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

chrisj1602 · March 8

Neilybob · March 8

I've just got a couple of old Japanese made semi's

1. Believe to be an early Navigator 335 made by Kasuga Guitars in Japan in the late 70's or early 80's. Fitted with 70' Bill Lawrence L90 rack pickups which are quite hot. This is my number #1. Biggest surprise I had was how different in colour it was from the sales post photo (photo 1) to what I received. I was very happy.

2. An early 70's made Greco (Gneco) 330/335. Ebony board. Beautiful top. All original.

I imported both of these beauties from Japan myself as I have a love of these old Japanese guitars.

tsj93 · March 8

https://postimg.cc/TKq3LbTF

1967 ES-345 in faded sparking burgundy metallic. Camera makes it look darker

- not sure how to embed!

BillDL · March 8

I'm going to lower the tone by posting pics of the semi-acoustics I currently have in the house and play the most, and I make no apologies for slumming it. Nothing fancy, old, old-looking, collectible or expensive here, and mostly budget / affordable guitars (except maybe the Ibanez that's more "intermediate" price), but they are all very nice guitars that have been modified in one way or another for great playability and they all have quite different characters and sounds from each other. I have a couple of others currently being used by other people, but they are pretty much the same as a couple in the photos. I've just used the stock images because I don't have personal photos of all the guitars or them all sitting on a couch or on a rack.

Ibanez Artcore AS73G-NT-12-03 (discontinued 2017)

Artist Guitars Brownburst58-DLX

Washburn HB-35N

Vintage VSA-500 Reissued - Honey Burst

Squier Affinity Starcaster - Candy Apple Red

Vintage V72 Reissued - Flame Tobacco Burst

Petepassion · March 8

Penn said:

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.

Thanks, I just need a decent camera and moody lighting to do it justice now.
And maybe I should give it a clean every now and then

markv · March 8

Semi acoustics are just such attractive guitars. Nice to see a Starcaster too @BillDL !

And also I am happy to take any excuse to post this again, my 2009 Yamaha SA2200. Bought entirely because it looks so pretty, but luckily it sounds good too!

https://i.imgur.com/pEf123w.jpg

Neilybob · March 8

tsj93 said:

https://postimg.cc/TKq3LbTF

1967 ES-345 in faded sparking burgundy metallic. Camera makes it look darker- not sure how to embed!

Ooh nice!

Image: https://i.postimg.cc/W1xFymCN/ES-345.png

BillDL · March 8

markv said:

Semi acoustics are just such attractive guitars. Nice to see a Starcaster too @BillDL !

And also I am happy to take any excuse to post this again, my 2009 Yamaha SA2200. Bought entirely because it looks so pretty, but luckily it sounds good too!

Yeah, the Affinity Starcaster was an impulse purchase from a fine chap on here, as was the Vintage Thinline. The Starcaster has a very unique feel and sound even though it doesn't have the wide-range pickups of the "proper" Starcaster, but I prefer the master vol/tone layout on this cheaper version and I loved the "Mazda" colour.

I absolutely love Yamaha SA guitars, and yours is a beautiful looking example.

Penn · March 8

Neilybob said:

tsj93 said:

https://postimg.cc/TKq3LbTF

1967 ES-345 in faded sparking burgundy metallic. Camera makes it look darker- not sure how to embed!

Ooh nice!

Oh my, that is amazing. Is that an original finish they offered? I’ve never seen anything like it.

Penn · March 8

markv said:

Semi acoustics are just such attractive guitars. Nice to see a Starcaster too @BillDL !

And also I am happy to take any excuse to post this again, my 2009 Yamaha SA2200. Bought entirely because it looks so pretty, but luckily it sounds good too!

https://i.imgur.com/pEf123w.jpg

Yep that’s nice. Great colour.

abw1989 · March 8

Diamond holes are better than f-holes

Black Pearl ES-335 Diamond (or sometimes DD-335 in internet speak)

DartmoorHedgehog · March 8

Penn said:

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…

Depends if by "semi" we're meaning "semi-acoustic" or "semi-hollow". If the latter then my L5 copy doesn't belong here at all.

duotone · March 8

Squier Thinline Pro-Tone Telecaster

blobb · March 8

Image: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53575231668_a1d6e64a7a_k.jpg

duotone · March 8

Artist Guitars Walnut58 Semi-Hollow

Penn · March 8

DartmoorHedgehog said:

Penn said:

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…

Depends if by "semi" we're meaning "semi-acoustic" or "semi-hollow". If the latter then my L5 copy doesn't belong here at all.

@ICBM will probably tell us the answer as he’s basically the fretboard equivalent of an Encyclopaedia.