thoughts on hollowbodys guys...?

[chadd]

Re: thoughts on hollowbodys guys...?

Look up interviews/discussions/demos with a bloke named Steve Howe of Yes. He has always used these giant jazz box type guitars since the '70s when virtually everyone had either a Strat or LP only, but he made it work for him. There are limitations of gain/volume due to feeback, although I've heard of some people partially stuffing them.

Billy Duffy of The Cult used Gretsch White Falcons back in the day for very nice jangly cleanish sounds.

Duffy was one of the guys that stuffed his guitars if my memory serves me.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: thoughts on hollowbodys guys...?

There are some great fully-hollow guitars out there, no doubt. Gibson, Gretsch, D'Angelico, etc., but I wouldn't want one as my only guitar unless I was totally focused on Jazz...or Rockabilly.

My ES-150DCN would feedback like a banshee in heat, even with stuffing rags in it, potted pickups, and using a graphic EQ at any level above a whisper. One of my nightmare gigs was using that guitar in a big dance club with a small stage where I was standing right in front of my amp. And they wanted it loud, but that 150 was shrieking and squealing all night long...the guitar vibrating uncontrollably and feeling like a bomb about to go off. It was a lot of work. Used my LP '55 Special the next night--the pickup buzz was much easier to deal with!

I have gotten feedback from my 335, but at much louder volumes and it was more controllable. And the 335 is usable across so many more genres, where a 175 or L-5 is not. Since I play many types of music, the versatility of the 335 is a real plus.

A good Gibson ES-335 is a guitar to keep for a lifetime. And no mods required.

Bill

 

[TRex]

Re: thoughts on hollowbodys guys...?

My Hamer Artist is a semi-hollow, no sqealing or problems, Even at stupid loud volumes. (20watt tube amp at "8" with a decent amount of gain)

Well actually its half semi hollow, the bottom half is solid.

 

[vinnie1971]

Re: thoughts on hollowbodys guys...?

Nah, you just cut the pickup lead near the pickup and solder the new pickup to the old lead. I did it that way several times in the past and always thought of it as a bit of a hack job but StewMac has a video from Dan Erlwine showing how to do exactly that!
I like hollows and semi-hollows but true hollow bodies do give a howling feedback with gain and/or volume and they don't sustain as well, but damn they look cool and sound good. A good 335, thought this, gives great sustain and great tone.

I am definitely going down that route when I swap out the mighty-mite / Cor-tek "vintage" humbucker in my Cort Yorktown BV for P90s. That's a completely hollow body and dies howl
a bit under low gain if I am close to the amp.


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