Something hollow for £500?

urban_winter

I fancy a hollowbody. No real reason other than I want to try one. I have solids of both humbucker and strat flavour, and a couple of acoustics. What's a fun, interesting, pretty option for something hollow? Assume budget of £500, secondhand.

Appreciate your thoughts.

Funkfingers

Ibanez Artcore, Gretsch, Peavey Rockingham (+ a few modifications).

duotone

Epiphone Casino?

Funkfingers

Godin 5th Avenue?

Fuengi

Gretsch Electromatic. 

mikeyrob73

Prs Zack Myers 

prlgmnr

I've got a Peerless Jazz City in the classifieds if that floats your boat, though I warn you it's had a single expression of interest in the last 3 years so it could go at any minute if you tarry.

rossi

Boris?

maltingsaudio

Please buy this, it’s doing my head I haven’t got any spare cash at the moment so I can’t !
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/168574/fs-ft-patrick-eggle-new-york-broadway-edited#latest

Musicwolf

How hollow are you are looking for?

I have (not for sale) an Epiphone Casino (true hollow body) and a couple of PRS's, an SE and an S2 custom Semi Hollows.  Pickups aside, they all sound very different.  You could almost grade them as very hollow to barely hollow.

richh

There are loads of options available, so it would probably help if you can give some idea of the kinds of music you're into or any preferences?

A couple that are mentioned above are located in Yorkshire, and often sellers will be reluctant to ship this kind of guitar, so maybe worth saying where you are located?  The Peerless looks nice, certainly if you want a 'jazz' guitar.  The Patrick Eggle also is interesting, but I can't see a price on that one?

Anyway, good luck, lots of choices, but if you can let people know where you are, what you like, what you don't, what kind(s) of music you might play on a hollowbody, that would be useful.

Jalapeno

Loads on Reverb ....

ToneControl

Ibanez are the best I've tried, the higher the number the better. numbers over 100 are often £350-£450, and even though they are made in China, are only one step down from the £3k Japenese models
I've owned 2, one of these

and
this one



They also did a strat-shaped hollowbody, looked good in the shop
AWD72, AJD91 etc awd102

rlw

Get a Casino and stop messing around.

https://reverb.com/marketplace?product_type=electric-guitars&category=hollow-body&condition=used&item_region=GB&price_max=500&query=Casino

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/epiphone-casino-semi-acoustic-in-turquoise-gloss?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoub3BRC6ARIsABGhnyYbXmeYh6Y6iEAVt1xrpTyTMcwujmVfc4-jiOhfjzWpCrxusC0XWJwaAgR8EALw_wcB

ThePrettyDamned

ToneControl said:

Ibanez are the best I've tried, the higher the number the better. numbers over 100 are often £350-£450, and even though they are made in China, are only one step down from the £3k Japenese models
I've owned 2, one of these

and
this one



They also did a strat-shaped hollowbody, looked good in the shop
AWD72, AJD91 etc awd102

Yummy

rossi

If you get a Casino and put a heavier and better made  Gotoh bridge and stop tail  you will have nice guitar for 500.They will add some depth  and better resonance to it .I am not sure about the latest pickups so can't  comment.Most P90's sound decent anyway being a simple  design  .

TheMarlin

Get an Ibanez.  Beautifully built and Big Bang for your buck. The AFS75 is a lovely guitar, I love how it feedbacks at volume, so lovely and easy to control.  Stock pickups are great too!

Can be had lightly used for a fraction of your budget. 

Hattigol

You can have my congratulations to Liverpool FC. Totally hollow (and no charge) 

rlw

rossi said:

If you get a Casino and put a heavier and better made  Gotoh bridge and stop tail  you will have nice guitar for 500.They will add some depth  and better resonance to it .I am not sure about the latest pickups so can't  comment.Most P90's sound decent anyway being a simple  design  .

Latest pickups are pretty good and have lots of lovely growl.  And there's no shortage of resonance either.

urban_winter

Answering some sensible questions from above...
I'm a beginner (3 years in) so I still don't feel qualified to have much of an opinion about anything guitar-related. So I don't know how hollow I want, iyswim. In all honesty I just want a new toy and something that will broaden my knowledge of what sounds are possible.  I play Clash, Green Day, Bowie, Cure, James. Live in Wimbledon. 

Creed_Clicks

Epi dot?