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A semi-acoustic guitar, also known as a hollow-body electric guitar, is a type of electric guitar designed to be played with a guitar amplifier featuring a fully or partly hollow body and at least one electromagnetic pickup.
First created in the 1930s, they became popular in jazz and blues, where they remain widely used, and the early period of rock & roll, though they were later largely supplanted by solid-body electric guitars in rock.
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They differ from an acoustic-electric guitar, which is an acoustic guitar that has be fitted with some means of amplification to increase volume without changing the instrumt's tone.
Semi-acoustic guitars may have a fully hollow body, making them esstially archtop acoustics with the pickups permantly mounted into the sound board, such as the Gibson ES-175. Some models feature bodies the full width of acoustics, allowing them to be played fully acoustically, while others, such as the Epiphone Casino, have thinline bodies where the hollow body serves purely to alter the tone, not increase the acoustic volume.
Other semi-acoustic guitars have a solid cter block running the lgth and depth of the body, called a semi-hollow body. Examples include models that feature sound holes, like the Gibson ES-335,
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In these, the bridge is fixed to a solid block of wood rather than to a sound board, and the belly vibration is minimized much as in a solid body instrumt.
The addition of the ctral block helps to manage feedback and allows the guitar to be played normally at higher gain and higher volume.
Other guitars are borderline betwe semi-acoustic and solid body. Known as a chambered body guitar, they start from a solid body blank that has be routed out to include a sound hole in an otherwise solid body.
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In the 1930s, guitar manufacturers aimed at increasing the sound level produced by the instrumt, to compete with louder instrumts such as the drums.
Companies such as Gibson, Rickbacker, and Gretsch focused on amplifying a guitar through a loudspeaker. In 1936, Gibson introduced their first manufactured semi-acoustic guitar, the ES-150s (Electric Spanish Series).
Gibson based them on a standard production archtop, with F-holes on the face of the guitar's soundbox. This model resembled traditional jazz guitars that were popular at the time. The soundbox on the guitar let limited sound emit from the hollow body of the guitar. The ES-150s could be electrically amplified via a Charlie Christian pickup, a magnetic single-coil pickup that converted the ergy of the vibrating strings into an electrical signal.
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The ES-150 was made several years after Rickbacker made the first solid-body electric guitar. The ES series was designed as an experimt for Gibson to test the pottial success of electric guitars. Due to its financial success, the ES series is oft referred to as the first successful electric guitar. The ES-150 was followed by the ES-250 a year later, in what became a long line of semi acoustics for the Gibson company.
In 1949 Gibson released two new models: the ES-175 and ES-5. The ES-175 and ES-5 models were the first to come with built-in electric pickups and are widely considered the first fully electric semi-acoustic guitars.
Several models, including the ES-350T by Gibson, were made in the 1950s to accommodate a demand for a comfortable and modern version of the original archtop model.
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In 1958, Gibson first manufactured a 'semi-hollow body guitar' that featured a block of solid wood betwe the front and back sections of the guitars' cutaway. The guitar had a smaller resonant cavity inside, which makes less sound emit from the f holes.
Rickbacker also began making semi-acoustic guitars in 1958. German guitar crafter, Roger Rossmiesl developed the 300 series for Rickbacker. The series was a wide semi-acoustic that used a sleeker dash hole on one side of the guitar, with a pick guard on the other side, rather than a traditional F-hole.
In addition to the main model variants of the guitar, Gibson made several small changes to the guitar, including a laminated top for the ES-175 model and mounted top pickups for geral use on all their models.
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While Gibson provided many of the innovations in semi-acoustic guitars from the 1930s to the 1950s, there were also various makes by other companies including a hollow archtop by Gretsch. The 6120 model by Gretsch became very popular as a rockabilly model despite having almost no technical differces from Gibson models.
The guitar became used in pop, folk, and blues. The guitars sometimes produced feedback wh played through an amplifier at a loud level so they were unpopular for bands that had to play loud ough to perform in large vues. As rock became more experimtal in the late 60s and 70s, the guitar became more popular because players learned to use its feedback issues creatively.
Semi-hollow guitars share some of the tonal characteristics of hollow guitars, such as their praised warmth and clean tone, but with less risk of undesirable feedback.
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Today, semi-acoustic and semi-hollow body guitars are still popular among many artists across various gres. Examples include Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, rowned jazz guitarist George Bson, John Scofield, multi-instrumtalist Paul McCartney and former Guns N' Roses member Izzy Stradlin. Famous guitarists of the past who have used semi acoustic guitars include John Lnon of the Beatles and B.B. King, both of whom have had signature semi-acoustic models released. Semi-acoustic guitars have also be valued as practice guitars because, wh played unplugged, they are quieter than full acoustic guitars, but more audible than solid-body electric guitars because of their op cavity. They are also popular because the cavities reduce the weight of the guitar.Electro Acoustic or Semi Acoustic Many people get understandably confused about what is an electro acoustic and what is a semi acoustic. Here, we'll break down the models and explain the differences.
Electro acoustic or semi acoustic...of all the terms used to describe different types of guitar, these two seem to lead to more confusion than any others.
So what is the difference between a semi acoustic and an electro acoustic guitar? I hear you ask, and why does it matter?
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Well, put simply, a semi acoustic is an electric guitar first and foremost, but with certain acoustic properties, whilst an electro acoustic is an acoustic guitar that can be plugged into an amplifier or mixer.
The semi acoustic guitar generally features a hollow or semi hollow body into which standard electric guitar pickups and electrics are fitted. In the case of a Gibson ES-335, for example, the body of the guitar features two hollow ‘wings’ attached to a solid centre block into which a pair of humbucking pickups are mounted. The hollow wings add an acoustic ‘feel’ to the tone - adding warmth and fullness allowing the guitar to deliver is characteristic sound.
This is much the case for all semi acoustics, although there is a great deal of variation in body depth, shape and size. Many, such as the Epiphone Casino, feature an all hollow body which adds even more warmth to the sound and making for a very lightweight instrument.
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Electro acoustics are basically acoustic guitars that can, by one means or another, be plugged into an amplifier, mixer or recording equipment. They usually still feature the round central soundhole and are generally very similar in looks to most fully acoustic guitars, but will include either a pickup or built in microphone of some form.
They may include a pickup fitted under the saddle, fitted across the soundhole or even be a combination of the two. Some guitar manufacturers, such as Taylor, feature a combination of under body sensors and pickups to deliver as natural an acoustic sound as possible when plugged in.
Electro acoustics will often feature a ‘cutaway’ design as with the case with the ever popular and best-sellingYamaha APX 600. This is allows for greater access to the upper frets. Why this is seemingly restricted to electros is beyond us, but it seems to be the case most of the time.
Are Acoustic Guitars Better Or Are Semi Acoustic Guitars?
Ultimately, being an acoustic guitar at heart, an electro acoustic will sound just as good unplugged as it does when plugged in. A semi acoustic, on the other hand, whilst delivering more volume and tone unplugged than a solidbody electric, will still need to be plugged into an amplifier to get the best out of it.
Still confused? Don’t be. Come down to our store and see our large range of semi, and electro-acoustics for yourself, or call us on 01279 432900.Is there really something special about them? Does it actually matter, when you have two pickups directly sensing the vibration of metal strings, if there’s an acoustic chamber in there organically sculpting the natural tone? Why are semi-acoustic guitars reputed to be so versatile? And above all, how can an instrument conceptualised by violinists, for suave, Brycreem-slicked dickie-bow advocates, become the choice of rock’s most illustrious gods and
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