Semi-hollowbody w/ single coil pickups

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I'm looking for a semi-hollowbody guitar, single cut out, with single coil pickups (and if it'll save me money, just one single coil pickup on the neck). i can't afford too much, but i'll buy it off ebay no matter how beat up it is, as long as it still plays. Anyone have any suggestions as to what to look for?

(i doubt it matters but my amp is a fender princeton chorus from the early 80's - late 70's)
 
i have a solid body tele, i dont think i'd want a semi-hollowbody one. I was thinking something more along the lines of the old kay truetone's, or maybe an epiphone if they make those with single coils.
 
I've kinda been looking for something similar. Just make sure that you mean semi-hollow. The name gets thrown around alot and might seem to include any electric with f-holes. However, a semi-hollow has a solid block down the middle. Like an ES 335.

I want a hollow-body electric. The way that I can tell from photos whether or not they have the solid block is by the bridge. If the guitar has a les-paul style bridge, then it is screwed into the wood. Hollow bodies usually have a wooden-based bridge that isn't fixed to the top.

I know I am coming off sounding like a retard. I just have been spending alot of time looking at these guitars trying to figure out which ones fit what I am looking for.

I want a george thorogood kind of guitar, which is a single cutaway hollowbody with P90s (single coils). I also dig the gretcsh things, too, but they cost about three times as much as I paid for my car.
 
You may want to consider a Gibson ES-135. They are no longer in production and originally came with P100's - humbuckers that look and (supposedly) sound like P90's. The pickups weren't very well received, but the guitar is killer and many people swapped the P100's out and replaced them with single coil P90 type pickups. You'll find a lot of ES-135s on ebay that already have the pickup swap. They average b/w $600 and $800.
 
I just did a quick ebay search with "semi guitar" , I usually search with that, then semi hollow guitar, then semi acoustic, then archtop to get a wide range. There are some nice pieces at good prices. Go look if you trust ebay sellers (I've had excellent results buying guitars on ebay a Bruno semi acoutic & an Audition solid both in great condition & both with killer single coil p/ups.
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rayC
 
Check this out.., new for $159.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Carlo-Robelli-GG7-Hollow-Body-Archtop-Jazz-Guitar-NEW_W0QQitemZ7382723308

35 minutes to go.., hurry!

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Do this..., Go to http://samash.com/ and fill out a credit application. If you manage to pay your bills on time you're good for 15 months @ 0% interest. Check out the Ibanes Artcore series of guitars they have there. Great quality at a great price, you won't regret owning. The 85 series and up are supposed to be the best ones.
 
I'm an owner of an Epiphone Casino. It is an ES-335 type body, no center block, but does have a tune-o-matic style bridge, and 2 dog-eared P90's, which are single coil pickups. Not all hollow bodys have a floating bridge. However, most semi-hollowbodies with a center block have humbuckers (double coil pickups). The center block is put in to reduce high volume feedback, and most people playing loud enough to have feedback issues are using some distortion, and favor double coil pickups. Most of the arched top guitars with single coil pickups are true hollow bodies, and tend to be old Gibsons or Epiphones, and good ones don't come cheap. I bought my Casino new for $500 with the case, but you'll usually see them on line for about $650 without the case. For cheap, your best bet might be to get an Ibanez Artcore with a good neck, and replace the bridge pickup with a soapbar P90. Best of luck.-Richie
 
You didn't mention if you have something already, but you can swap out to a p/u that does single or double coil on a switch. I've done that to both on my 355 (with pull-out tone knob switches) and it'll give you more tone options than any sane person needs. ;) :D
Wayne
 
Epiphone Es-295. I think the stopped making them in the spring, but Musician's Friend seems to still have some in stock.
 
Thanks for the tip Chrisjob. Unfortunately, we're mostly out of the poster's price range. Wooden guitars with soundboxes require real luthier work to be any good, and that costs more than a solid body of the same quality level. The Ibanez Artcore series is usually in the $350-400 range, and that's dirt cheap. I don't like them personally. They are pretty. I don't like the sound of the ones I've played, but what the hell? I play a couple of Epiphones, and lots of people don't like them. If you can find a good wooden guitar of any type in your price range, you did good. Play every cheap guitar you can find. I like my Casino a lot. It's the only Epiphone I own where I didn't switch out the pickups, No real need.-Richie
 
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