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Ok.... i WAS gassing for a strat, luckily thats over. But now im looking for a hollowbody, i want something cheap and that i dont have to worry about being quot;carefulquot; with, i MAY swap pickups but thats it. This guitars go for 250 USD$ so that covers the cheap part, they pretty cool and basic looking, and they got good reviewd on HC, anybody on here got expierence with one of these guitars?

Basically im looking for a guitar that i dont have to worry about damage wise, that i can take to school and mess around with as opposed to taking the Godin, it will mainly be playing the blues, and MAYBE some rock, added to all this i wanted 'That' tone you get from a hollowbody, is this the right guitar?

If they're half the guitar that my Sheraton is, I'd get one. I'm actually looking at them myself. Musician's Friend is blowing them out for $199 BTW (only the grey colored ones, though).

Those studios are alright but try out the artcore range (really toughwearing too) ive played a few and in my experience they are awesome and if you could stretch to $300 music 123 has washburn hb27s for the afforementioned prices later

I've played and liked the artcore semi-hollows much better than the dot studio . . . although you really have to play a bunch of them and seperate the good ones from the bad ones . . .

When you refer to quot;thatquot; sound I assume you are refering to the old-school rock and blues hollowbody sound. Althought these don't measure up to a 335 they can get pretty close with a nice set of pickups. I recently picked up a mint condition used one for a good price and I'm planning to put a set of Burstbucker Pro's or '57 classics in it.

I also think that the Artcores are not a bad option either. I actually compared my Dot side by side with several Artcores but didn't think that any of them were worth spending almost twice the money on.

I have only played a few Dot Studios but I thought they were incredible values, I liked them a lot and almost bought one but picked up my V instead.. I have no experiance with the Artcores but Ibanez generally makes a pretty good guitar for the money as well.

Dot -gt; Artcore -gt; sheraton II

That is the order i'd consider from least to greatest.

Comedy option: My sheraton II with JB and Jazz pickups, btw you'd like the 57 classic in the neck the sheraton II comes with.


Originally Posted by Christobevii3Dot -gt; Artcore -gt; sheraton II

That is the order i'd consider from least to greatest.

Comedy option: My sheraton II with JB and Jazz pickups, btw you'd like the 57 classic in the neck the sheraton II comes with.

I was just about to say
I'm not pickup expert yet, but please don't put a JB into one of these guitars. But since you actually have the experience, how does it sound? It's better to hear it from someone who knows than from someone who read it somewhere.

Holy thread revival Batman! I want a hollow of semi-hollow for jazz so bad right now. I imagine the output of the JB will make that thing feedback pretty bad. I'd think some low output A2 pickups would be just the ticket for a good dark jazz tone.

I actually like the JB alot. The regular pickups were both epiphone classic 57's. I didn't think the 57 in the bridge kept up and was just blah.

So i'd say the JB is good and the jazz sounds pretty good, but im still thinking an alinco II in the neck would be better. If anything i'd trade for the JB in the bridge is maybe a pearly gates, but i don't know enough to be sure. They definately split better than before and is more versatile

I listen more when my friend plays it who is into country and classic rock, and i'd say it didn't lose much of the smooth sound it had, just tightened the bass a smidge too much probably in the neck if it were going to be used for that.

I don't have any feedback, but i just play in my apartment for the guy who thought it would.

So in closing
Stock neck: good
stock bridge: weak and didn't sound great, maybe 57 plus would solve it

If you want to hear a guitarist that uses that setup you should check out the burden brothers, he's the reason i quot;triedquot; it heh.

If you are planning on doing a pickup swap yourself you might want to consider the Epi B.B. King. This has no quot;Fquot; holes and it has a varitone knob ala a 355 Stereo, but most importantly it has a rear acces control cavity. Most Semis Artcore, Sheareton, Dots you have to do all the soldering thru the quot;Fquot; holes. This means you have to drop all the componants and slide them out thru the quot;Fquot; hole solder them all back together and slide it all back in without breaking any of the connections. This can be a royal PITA if you have not done it before I would recommend bringing it to a Tech Or by the rear access style as I mentioned. Much easier to work on. The stereo feature is also reall cool for playing blues! Good Pckup choices would be Antiquity, Seth Lovers AlnicoII pro.
Actually Blue dave. The sheraton II i had has these little quick disconnects on the pickups going to the pots. So you can just snip and sodder into that and works fine if you aren't a perfectionist.


Originally Posted by Christobevii3Actually Blue dave. The sheraton II i had has these little quick disconnects on the pickups going to the pots. So you can just snip and sodder into that and works fine if you aren't a perfectionist.Yeah I'm aware of them and I have even had some people ask to have them put in. I like the idea of a No quot;Fquot; hole semi. Feedback can become a bit of an issue with this type of guitar due to air bouncing around in the inside of the guitar. The no F hole thing minimises this considerably. I have a 335 and a Thinline Tele with 2 HB. I have more feedback issues with these guitars than other. That being said my 335 is my favorite HB guitar!! I love the tone I get with it.