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Hi there!
This might sound a bit weird, but I am looking for a specific kind of guitar body.
It's a semi hollow body with double cutaway, where one cut is a bit lower than the other.
Examples:
Echopark Esperanto Z
Maton BB1200JH
Eastwood Savannah
For some reason, these guitars are right up my alley, aesthetically speaking.
I have no idea how to search for this type of guitar and I have no examples of it, other than the three I mentioned above. I hope someone knows of some examples of other manufacturers who make this type of body!
Thanks for reading, sorry for the weird request and have a good one!
Carl
To clarify: I'm mostly looking for an ES 335 type guitar that is slightly asymmetrical.Last edited by CarlvGent; 01-24-2019 at 08:00 PM.
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01-24-2019 06:56 PM
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Ibanez's first Pat Metheny sig models, PM100.
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There ya go
nothing symmetrical bout this one
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You need to search for an offset hollowbody. That will run you from say a Pagelli type shape, which is offset even though it’s a single cutaway, to the more explicit double cutaway styles. Some of my most favourite guitar shapes to look at - tres moderne!
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Gibson Vegas
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I like the shape, too!
Here are a couple (not mine, just pics!):
Koll (in Oregon)
Scero (in Colorado)
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My Moffa Maryan:
My friend Tom Ollendorff has a double cutaway version:
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Any interest in semis?
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Peerless Bird of Prey, I can't remember what Gibson model is based on:
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Thanks very much to everyone who wrote a reply! You've been a big help. I think I'll try to find a body shape like this on my next guitar! (When I can afford one!)
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Couple of my favourites, should I ever have the coin...
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Originally Posted by Dhango
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Full hollow or is semi hollow okay? The semis are taking over!
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Two that spring to mind are Fret-King John Etheridge model (semi) and Wout Bosma (Netherlands luthier) Offset archtop model.
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Of course Collings is not really double-cutaway, but a very cool shape.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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If you are looking for something 'new', unorthodox, odd, ingenious or disgusting - just have a look at vintage German guitars!
Here a carved Astro 'Futuristic' from their Nuremberg workshop, made in the late 1950s, and offered in the USA:
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Hmm, I vote "disgusting" on that one!
[and others may love it!]
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Originally Posted by marcwhy
I'd put the Astro in the "odd" or "showboat in the conventional dress" category - though I've learnt to judge guitars (or people) not one-sidedly, from the visual or marketing side or whatever. Maybe one of the shortcomings of all social media like this forum …
Science says that most people favor a certain symmetry or balance in objects, faces, bodies. However, 100 percent symmetry is suspicious, looks artificial, fake-like. Most guitar players have learnt to suppress their symmetry pursuit in favor of a more functional, though asymmetrical guitar body.
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Fret-King Elise:
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Originally Posted by Dhango
It also has low impedance electronics a kind of mongrel between a Les Paul Recording and a 335
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