Thinline & Semi-Hollow Guitars

with all original tags and papers in the pocket including the Diploma-like Certificate testifying that this was made as a special edition.  When better semi-hollow body guitars are made they will undoubtedly have a “Gibson” logo on their headstock.  This one not only has that logo in gleaming (like a laser) but it has the Gibson crown or flower near the center of the headstock and a white bordered black bell-shaped truss rod cover above the nut.

The T3 continues Taylor’s quest to expand the range of tones available to the electric player. Inspired by both the T5 and the SolidBody, they've taken the classic semi-hollowbody sound and applied our signature Taylor design and tonal touches, blending our high-definition Style 2 pickups with a coil-splitting application to give players killer humbucker and single coil sounds in one guitar.

Basically the same design as the 381V69 but with 12 strings. Derived from a design dating back to 1957, this guitar is memorable for its hand-carved arch top and back. Employing only premium 'charactered' Maple, model 381/12V69 has a full bound body with 'checked' binding and extreme double cutaways, along with a bound crescent sound hole to complete this exquisite guitar. The Rickenbacker List Price is $5409

Gretsch® Brian Setzer Nashville® models are built to Brian’s exacting specs and modeled on the guitars in his killer vintage collection. The trestle bracing matches that of Setzer’s favorite ’59, giving it a more solid feel and tons of sustain. Standard features include 1959 trestle bracing, TV Jones® Classic pickups, Sperzel® locking tuners, pinned Adjusto-Matic™ bridge, nickel hardware and Bigsby® B6CB vibrato tailpiece.

The classic Chet Atkins Tennessee Rose™ features a 16” laminated maple body, rock maple neck, Neo-Classic™ fingerboard inlays, dual High Sensitive Filter’Tron™ pickups, “tone-pot” circuitry, Gretsch® by Bigsby® B6C vibrato tailpiece and a striking deep cherry stain finish. 

Created to exact original specifications of the world’s most popular 12-string electric guitar, the 360/12C63 is an accurate replica of the model George Harrison made so famous. Complete with double-bound body, trapeze tailpiece, and unique Rickenbacker 12-string headstock, the 360/12C63 is true to the 1963 version in every aspect— down to the shading on the Fireglo finish.

If this guitar vintage Gibson semi-hollow body guitar from an extremely good period had been maintained in wholly original, excellent condition and unaltered in every way it could have been worth in the range of $6500. Luckily for you (since it makes a fine sounding guitar much more affordable) it has experienced a few changes (who among us hasn’t), and is also marked for life with a stamped “2” which is something like Hester’s “A.” And so, as a “player” with an complicated past, it can be yours for a lot less.

The Studio Special series is a simpler version of the famous Renaissance RS-6 Studio Standard.  The difference is that the finish on the Special is all matte on top, sides, back, neck and headstock.   Its thinline body is built like a fine acoustic guitar, but with an added mahogany center block to cut feedback.

This thin, hollow, chambered guitar was custom-built for fingerstyle playing, and it’s one of the first (possibly the first) Renaissance RS-6 guitars with the wider fingerstyle spacing. It has a standard 25.5” scale, 1-3/4” nut width, and 2-5/16” string spacing at the saddle. The neck carve is a soft “vintage V” that is reminiscent of the best old Martin necks, and very comfortable.

Renaissance has sent us something that’s considerably off the beaten path.   It is a Custom Order RS6 (Renaissance Steel String 6-string) in mildly figured Hawaiian Koa back, sides and headstock overlay, with a top of one of the finest woods that a guitar can be made from:   Adirondack “Red” Spruce.   The top is double bound and so is the headstock.  

Futuristic looks and out-of-sight sound! At last, the '55-era Falcon is once again available in a production model! Features include dual DynaSonic™ single-coil pickups, gold-plated hardware, Grover® Imperial™¡ machine heads, Synchro-Sonic™ bridge, Cadillac® "G" tailpiece, vertical Gretsch headstock logo and feather-engraved mother-of-pearl "hump block" inlays.
The Gretsch List Price is $4425

As Per the Gibson website: "Fully-appointed and a dream to play, our renowned Sheraton II was the weapon of choice by the “Boogie Man” himself, John Lee Hooker. Now you can make your own “mojo” with this classic semi-hollow body guitar combining the sustain of a solid-body and the warmth of a hollow-body."
The Gibson/ Epiphone List Price is $1190

The ES semi-hollow body guitars from Gibson first appeared in 1958. Since then the ES 335 'Dot' has been a must-have guitar in every arsenal. Our version, the Epiphone Dot makes this icon guitar available to players everywhere. It features twin Humbucker pickups and the Tune-o-matic bridge/Stopbar tailpiece combo more great tone and sustain.
The Epiphone List Price is $813

As per the Rickenbacker website: "This guitar broke all the rules of traditional styling when it appeared amid the 'British' sound of the 1960's. Subtly updated through the years, this Deluxe hollow body with its special contour around the entire body perimeter, is still perhaps the most comfortable guitar of all. The bound body and Rosewood fingerboard, inlayed with triangular pearloid markers, provide an exceptionally attractive appearance. Stereo output is standard."

The Rickenbacker List Price is $2499

In the spring of 1958 Gibson changed the course of Western Music again by introducing the famous ES-335 thinline (semi-hollow) double cutaway which took the world by storm (whatever that means). Some people would find it interesting to know that in the first year Gibson shipped 267 ES-335s in sunburst and 50 in natural, just 317 guitars, which has a lot to do with why they are so valuable.
WAS originally $20,995 but NOW ON SALE for: