Archtop guitar
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An archtop guitar is a hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic guitar with a full body and a distinctive arched top, whose sound is particularly popular with jazz, blues, and rockabilly players.
G6122-1962 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman developed in the mid-1950s
The Epiphone Dot, an inexpensive thinline archtop available since the 1990s
Semi-acoustic guitar
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A semi-acoustic guitar, also known as a hollow-body electric guitar, is a type of electric guitar designed to be played with a guitar amplifier featuring a fully or partly hollow body and at least one
Archtop guitar
…An archtop guitar is a hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic guitar with a full body and a distinctive arched top, whose sound is particularly popular with jazz, blues, and rockabilly players. Typically, an archtop…
Epiphone Casino, a thinline hollow-body
Gibson ES-335, a semi-hollow-body with sound holes
Comparison of the design and size of a hollow body versus a solid body.