and would buy one with a few modifications thrown in. I checked these Ibanez Artcore hollowbodies out on the review board here (which is great, BTW) and the word is that they are very well made guitars, despite where they are made, China. and since they are inexpensive and made in China, the electronics will go out sooner than later and the strings and tuners are subpar. the ones I played had Grover-style tuners. and they felt ok in a few minutes of playing and tuning in the store. the bodies and finish on these is amazing. they look as good as the $1500 Gibsons and Gretchs there. but we all know the quality in some parts is poor. I am considering one of these, or an Epiphone ES335, which also is very well made, better neck than some US Gibsons I've played. if I got this Artcore hollow or semi hollow (there was one there) I'd immediately cut all the strings off and take it to a luthier to get the floating bridge glued on (which is loose and falls right off when you remove the strings - terrible for intonation) and put Schaller tuners on it. then maybe a Gibson burstbucker in the bridge pickup, and that would be an awesome guitar. weatherboy is selling a nice violin burst Ibanez AS-83. The price is great too. send him a PM about it if you're interested. I'll add a vote for the Epiphone Sheraton II. Mine sounds as nice as a Gibby 335. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members F-holes Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by daddymack Yeah, Scotty's ES295...but Chuck used an ES345, which is a semi Notice that I said recorded . Chuck is probably the most notable user of the ES-345, which he used during many of his live performances. But, all of the [earlier] recordings(possibly except for My Ding-A-Ling) were done on his ES-350. This has been called 'The guitar that shook the world' by Guitar Player magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flyguitar Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 From Bil Halley to John Frusciante (californication) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fyngercuffs Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 The first 12 Rush Albums (I'm including the live ones and their gretest hits type of thing "Archive"). Alex Lifeson used a Gibson ES-335, 345, 355, and Howard Roberts Fusion III. All semis. Tom.FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Brian Setzer catalogue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members princeadr Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 I've got an Artcore am73 (which is a semi-hollow body). It is a very nice guitar. I'm going to either sell it or use it for slide since I got a Gibson es335 recently for a very good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GretschGuy Posted June 22, 2005 Members Share Posted June 22, 2005 Asking for a song with a "Hollow Body Guitar" is kind of pointless. Each guitar sounds different the fact that one is hollow or semi-hollow doesn't make it sound a certain way. A Gretsch 6120 doesn't sound anything like an ES-175 and the 175 doesn't sound like an Artist Award. Many people seem to be confused about guitars, pickups and the like. For example, people seem to think that if a pickup has a P-90 cover on it, it sounds like a P-90 (although the difference in Gibson P-90's from the early 50's to the late 50's and into the 60's is as different as night and day) and people like to think that hollow bodies sound a certain way. There may be a Gibson sound, Gretsch sound, etc... but MANY factors come into play. Now, can someone tell me some songs people played slidbody guitars on? I like that sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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