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The Epiphone Emperor "Joe Pass", with its f-holes visible

A semi-acoustic guitar or hollow-body electric is a type of electric guitar with both a sound box and one or more electric pickups. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... A hollow body is a type of electric guitar which has a sound box similar to an acoustic guitar. ... A hollow body is a type of electric guitar which has a sound box similar to an acoustic guitar. ... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a jazz guitarist. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... In a stringed instrument, a sound box amplifies the vibrations made by the strings. ... Three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. ...

Other semi-acoustic or acoustic electric instruments include basses and mandolins. These are similarly constructed to semi-acoustic guitars, and are used in the same ways and with the same limitations. The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is an electrically-amplified string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... Carved and round backed mandolins (front) A mandolin is a stringed musical instrument. ...

Semi-acoustic instruments divide into two types:

• In some, the sound box is adequate for performance in its own right, and use of a pickup is optional as an alternative to using a microphone. Some manufacturers refer to these as acoustic electric rather than semi-acoustic instruments, but the terminology varies.

• More often, the instrument is designed primarily to be used with an amplifier, and the sound box is used primarily to produce an amplified tone not obtainable with a solid body instrument.

Some instruments are borderline between these two types. For example, some electric arch top guitars are physically and acoustically identical to models from the same company without pickups, but the electric versions are almost never seen in performance without an amplifier. So, although the instrument is demonstrably capable of use as an acoustic instrument, in practice this does not occur. A solid body electric instrument is a string instrument such as a guitar, bass or violin built without its normal sound box and relying on its electric pickup system to directly receive the vibrations of the strings. ... Archtop guitars are steel-stringed acoustic guitars with a distinctive arched belly and a sound particularly suited to blues guitar and jazz. ...

Other instruments are borderline between semi-acoustic and solid body. For example, some Telecaster guitars have chambers built in to an otherwise solid body to enrich the sound. Exactly where the line is to be drawn between a constructed sound box and a solid wooden body, whose construction also affects the sound according to many players, is not generally agreed. A solid body electric instrument is a string instrument such as a guitar, bass or violin built without its normal sound box and relying on its electric pickup system to directly receive the vibrations of the strings. ... 1950s-style Telecaster with natural finish, with metal bridge cover removed. ...

Some models have a fully hollow body, others may have a solid centre block running the length and depth of the body (for instance the Gibson ES-335). Semi-acoustics are capable of producing a fuller and richer tone than most solid-bodied electric guitars, but are prone to feedback when played through an amplifier. Because of the ability of semi-acoustic guitars to be 'plugged-in,' they can be played at a much louder volume than simple acoustic models. They are favourites of big band guitarists and jazz players particularly. Some companies that have produced famous semi-acoustic guitars include: Rickenbacker, Gretsch and Gibson. A variety of manufacturers now produce semi-acoustic model guitars. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Gibson ES-335 was the worlds first commercial semi-hollowbody electric guitar, released by Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1958. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Feedback loop. ... Mod revivalist band The Jams Bruce Foxton (left) on a Rickenbacker bass and Paul Weller on a Rickenbacker guitar Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (IPA pronunciation: ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Epiphone Emperor "Joe Pass" Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1168x2512, 237 KB) Description Work by Rama Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Joe Pass Epiphone Semi-acoustic Guitar ... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a jazz guitarist. ...

The Rickenbacker 330 JG Mod revivalist band The Jams Bruce Foxton (left) on a Rickenbacker bass and Paul Weller on a Rickenbacker guitar Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (IPA pronunciation: ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ...

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