Show us your semi’s… errr what could go wrong here?

Penn

These are mine. What have you all got?

Fiddlesticks_

On the cheaper end of the scale. To be honest I don’t really like the way it plays or sounds, but she’s a looker so is now my living room ornament/noodling guitar.

Penn

Fiddlesticks_ said:

On the cheaper end of the scale. To be honest I don’t really like the way it plays or sounds, but she’s a looker so is now my living room ornament/noodling guitar.

I keep looking at those and have been tempted but then I come to my senses as I have my 345. I love them with the frequensator tailpieces. That looks great with the Bigsby to. 

timmypix

Give it a couple of pages of pics and I'll get there.

Fiddlesticks_

Penn said:

Fiddlesticks_ said:

On the cheaper end of the scale. To be honest I don’t really like the way it plays or sounds, but she’s a looker so is now my living room ornament/noodling guitar.

I keep looking at those and have been tempted but then I come to my senses as I have my 345. I love them with the frequensator tailpieces. That looks great with the Bigsby too. 

I got it because I wanted a 335 with Bigsby but couldn’t justify actually getting one. If I had a 345 I wouldn’t bother tbh. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice, decently made guitar for the price (it’s a Peerless one) and the things I don’t like about it are more personal to me (the neck is a bit narrow for my liking, I’m not a huge fan of humbuckers in general and it’s quite big for a small guy like me) - but I can’t think of a reason to have one if you’ve a 345 already.
I plan on one day upgrading the pickups and wiring, but it’s low priority for now.

Musicwolf

PRS S2 Semihollow.  One of my main gigging guitars

Rickenbacker 360.  60th birthday present to myself

PRS SE Semihollow, the second one that I've owned.  I did one gig with this, decided that I really liked semihollows, and went out and bought the S2.

Then of course there's the hollowbody (I've since sold the non-piezo version)

RobG3294

Didn't have my wide angle lens on me, sorry

Petepassion

1962

Penn

Petepassion said:

1962

That’s seriously lovely. 

@Musicwolf ;

That Black Rick is awesome. How old is it? The inlays that go right across are great. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Funkfingers

Musicwolf said:

PRS SE Semihollow

I have that model, in the tasteful black, with Seymour Duncan P-Rails in Triple Shot mounting surrounds. I added RIC style control knobs. Just needs a white pickguard to complete the illusion.

My other PRS semi-hollow is the S2 Vela Reclaimed - the Brasilian shed model.

Finally, there is my Roland-ready Hamer XT Echotone. The less said about this, the better.

dazzajl

lovestrat74

Does this count?

Musicwolf

Penn said:

@Musicwolf ;

That Black Rick is awesome. How old is it? The inlays that go right across are great. 

I bought the Rick from Sound Affects new, last year (around May).  I was looking for a 330 but, when I came to try it, I found that I couldn't see the fret markers without my reading glasses which would have been a problem on stage - hence the 360 with the big inlays (the black edge dots against the white binding was also a factor).  I had a similar problem when I upgraded the PRS SE Hollowbody II to the piezo vesion.  The inlays are less visible, especially the edge dots.  I've experimented with stick on dots but the real answer my be varifocals.

Musicwolf

Funkfingers said:

Musicwolf said:

PRS SE Semihollow

I have that model, in the tasteful black, with Seymour Duncan P-Rails in Triple Shot mounting surrounds. I added RIC style control knobs. Just needs a white pickguard to complete the illusion.

I was going to paint mine similar to Weller's 'Lichtenstein WHAAM'.

I may do something with it this year as I've got a spare pair of Gibson Burstbuckers that need a home

DartmoorHedgehog

@dazzajl first time I've seen an immaculate guitar in a reliced house
Seriously though, that's a fantastic-looking thing.

Most relevant of mine for this thread is a 1980s Hondo copy of an L5. It's actually pretty good despite the uncool name.
This is the only picture I've got to hand...

JayGee

Penn

Musicwolf said:

Penn said:

@Musicwolf ;

That Black Rick is awesome. How old is it? The inlays that go right across are great. 

I bought the Rick from Sound Affects new, last year (around May).  I was looking for a 330 but, when I came to try it, I found that I couldn't see the fret markers without my reading glasses which would have been a problem on stage - hence the 360 with the big inlays (the black edge dots against the white binding was also a factor).  I had a similar problem when I upgraded the PRS SE Hollowbody II to the piezo vesion.  The inlays are less visible, especially the edge dots.  I've experimented with stick on dots but the real answer my be varifocals.

Ah ok so has it got the fretboard that isn’t lacquered that they have been doing? it looks great. I really like the jetglo. 

I prefer the shape of the 360 over the 330. I wish they’d do the chequerboard binding on the 360s again.

Mine is a 2005 so it’s lacquered. I think the neck might be a bit bigger than some but I’ve not played many others to compare. 

timmypix

Genuine question: do chambered guitars count? Is it purely the F-hole that marks a semi?

Musicwolf

@Penn ; Yes, non-lacquered.

Penn

timmypix said:

Genuine question: do chambered guitars count? Is it purely the F-hole that marks a semi?

I think a semi needs a sound hole to count but then I cheated and used a guitar which is actually a hollow body as one of mine. Tbf I forgot it wasn’t a semi but I’ve just stuck a phone torch in it to check and the other hole lights up…