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Old 01-07-2017, 11:05 PM
gfsark gfsark is offline
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Default Hollow-body guitars recommendations

I'm a real newbie when it comes to electrics, though I've been playing acoustics for decades. My current electric is a beautiful 1975 Ibenez Les Paul knockoff, (I believe pre-lawsuit) which I bought in '76 and just recently started playing again. I just got turned on to what Trey at Phish uses, which is a custom Languedoc. Seems totally fabulous, except for the price $10k or more.

I want a true hollow body guitar with a short scale, and a smaller body would be nice too (I have small hands.) Could probably go up to $2K but that would be a stretch. Really like the idea of the switchable coil from dual to single.

Why hollow body? First, my Ibenez is heavy. I'm hoping that a hollow body will weigh less. Tell me that this is so, please! Second, I really want a bit of acoustic sound coming from my guitar since pure electric starts to wear on me after a while. For playability, must be short scale.

Ideas? What are you playing? Thanks.
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