Show me your semi's

Lestratcaster

Thinking about looking for a semi-acoustic/hollow/335 type guitar. Kinda wanting to add to my arsenal of axes with one to play the jangly numbers with the George Harrison/Noel Gallagher type sound.

See if you can tempt me!

Musicwolf

First thought would be a Casino.  I’ve had mine for the best part of 10 years now;

Musicwolf

The Casino is a true hollow body.  I also have a couple of semi's

PRS SE Custom Semi Hollow (original version).  I had a blue one when they first came out, sold it, bought another (this one)

Played one gig with it and liked the sound so much that I gave it to my son and upgraded to an S2

Lestratcaster

Musicwolf said:

First thought would be a Casino.  I’ve had mine for the best part of 10 years now;

I like the look of the Casino, they're P90's in there right? I do have a Les Paul Junior which has a P90 in the bridge but its more of a punk sound for that, there's only 1 pickup.

And how do you find the Bigsby bridge (I think that's what it is?) with keeping it in tune and all that?

Stevepage

Imagine my relief to find out you meant guitars...

Lestratcaster

Stevepage said:

Imagine my relief to find out you meant guitars...

Haha all part of the fun.

PonchoGreg

Ibanez JSM10

https://i.imgur.com/1QHmh9B.jpg

I'd seriously have a look at the various Ibanez offerings if I were you. Always seem value for money (and not all of them are the "blingy jazzy looks" camp   )

Lestratcaster

PonchoGreg said:

Ibanez JSM10

https://i.imgur.com/1QHmh9B.jpg

I'd seriously have a look at the various Ibanez offerings if I were you. Always seem value for money (and not all of them are the "blingy jazzy looks" camp   )

Looks very nice! And I like the no-Bigsby thing as well, I just get confused by too many things so the simpler it is the better!

I wasn't actually aware Ibanez did semi-hollows!

guitars4you

Stevepage said:

Imagine my relief to find out you meant guitars...

that was my first thought as well

munckee

guitars4you said:

Stevepage said:

Imagine my relief to find out you meant guitars...

that was my first thought as well

All I'm saying is it is lucky someone else posted pictures before I put mine up.

springhead

munckee said:

guitars4you said:

Stevepage said:

Imagine my relief to find out you meant guitars...

that was my first thought as well

All I'm saying is it is lucky someone else posted pictures before I put mine up.

Or indeed half way up...

LuttiS

My 335alike... guesses on the brand?

munckee

LuttiS said:

My 335alike... guesses on the brand?

Harley Benton??

SimpleSimon

Musicwolf said:

First thought would be a Casino.  I’ve had mine for the best part of 10 years now;

Nice well rounded collection, should imagine you cover most bases there @Musicwolf do I spy an Eggle too?

Musicwolf

Lestratcaster said:

I like the look of the Casino, they're P90's in there right? I do have a Les Paul Junior which has a P90 in the bridge but its more of a punk sound for that, there's only 1 pickup.

And how do you find the Bigsby bridge (I think that's what it is?) with keeping it in tune and all that?

Yes, they are (Dog-eared) P90s in the Casino.  I haven't found any direct swaps on-line so, if you did want to upgrade them, then the best option seems to be to take them out and get them re-wired.

It was supplied with a Bigsby (some sort of limited edition from Thomann).  The bridge saddles were notched, probably a standard non-trem bridge, and I think that these were the cause of tuning instability.  I swapped the bridge for a roller version (supplied by NW Guitars https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/  who are just up the road from me) which seems to have fixed the problem.

Musicwolf

SimpleSimon said:

 

Nice well rounded collection, should imagine you cover most bases there @Musicwolf do I spy an Eggle too?

Yes, a 1993 Berlin Pro which I've had from new.  I had 'retired' it but I recently swapped the locking trem for a more conventional non-locking version and it's now seeing regular action.

The collection has grown by one since that photo.  I added a PRS SE Chris Robertson single cut which looks great but reminds me that I don't get on with single cuts for some reason.

NelsonP

Lestratcaster said:

Musicwolf said:

First thought would be a Casino.  I’ve had mine for the best part of 10 years now;

I like the look of the Casino, they're P90's in there right? I do have a Les Paul Junior which has a P90 in the bridge but its more of a punk sound for that, there's only 1 pickup.

And how do you find the Bigsby bridge (I think that's what it is?) with keeping it in tune and all that?

I've got a Gary Clark Jr Casino which I think is great. It's the trapeze version, so no Bigsby to worry about.
The electrics are upgraded from the factory vs the std Casino (Gibson pickups, switchcraft jack and switch).
Like this one.....


I also have a 2019 Gibson LP DC Jr. Despite both of them having Gibson P90s the sound is totally different. The Casino can do some pretty sweet cleans, but also some nice electro blues / fuzz tones. Since it is fully hollow it can get quite feedback-y, but sometimes that can be brilliant - with a bit of gain and volume the whole guitar feels alive and starts to resonate. You already know what the Jr. does well.

One other thing to consider with the Casino is that the neck joins at the 16th fret, which makes upper fret access difficult. That may or may not be a concern to you.

roberty

My other guitar

terada

CMW335

1967 345

DiscoStu

My Yamaha SA503 TVL.

https://i.imgur.com/RlafE5J.jpg