SORTED: Light-weight (semi)hollow body guitar with wide nut

Amigo

This may be a long shot, but here it goes nonetheless. I am after a guitar that is/has:

- Light-weight (under 7lb/3kg)
- Semi-hollow, hollow body, even chambered)
- Lower bout of at least 15" width (preferable, 14" might do, depending on the guitar)
- Nut string spacing of at least 36mm E-e, or nut width of 43mm (first and second preference)
- Humbuckers
- No tremolo/Bigsby
- Battered, but functional
- Under £500

I will also have to try it, which means that until the lockdown is over, slim chances, but I thought I'd ask in advance just in case. I am based in Cambridgeshire, but travel to Warwickshire regularly on the A14, so I can try it along that corridor. I am also willing to travel further at the weekends, for the right guitar.

Do I stand a chance of finding something along those lines, by any chance? If so, who would have it? This is indeed my last attempt at electrics. Thanks a lot!

Amigo

Added chambered guitars. Wide string spacing a must, though. Anyone?

Amigo

How about narrower nut (43mm) but still with at least 36mm spacing?

Amigo

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Amigo

Anyone having a weekend clearout and they found a lightweight guitar with wide string spacing at the nut?

achilleslondon

I have an Ibanez AS153, 2015 - 43mm, 15"3/4 lower bout.
Two things do not fit your spec:
battered - it's actually mint
price - I won't let it go for less than £600 

PS. I haven't got a case, but I keep it in a Taylor gigbag (the classic beige, it fits perfectly).

Amigo

Thanks for that, it looks interesting. Do you know its weight, by any chance? And the string spacing at the nut?

achilleslondon

I couldn't find that in the spec, so I measured.

Weight: 3.55kg (measured stepping on a scale with and without the guitar in my hand)
E-e spacing: 35mm (as in pic below)

Amigo

Many thanks for that! I cannot see the photo, maybe because it is accessible only to you in your Google Drive? The string spacing is too tight for me, I am afraid, and the weight is over what I am after, but thank you ever so much for coming back to me with details. Good luck with selling it!

achilleslondon

No problem. I fixed the pic.
I am still undecided on selling it. It's not on sale anywhere yet. So we'll see.
Good luck with your guitar hunt.