Models

Rickenbacker 360

Semi-acoustic guitar made by Rickenbacker

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.

Duesenberg Starplayer TV

Semi-hollow electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Germany

A semi-hollow electric from the German maker Duesenberg, styled with retro Art Deco flair. It pairs a single-coil neck pickup with a humbucking bridge pickup and a smooth vibrato tailpiece for a versatile, vintage-flavored voice.

Grez Mendocino

Semi-hollow electric guitar

The Mendocino is Grez Guitars' signature compact semi-hollowbody, hand-built in Petaluma, California. It pairs an Old Growth Redwood top with a one-piece Honduran mahogany body and neck, a 25-inch scale ebony fretboard, and Lollar Gold Foil pickups, weighing roughly five pounds.

Guild Starfire

Semi-hollow electric guitar model family

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.

Kay K-161 Thin Twin

Thinline hollow-body electric guitar

An electric guitar made by the Chicago firm Kay, introduced in 1952 and known as the Thin Twin for its pair of distinctive bar pickups. Just 2.75 inches deep, it is recognized as an early thinline semi-hollow electric and is closely associated with blues artist Jimmy Reed.

Epiphone Archtop & Semi-Hollow

Hollow and semi-hollow electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The Epiphone Archtop and Semi-Hollow series gathers Epiphone's thinline hollow and semi-hollow electric guitars, including the fully hollow Casino and the semi-hollow ES-style Dot, ES-335, and Sheraton. These models use laminated maple bodies, set necks, and a mix of P-90 and humbucking pickups.

B&G Little Sister

Semi-hollow electric guitar

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.

Fano Alt de Facto GF6

Offset semi-hollow hand-built electric guitar

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto GF6 is a hand-built, offset semi-hollow electric guitar with a carved top, a center block, and F-holes. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck, and can be ordered with a range of woods, pickups, and bridge or vibrato hardware. Each one is built individually in the USA and finished in aged nitrocellulose lacquer.

Rickenbacker 330

Semi-hollow electric guitar model family

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.

Gibson ES-335

Semi-acoustic guitar model

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.

Epiphone Sheraton

Electric guitar model

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.

Epiphone Dot

Semi-hollow electric guitar

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.

Warwick Star Bass

Semi-hollow electric bass

Electric bass · Germany

A semi-hollow electric bass made by the German manufacturer Warwick, a departure from the brand's modern solidbody designs. Its single-cutaway semi-hollow body draws on the classic Guild Starfire bass, giving a thick yet decisive tone with an airy, vintage-flavoured voice.

Höfner Verythin

Twin-cutaway ultra-thin semi-hollow electric guitar

Electric guitar

A very thin twin-cutaway semi-hollow electric guitar made by the German maker Höfner. The original Verithin debuted in 1960 with a body depth of about 1.5 inches; the modern Verythin (revived in 2000, renamed for trademark reasons) adds a solid centre block making it a true semi-acoustic. Known for its slim body and pair of pickups.

Gretsch G2622 Streamliner

Semi-hollow center-block electric guitar model family

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.

Grez Mendocino Baritone

Baritone semi-hollow electric guitar

The Mendocino Baritone is the extended-scale version of Grez Guitars' Mendocino, built on the same lightweight semi-hollow Honduran mahogany platform with a redwood top but tuned for lower registers with a 28.5-inch scale.

Epiphone ES-335

Semi-hollow electric guitar model

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.

D'Angelico Excel DC

Semi-hollow electric guitar model

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.

D'Angelico Excel SS

Semi-hollow electric guitar model

South Korea

The Excel SS is a single-cutaway semi-hollow electric guitar with a 15-inch laminated spruce top, maple back and sides, and a solid center block for sustain and feedback control. It uses a set three-piece neck with a C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard with split-block inlays, and a 25-inch scale. Two USA Seymour Duncan humbuckers with coil-splitting feed a gold tune-o-matic bridge and the brand's stairstep tailpiece, suiting jazz and roots playing.

D'Angelico Premier SS

Semi-hollow electric guitar model

Indonesia

The Premier SS is a single-cutaway semi-hollow electric guitar with a 15-inch laminated maple body and a solid center block, a set maple neck with a C-shaped profile, a walnut fingerboard, and a 25-inch scale. Two D'Angelico humbuckers feed a nickel tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece. As the brand's most accessible single-cutaway semi-hollow, it brings the SS shape to the Premier series price point.

Kay Value Leader

Thinline hollow-body electric guitar

A budget thinline hollow-body electric guitar introduced by Kay around 1960, marketed as the most affordable thinline electric in the catalog. Its inexpensive charm has made it a sought-after vintage and student instrument.

Grez Grand Tour Bass

Short-scale semi-hollow bass

The Grand Tour Bass is Grez Guitars' short-scale semi-hollow bass, built around a 16-inch Honduran mahogany body with a carved spruce top, a 30-inch scale Macassar ebony fretboard, a Halon bridge, and Curtis Novak pickups.

F Bass AC Signature

Alain Caron signature semi-chambered fretless bass model

Canada

The AC Signature is a semi-chambered fretless bass developed with Canadian jazz bassist Alain Caron since the mid-1980s. It has a chambered figured-maple body with a Canadian spruce top and sound hole, a three-piece maple neck, and a Gabon ebony fingerboard, voiced by an F Bass stacked single-coil bridge pickup combined with an RMC piezo bridge system and the F Bass 9V three-band preamp. It is offered fretless as standard, with a fretted option, in four-, five-, and six-string versions.

F Bass AC Classic

Alain Caron 'upright reinvented' fretless bass model

Canada

The AC Classic is a fretless bass developed with Alain Caron and billed as 'the upright reinvented,' built in Canada to deliver an acoustic, upright-style voice. It pairs a chambered figured-maple body with a redwood top and extra chambering under the bridge, a three-piece maple neck, a Gabon ebony fingerboard, and LaBella black-nylon tapewound strings, voiced by an F Bass stacked single-coil bridge pickup and a Fishman piezo system in a handmade ebony bridge. It is offered fretless in four-, five-, and six-string versions.

Diamond Monarch

Semi-hollow electric guitar

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.

BilT Volaré

Semi-hollow electric guitar

The Volaré is a BilT Guitars semi-hollowbody electric with a distinctive offset body shape and dual humbucking pickups. Its semi-hollow construction yields a resonant tone ranging from jazzy cleans to driven rock voices.

B&G Step Sister

Semi-hollow electric guitar

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.