The Hollow Guitar

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Elias Graves said:
Show that off all you want. What do you think of those pickups?

EG
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I absolutely love them. And now that i have an amp that does them justice (Mesa Boogie ElectraDyne) I like them even more. My playing doesn't really do them justice but I'll try and get some videos over the next few days.

-Kit
 
Mark Wein said:
I wish I had me a hollow guitar.
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+1 :(


I'm wondering about making my next guitar a custom 7-string hollow body. Maybe a semi-hollow. Dunno... not thinking about it too much, coz I don't have any money for it yet anyway. :embarrassed:
 
There's a guy who sells Korean made 7 string hollows and semi-hollows. Matt Raines. I belong to the 7-string guitar forum, and I asked about the Raines guitars, and from what I was told, they're kind of hit and miss at times. Some players have had good ones, other have wound up having to deal with fixing issues their Raines guitars had. Here's the website for them:

http://www.mattraines.com/pages/cfHome.cfm

Moi? - I wish I could find one of these, and afford it:

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It's a Gretsch George Van Epps 7-string. They were made from 1968, until the late 70s, and are probably the first production 7-string guitar. they were never very common, and the last one I saw, went for $2500.

Of course, there's always the Schecter Jazz 7. It's no longer being made, but I've seen them going on eBay for about 400-$500. From what I've been told, they're so-so guitars stock, that with a little bit of work, can be made pretty good players. I still keep an eye out for them, when the mood strikes me.

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Ibanez also made a 7-string - the AF-207, but they're even less common that the Schecters.

So, like a growing number of 7-string players wanting a hollow or semi-hollow 7, I'm stuck with my solidbody (a Schecter Omen Extreme 7) for now.
 
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ellengtrgrl said:
There's a guy who sells Korean made 7 string hollows and semi-hollows. Mat Raines. I belong to the 7-string guitar forum, and I asked about the Raines guitars, and fromw what I was told, they're kind of hit and miss at times. Some players have had good one, other have wound up having to deal with fixing issues thier Raines guitars had. Here's the website for them:

http://www.mattraines.com/pages/cfHome.cfm
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Yeah, I was interested in that stuff until I noticed what appeared to be some slightly dodgy work in the photos on the website. I think it was some of the binding or finish work somewhere that made me decide against it. I figured if the pics up on the site are already showing issues, WTF else could be wrong with it when it turns up?! It'd be one thing if it was a guy here importing these or whatever, coz then if something's wrong I can just drive over there to deal with it. But importing something unseen/unplayed that's quite likely to arrive dodgy? Meh...

I think I'd rather just spend some more money and get someone local to custom make me something. When I start to get some money together, I'll find out from O'Donnell Guitars here what that kind of thing would cost... might have to just end up going with an off-the-shelf 6-string or something. :(
 
Kit, that Vox is super-nice.
I played a white double-cut in the store, and it was tough to put down.

Expensive suckers, though.

Currently, my only hollow is a cheapie Peavey JF-X 1.
Great finish, but kind of crap hardware. Fun to play, though. Couldn't beat the price at $299 new.
Followed me home.
 
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