ASAT vs. ASAT Semi-hollow: tone differences

vroc38 · #1 05-25-2007, 06:38 PM

G&L GAS rages on, and now has me eyeballing an ASAT semi-hollow. Can I expect the semi-hollow to have an obvious amount of traditional semi-hollow tone, or are they pretty close to the ASAT solid tone-wise? I'm espeically interested in hearing from those who have gigged both.

mrpackerguy · #2 05-26-2007, 05:02 PM

I've played both. IMO, the semihollow is not as aggressive in the mid punchy tone. But close enough for me in that the weight difference is significant on my back/shoulder.

vroc38 · #3 05-29-2007, 02:55 PM

Anybody else want to weigh in here?

Templar · #4 05-29-2007, 10:27 PM

Well, of the 3 semis that marched thru here, only one had any appreciable "hollow body" sound to it. In the others it was there, but barely noticable.

The chambers did'nt seem to do a whole lot on mine.

Oddly, two were kinda heavy.

vroc38 · #5 05-30-2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Templar

Well, of the 3 semis that marched thru here, only one had any appreciable "hollow body" sound to it. In the others it was there, but barely noticable.

The chambers did'nt seem to do a whole lot on mine.

Oddly, two were kinda heavy.

Thanks for the input. So far the concensus here and elsewhere seems to be that they are pretty close tone-wise to the solid body ASAT.