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Hey everybody, so in the past we've looked at how the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster fare as heavy metal guitars
But what about the hollow body?
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_ _ So during the can you play metal on a tele video one of the things we talked about was how the [G] Telecaster was [Am] designed
As a solid body specifically to reduce the feedback that would naturally come from a guitar which amplifies its own sound
[G] _ _ [Am] Now when we're talking about the semi acoustic or hollow body guitar
We're not talking about an acoustic guitar with [Bm] a pickup in it
But no what [Em] we're talking about are guitars that have a sound box meaning the guitars
[F] Amplify naturally through the body and are fitted [Bm] with a proper electric pickup [E] with the intention of playing it through an [C] amplifier
[B] The big difference between the [Am] two besides the look and design is that an acoustic guitar naturally amplifies considerably [Em] louder
First a little history in the 1930s guitar players began wanting to add more volume to their instrument
Especially when playing in orchestras or large jazz bands [Am] where it was very easy to get drowned out by the horns and the drums
But it wasn't until the [A] invention of the [Em] electromagnetic pickup [N] which registered vibrations
Directly from the strings that the modern electric guitar was born as far as guitars go by the mid 1930s
There were already solid body guitars floating [Am] around made by Rickenbacker
But the first widely popular electric hollow body came from Gibson the [G] ES
_ 150 yes standing [F] for electric Spanish
What [B] set it apart was the [E] pickup it used at the time known as the Charlie Christian pickup this pickup consisted of a coil of
Copper wire wound around a black plastic [F] bobbin the [C] design allowed for one of the cleanest [G] signals available at the time and [D] with this pickup
The ES [F] 150 became popular with jazz and blues guitars at the time [C] another interesting development came in the late
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1950s with the Rickenbacker [A] 300 series this guitar [C] featured a sleek [A] slash style
Rather than the traditional [G] f-hole [Am] since then the hollow body has seen other improvements and variations by [Bm] manufacturers over the years such as better
[E] Electronics new body [C] designs and seven and even [B] eight string models
So [Am] if the semi hollow body were a metal guitar surely we would [F] see some more famous guitarists playing them, right?
I mean whole bodies have a pretty decent feel but does their design make them sound okay for metal
There are a lot of famous rock and blues guitarists who have used [D] the hollow body
prominently [A] over the years
[Em] Paul McCartney John Lennon [C] BB King his [Fm] later Lucille models of the guitar [C] removed the f-holes to [B] reduce feedback
[D] But what about metal players Wes Borland used one on limp biscuits [A] chocolate flavored starfish album [Eb] Tom Maxwell from hell
[Fm] Yeah uses them and even Ted Nugent played them for most of his career
So we talked about the guitars history and how some prominent people use hollow bodies
But how does it actually [Dm] sound to help me out with this series of demos?
I brought in my good friend Christian Bay [E] to put a couple of guitars [Am] through their paces to see just what kind of tones
You can get for metal
we've got two hollow bodies on hand a
Modern [G] seven string custom made by King blossom [A] guitars and probably the only seven string [F] hollow body
I have ever seen [C] and a traditional jazz guitar by Eastman
Complete with [B] flat wound strings because I have absolutely no idea how flat wounds are gonna sound on a metal track
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None of these tones mean anything if they don't come together in a full mix check this out.
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_ Okay, that was pretty interesting
Now, let's check out the Eastman with a flat wounds.
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Okay a little sludgier a little darker, but it does work
It's not the optimum solution and probably not my first choice for metal rhythm tone.
The lead tone was quite excellent
However, as for the King blossom, I think it's up for the task
It might not be the first thing you think of when you want to track metal guitars
But it certainly doesn't disappoint but I want to know what you guys think leave a comment below and let me know which guitar
You prefer take it easy.
We'll see you next time _
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