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Standard 6-strings, Hollow-body 
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         Examples of Standard 6-string Hollow Bodies

For specs. and prices see blue box below

Standard Hollow-body 6-string, Pearl White finish  

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Hard Maple
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  Brazilian Rosewood
Binding:  Tortoise Shell / White
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Abalone Lines
Head Veneer:  Brazilian Rosewood
Hardware: Gold
Bridge:  Pigtail Aluminum
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  Wolfetone 'Grey Wolf'  humbuckers
Finish: Pearl White
 

Upgrade : Brazilian FB

  

 
   

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Standard model

Standard 6-string Hollow-body, Spruce Top, Autumn-Glo   

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Englemann Spruce
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany and Maple
Fingerboard:  South American Rosewood
Binding:  Multiple white/black throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Standard Abalone lines
Head Veneer:  South American Rosewood
Hardware:  Gold
Bridge:  Wilkinson
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  Custom wound Kent Armstrong Humbuckers
Finish: Autumn-Glo
 

 
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Standard Hollow-body 6-string, Curly Bubinga top      

Specifications:
 Body:  African Mahogany
Top:   Curly Bubinga (one-piece)
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  Indian Rosewood
Binding:  Cream throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Abalone Lines
Head Veneer:  Indian Rosewood
Hardware: Gold
Bridge:  TonePros
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  Razor Tribute Plus
Finish: Clear -
 

Upgrade top
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     I found a quantity of beautiful, wide, curly Bubinga, perfect for one-piece tops.  Here is the first of those.  I used very heavy African Mahogany for the hollow body coupled with the very dense Bubinga in order to produce a guitar that had all of the characteristics of a hollow body but with the power and punch of a solid body.  I chose to use Razor pickups as they have the warmth of a PAF, but with more bite, which combined with these very hard woods, gives this guitar a very distinct and unique tone.  It ended up weighing about the same as one of my solid bodies - about 8lbs.  This guitar delivers the goods!   

 

Standard Hollow-body 6-string, Bird's Eye Maple        

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Bird's Eye Maple
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard: South American Rosewood
Binding:  Cream throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Standard Abalone lines
Head Veneer:  South American Rosewood
Hardware: Gold
Bridge:  Wilkinson
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  Wolfetone Grey-Wolf Humbuckers
Finish:  Amber burst
 

Upgrade top

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Standard model

Standard 6-string Hollow-body, Spruce Top, Tobacco burst 

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Sitka Spruce
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  Ebony
Binding:  Multiple black and white, throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Standard M.O.P lines
Head Veneer:  Ebony
Hardware: Gold
Bridge:  Wilkinson
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  PAF style
Finish: Tobacco burst

   In my opinion, Spruce is an excellent material to use on a semi hollow electric guitar.  It does give the guitar a very unique sound.  The guitar has a softer and more mellow overall tone than the Maple tops but with a really interesting 'snap' to the sound. 

 

 
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Standard 6-string, Hollow-body, Lacewood 

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Sycamore Lacewood
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  South American Rosewood
Binding:  Cream bound, throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Standard Abalone lines
Head Veneer:  South American Rosewood
Hardware: Gold
Bridge:  TonePros
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  PAF style
Finish:  Light Amber gloss

 
Upgrade top		  

 

 The wood on this guitar is truly fascinating stuff with the pattern in the wood following the curves of the guitar top.  I'm showing it in here as an example of an upgraded guitar with very unusual wood, and I can't guarantee that I'll be able to find another piece this good.  I'm certainly going to try......
 Although this is a hollow body, it has a distinctly different sound to the Maple top hollow Standard due to the softness of the Lace wood - it has a more mellow tone with more mid-range than the Maple top.
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Upgrade butterfly FB

  Standard 6-string Hollow- body, Autumn Glo finish, and butterfly inlays  

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Curly Maple
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  South American Rosewood
Binding:  Cream, throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Figured White Pearl Butterflies
Head Veneer:  South American Rosewood
Hardware:  Nickel
Bridge:  Wilkinson wrap-around bridge
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  PAF type
Finish:  Autumn Glo

  A tastefully understated instrument.  As with all the hollow series guitars, it has a very rich, full and 'open' sound.

  

 
 

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 Upgrade Brazilian FB
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  Standard 6-string F hole Hollow- body, Lemon Drop

Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Curly Maple
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  Brazilian Rosewood
Binding:  Cream  throughout
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Standard Abalone lines
Head Veneer:  Brazilian Rosewood
Hardware:  Nickel
Bridge:  Wilkinson wrap-around
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:   PAF type
Finish:  Lemon Drop

The fully chambered body gives this guitar the 'twang' one expects from a hollow-body instrument, but without any of the associated feedback thanks to the very rigid bridge mounting. 
Also, because the body has the same thickness as a solid body Standard, it doesn't feel bulky to hold. 

                  

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Specifications:
 Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Top:   Curly Maple
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard:  Amazon Rosewood
Binding:  Unbound, with a clear Maple "fake" bound body edge
Scale length:  24 3/4 inches
Inlay:  Standard Abalone lines
Head Veneer:  Black
Hardware:  Nickel
Bridge:  TonePros wraparound bridge
Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic
Pickups:  PAF type
Finish: Amber burst

   This Hollow Standard has the rich open sound of a true Hollow body without any of the associated problems.  The body is fully hollowed, but the bridge mounting position connects to the top and the back and also between the neck block and the base of the body.  This makes for a very rigid structure which allows the guitar to have as much sustain as a Solid body. 

 

  

 

 

 

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Standard 6 Hollow-body, Spruce top, Transparent Black

  Here is another version of a Hollow Standard.  This guitar has a Sitka Spruce top on a Mahogany body with a three-piece Curly Maple neck.  The see-through black finish looks especially good over the Spruce.  It also has a Macassar Ebony fingerboard and Lindy Fralin's Vintage Humbuckers.  The Wilkinson bridge and Grover tuners are nickel.   I don't do very many black guitars, but I must say, this one came out very nicely!

 

  
 

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General specifications for most Standard 6-string Hollow Bodies:
 
(Suggested dealer retail price, basic model:  $3,930)
Price for Custom order, basic model, direct from Giffin Guitars:  $4,050  

(All instruments ordered directly from me are "custom orders" even if they fit within basic specs.)

Any custom guitar ordered using parts and materials from this light blue box section should fall within the basic model price (will not add to the price).  Any custom option from the dark blue box below will add to the price by the amount shown.
Materials used on a Standard 6-string hollow body (basic model):

Wood:                                                                                          The Wood Pile        
Body:  Honduras Mahogany, Black Limba, Swamp Ash
 Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany
Body top:  S (standard) Figured Maple, Sitka or Englemann Spruce  (please check "The Wood pile" for examples of available wood)
Fingerboards: Indian Rosewood, South American Rosewood or Ebony
 Hardware:
 Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic, Gotoh 510 Delta series, Sperzel locking, Schaller
 Bridge:  Wilkinson, TonePros, ABM or Pigtail
Pickups:  Wolfetone, Lindy Fralin, Kent Armstrong, Razor, Gibson, Voodoo. 
Guitar controls: 1-volume, 1-tone (CTS or DiMarzio pots), 3-position pickup selector (Switchcraft).
Neck dimensions:
 Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches
 Width at nut:  1 11/16 inches, width at 22nd fret:  2 1/4 inches.
Neck thickness at first fret:  .890 inches to .910 inches.  Thickness at 12th fret:  .990 inches to 1.000 inches.
General neck shape is based on a 50's Gibson  which is a 'C' shape at the body end tapering down to a slight
'V' shape at the nut end.
Neck/body joint:  Neck joins body at 20th fret.  Heel is cut away to an unobtrusive but safe minimum
Inlay options:  Standard vertical lines, pearl dots
 		  
  Additional options for Custom orders:

Body and neck wood:  White Limba (Korina) - Add $250                                              

Neck material:  5-ply Curly or Bird's Eye Maple - Add $100

Body top materials available:  UG (upgrade) - UG+ (upgrade plus) Maple - curly, quilt or Bird's eye, Redwood burl, Redwood curl,  Figured Walnut, Curly Bubinga, Curly Koa - Add $125 - $450,  please call for quote (please check "The Wood Pile" for examples of available wood)
 
Optional Fingerboards:   Madagascar Rosewood, Macassar Ebony - Add $50, 
Brazilian Rosewood - Add $300
 
Optional fingerboard inlays:  Butterflies - Add $400,  Teardrops - Add $100,  Snowflakes - Add $75
Abalone Pearl binding: Guitar fully bound with multiple laminates and Abalone Pearl - Add $600

For Custom inlays - please call for quote.

Other scale lengths available:   25 1/2 inch, 26 1/4 inch  - call for quote

For any other custom details - please call or write for quote

Hardware:  For hardware options other than standard, please call for quote.
 

  

 
 

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