Hey people,

I have been using an ES-175 for laying down crisp lead work on tracks when I need that classic bright sound or booming bass sound. Doesn anyone else ever use a hollow body electric to do lead work with either live or in the studio. Live, I have to stuff the F-Holes, but other than that the Epiphone ES-175 screams.








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I've been playing 26 years. I live to play guitar and will die a guitarist.

I play a Gibson Custom Shop CS-336. A lot of people have no idea what this is but it's like a 335 but about 10% smaller. I never have feedback problems and it sounds like a cross between a 335 and a Les Paul. The body is 2 pieces of wood. The back and sides are all one piece carved mahogany (no electronics cavity) and a solid flamed maple top. 335's use a laminate...This guitar was apparently Orville Gibson's dream but he never got around to making it.








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Fender Eric Johnson Signature Strat or Gibson Custom Shop CS-336> Gibson Super Goldtone GA30-RV or 18 watt Marshall clone (kit)

i'm all about heritage guitars. it's a custom shop i think out of VA. my guitar teacher here at school is endorsed with those guys. GREAT guitars

i use my ibanez afs75ttbl. its great for the price, and even so i prefer it over most of the hollowbodies i have used. there isnt that much feedback but i enjoy cranking the gain and just manipulating the feedback with it...nice warm crunchy sound to it. very good for leads








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unfortunately I don't have a hollow body electric yet..but eventually I will invest in a 335...they're beautiful guitars with a very unique sound..hard to beat them for a clean laid back sound or funky upbeat tune..

iloveguitars79 wrote:

I play a Gibson Custom Shop CS-336. A lot of people have no idea what this is but it's like a 335 but about 10% smaller. I never have feedback problems and it sounds like a cross between a 335 and a Les Paul. The body is 2 pieces of wood. The back and sides are all one piece carved mahogany (no electronics cavity) and a solid flamed maple top. 335's use a laminate...This guitar was apparently Orville Gibson's dream but he never got around to making it.

that is a beautiful guitar man
definately one of my dreams

Actually, I have a SEMI-hollow Tele...
It's a Squire Master series....
I was shopping for a Fender Thinline...
My local shop had a Chinese Squire Thinline....
It was perfectly set up right off the rack.
Workmanship was shockingly great as well...
Suoer guitar.....a Squier?
I bought it.
Duncan designed pickups...(2 humbuckers)
Has a nice "hollow" tone....
Great for all styles...
Haven't played it, or any of my other guitars
since I got an Ibanez RG320DXQM (with DiMarzio Evolutions)...

Milestones54 wrote:

iloveguitars79 wrote:

I play a Gibson Custom Shop CS-336. A lot of people have no idea what this is but it's like a 335 but about 10% smaller. I never have feedback problems and it sounds like a cross between a 335 and a Les Paul. The body is 2 pieces of wood. The back and sides are all one piece carved mahogany (no electronics cavity) and a solid flamed maple top. 335's use a laminate...This guitar was apparently Orville Gibson's dream but he never got around to making it.

that is a beautiful guitar man
definately one of my dreams

Oh thanks man. Yeah, I just traded and upgraded since I sold my first strat about 5 years ago. Then it was a Custom Shop SG Custom in Antique Silver (one of 25) and I traded that straight for the 336. It helps that I worked at GC too...there's a pic in the gallery of it.








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Fender Eric Johnson Signature Strat or Gibson Custom Shop CS-336> Gibson Super Goldtone GA30-RV or 18 watt Marshall clone (kit)

i have a dean boca semi hollowbody. ive used it a few times in recording. it's for sale now though.








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guitarfreakyman wrote:

i'm all about heritage guitars. it's a custom shop i think out of VA. my guitar teacher here at school is endorsed with those guys. GREAT guitars

i guy i'm writing music with off and on has a Heratige, a very cool guitar.








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One can make a useful thing as long as one does not admire it. The only reason to make something which is not useful is that one admires it intensely. -Oscar Wilde

I just recently bought a Gretsch Electromatic and I really like the way it feels and sounds. The one thing I'm not so sure I like is the movable bridge. I've pretty much always had Drednaught Acoustics or solid body electrics and although I've coveted guitars like the ES 335 and the Country gentleman among others, I've never owned one or been able to play one day after day. I've been somewhat disappointed with the tuning. It took me about 8 minutes to tune the Gretsch this morning. It usually takes me around 4 to tune my Ovation and usually don't have to do but a couple of strings on my Strat which reduces the time even more.
I've heard of some people gluing down the bridge so it stays in place even when changing strings. Does anyone have any thoughts on this.

i have two hollowbody electrics that i play on a daily basis, both in the studio, and live. they are both gibson's. one is an ES-137-C, and the other is the ES-335. they are both amazing sounding guitars for rhythm, and/or lead. at loud, high gain volumes, they do have a tendency to howl a bit if you have a lot of gain dialed in, but generally i find a volume, and a gain level that works depending on the scenario. these kind of guitars are remarkably aggressive sounding in nature, especially through the right amplifier. i find that my ES-335 has a brighter, twangier sound than my ES-137-C. the 335 is also a thinner bodies guitar than the 137, so that likely has something to do with it. hollowbodies are nice to have around. i've also got a couple les pauls, an, SG, and a strat, and i love trying each one out in the studio unitl i find the right one for the tone i am looking for. i actually find a really great combination for double tracking guitars in the studio is the ES-137-C panned hard left, and the SG panned hard right (or visa versa). they sound fantastic together, and compliment each other very well. actually...... if you look closely at my profile picture, you can see that i am playing the ES-137-C which is a single cutaway hollowbody. i'm tracking in henson studios in los angeles in that shot. amazing place!! i was a lucky guy to have the chance to work there.

Hey Tony: I had the same problem with an Electromatic. I only play Gretsch guitars for live stuff and I have owned about 25 including some form the 1950s. Gretsch has always had lousy tuning pegs. The rest of the guitar makes up for though. I used fat strings on the Electromatic, used graphite lube on the nut, and streched the strings prior to shows. I assume you have the Electromatic hollowbody with the floating bridge? Don't glue it down. Note the position and you'll see that the bridge lines up with the cross bar of the f-holes. You can use tape to mark the position on the bridge, then change the strings without worrying about loosing the bridge positioning. Let me know if this helps. You can also have the tuning pegs replaced with Grovers.








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I use a Schecter C1-E/A semi-hollow and it screams. 2 Seymour Duncan humbuckers, and it also comes equipped with a piezo pick-up, which ads for some nice shimmering sounds (almost, but not quite acoustic). It sounds absolutely amazing. I want to invest in a Gibson ES-335 or an Epiphone Dot and switch out the pick-ups with some Gibsons or Seymour Duncans.








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iloveguitars79 wrote:

I play a Gibson Custom Shop CS-336. A lot of people have no idea what this is but it's like a 335 but about 10% smaller.

is that the only difference other than its a custom shop guitar? I'll admit, i had no idea what it was either until i saw your post and looked them up on Musicians friend.








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