Electric Guitars · Models

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Gibson Lucille

United States

B.B. King's signature guitar, based on the ES-355 but built without f-holes to cut down on feedback at high volume. Named after King's own guitar, it features stereo wiring and a Varitone tone selector for a refined, smooth voice.

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Rickenbacker 360

Electric guitar · United States

A deluxe semi-hollow with rounded, bound body edges, the 360 is one of Rickenbacker's best-known guitars and is especially famous in its twelve-string form. Its shimmering tone helped shape the sound of the Beatles and the Byrds.

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B&G Little Sister

The Little Sister is B&G Guitars' signature small-bodied, chambered electric, handmade in Tel-Aviv with a slotted headstock and in-house cast brass hardware. It is offered in cutaway and non-cutaway versions with B&G's own hand-wound pickups.

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Guild Starfire

Electric guitar

A line of semi-hollow electric guitars Guild introduced in the early 1960s, ranging from simple single-pickup models to fully appointed double-cutaway versions. The Starfire family is prized for its warm, woody tone and vintage character.

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D'Angelico Excel DC

South Korea

The Excel DC is a double-cutaway semi-hollow electric guitar built on a 16-inch laminated flame maple body with a solid center block for added sustain and feedback resistance. It uses a set three-piece neck with a C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard, and a pair of USA Seymour Duncan humbuckers with push/pull coil-splitting. A 24.75-inch scale and gold tune-o-matic bridge make it a flexible instrument for jazz, blues, and rock.

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Guild Starfire IV

A double-cutaway semi-hollow with two humbucking pickups, the Starfire IV is among the most popular Starfire models. Its center-block body balances warmth with feedback resistance for a versatile electric tone.

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Gibson ES-330

Electric guitar · United States

A fully hollow thinline electric with no center block, the ES-330 uses P-90 pickups and a neck that joins the body high up. Lighter and more acoustically lively than the semi-hollow ES-335, it has a raw, airy voice prone to a touch of feedback.

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Gibson ES-135

Electric guitar · United States

A thinline hollow-body electric reissued in the 1990s, built with a center block for added stability. Fitted with P-90 pickups and a trapeze tailpiece, it offers a bright, punchy semi-hollow voice at an accessible price.

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Guild Starfire I

The most basic member of the Starfire family, the single-pickup Starfire I offers the line's warm semi-hollow voice in a simple, straightforward instrument.

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Guild Starfire V

A more fully appointed double-cutaway Starfire that typically adds a Guild vibrato tailpiece and a master volume control. It sits above the Starfire IV in the line with extra features and trim.

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Epiphone Sheraton

Electric guitar

Epiphone's upscale semi-hollow electric, the Sheraton dresses the 335-style body with fancier binding, block inlays, and a decorative tailpiece. Associated with players like John Lee Hooker and Noel Gallagher, it offers a refined, warm semi-hollow tone.

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Rickenbacker 330

Electric guitar · United States

A thinline semi-hollow electric and one of Rickenbacker's signature models, the 330 is known for its chiming, jangly tone and distinctive looks. It has been a defining instrument of jangle pop and folk rock.

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Epiphone Dot

Electric guitar

Epiphone's affordable take on the semi-hollow ES-335 format, named for its simple dot fingerboard inlays. It pairs a center-block semi-hollow body with humbucking pickups for a versatile, warm voice at a budget price.

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Gibson ES-335

Electric guitar · United States

Introduced in 1958, the ES-335 was the first commercially successful semi-hollow electric, pairing hollow wings with a solid maple center block. That design blends the warmth and resonance of a hollow body with the sustain and feedback resistance of a solid, making it one of the most versatile electrics ever built.

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Diamond Monarch

The Monarch is Diamond Guitars' double-cutaway semi-hollow electric, with a flame maple top on a mahogany body, a 24.75-inch scale, 22 frets, and Seymour Duncan Jazz and Alnico II Pro humbuckers with coil-tapping. Its double-cutaway shape gives easy access to the upper frets.

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B&G Step Sister

The Step Sister is a B&G Guitars electric based on the Little Sister design but with a longer neck offering 22 frets and a 16-fret neck joint for easier upper-fret lead playing. Like its sibling it uses a chambered body, slotted headstock, and B&G hand-wound pickups.

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Rickenbacker 480

Electric guitar · United States

A solid-body electric guitar Rickenbacker produced in the 1970s and early 1980s, built on a body shape borrowed from the company's 4001 bass. It offered a more conventional solid-body alternative within Rickenbacker's largely semi-hollow line.

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Gretsch G2622 Streamliner

Electric guitar · Indonesia

A double-cutaway semi-hollow in Gretsch's entry-level Streamliner Collection, the G2622 uses a laminated maple body with a spruce center block to control feedback. It carries dual Broad'Tron humbucking pickups for a fuller, higher-output voice, an Adjusto-Matic bridge, and a V-Stoptail.

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Epiphone ES-335

Electric guitar

The Epiphone ES-335 recreates Gibson's original thinline semi-hollow design, built with a layered maple body and a solid maple center block for sustain and feedback resistance. It has a mahogany Rounded C neck, an Indian laurel fretboard with 22 frets, a 24.75-inch scale, a LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar, and Alnico Classic PRO humbuckers.