Hollow and Semi-Hollow guitars thread

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Three old ladies
Left to right
1965 500/1 1965 Senator Bass 1964 500/1

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And another. Unfortunately the Danelectro Longhorn has now gone, but the Phantom Guitarworks Teardrop bass is a keeper.

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[Jay]

Three old ladies
Left to right
1965 500/1 1965 Senator Bass 1964 500/1
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Oh my, what did JB started with this thread...

Love them. Are you still gigging with them?

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Absolutely, they all get an airing from time to time.

[WellyBlues]

Three old ladies
Left to right
1965 500/1 1965 Senator Bass 1964 500/1
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Are the bridge pickups on the 500/1's oriented differently to each other? Does it make a difference, and was that a factory change?

Edit: the basses are quite different with the bridge pickup at different spaces from the bridge.

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The 64 had to have the bridge pickup rewound a few years ago by Glyn. When he put it back in he put it in back to front. I hadn't noticed it for ages and haven't changed it around. It doesn't seem to make a difference though. The 64 bridge is not original and I should really fix that at some stage. The 66 probably plays better than the 64 tbh.
I'll be having a play with them during lock down and hope to fix those things

[Jay]

Yamaha released the Acoustic Electric series in 1967 and the first model was the AE-11. I bought mine on TM and it was in a bit of a state but nothing too serious. Sadly the original bridge was not there. Refretted it with larger frets and put flatwounds on. Plays beautifully!

This one is from 1973.

You may have noticed that apart from restoring guitars, I restore old furniture as well. That drawer cabinet is from the very late 1800s.

[jeremyb]

This thread is doing nothing good for my GAS

[robthemac]

This thread is doing nothing good for my GAS

My girl agrees.

[rickenbackerkid]

Some lovely instruments here chaps. I'm not sure why the hollow thing is so attractive to me but I'm a big fan, even of the more chambered type instruments such as my Rick and Maton. I've always wanted a full hollow and so one day I intend to buy and then butcher one of these:



I'll install a bridge pickup, install some type of fixed bridge and in the perfect world, bind the fretboard.

[jeremyb]

[Dano_NZ]

Some have been seen before but here goes.

Gretsch White Falcon GE-55. Mods, Truarc Serpentune bridge that took err 3 months to arrive. Well worth it.

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Gretsch Anniversary 2013. Mods, TV Jones Setzer Signature Pickups, Truarc bridge and Bigsby. Strap is Gretsch cowboy bling.

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Gibson Rich Robinson ES-335 2015. Mods none. Done a bunch of gigs with this and not even changed the strings, want to maintain as much mojo as possible.

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The last of the herd. Vestax D'Angelico New Yorker, 2002. Apologies for the dust.