Recommendations for semi-hollow guitar

**Bluesontheradio** · 12-27-2020, 08:43 PM

Hi all! New to the group! Great to be here! I’m a long time blues rock guitarist and my number one guitar these days is a 2017 Gibson SG Standard. I’m looking for an es-335 type guitar... one on a budget! My SG has a slim taper neck and that’s what I’m looking for. The Ibanez Expressionist models seem cool: particularly the one
with the ebony body! The zebra body is cool too. Any recommendations at the sub $1000 (Canadian) range? Doesn’t have to be Ibanez. Maybe new? Maybe used. Thanks!!!

**es34569** · 12-28-2020, 12:57 PM

I've recently played an ebony Epiphone Sheraton II Pro (about $699.00 from Sweetwater) and was impressed with the guitar. Place it on your roster of "try outs" as you decide on which guitar speaks to you.

**Lobomov** · 12-28-2020, 01:09 PM

In all fairness .. You can't really go wrong with Ibanez in the budget range guitars. By far my favorite builder .. They usually have fairly slim necks, tho a few like the AS153 might be too full for you?

End of the day it's about taste and I personally just prefer the Ibanez offerings over the Epiphones, but ... It's taste

**John A.** · 12-28-2020, 01:30 PM

Used D'Angelico EX-DC or EX-SS. You should be able to get one for $8-900 USD (so about $1k Canadian).

John

**citizenk74** · 12-28-2020, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Bluesontheradio

Hi all! New to the group! Great to be here! I’m a long time blues rock guitarist and my number one guitar these days is a 2017 Gibson SG Standard. I’m looking for an es-335 type guitar... one on a budget! My SG has a slim taper neck and that’s what I’m looking for. The Ibanez Expressionist models seem cool: particularly the one
with the ebony body! The zebra body is cool too. Any recommendations at the sub $1000 (Canadian) range? Doesn’t have to be Ibanez. Maybe new? Maybe used. Thanks!!!

**Triple_Jazz** · 12-30-2020, 01:37 PM

I’ve owned an Epiphone Sheraton II in the past which was fantastic but the newer ones I’ve played don’t seem to have the same magic. I owned a Gibson 335 for the last 5 years and just sold it last month to buy two new guitars, a 175 clone and a 335 clone. The 335 style guitar I got is the Ibanez Zebra wood one AS93ZW. It’s fantastic for the price and plays extremely well out of the box.

edit - I should mention it has a more muted tone than the Gibson but I’m looking for that. Nothing beats a real 335 for blues tone. The Ibanez will get you half way there but not there. I don’t play much blues rock anymore and no longer needed the real deal. I love the semi for comfort but my 335 was to rocking sounding and the Ibanez smoother tone was what I needed.