I think I'm over solid body basses.

[Menorahman]

Love my Lakland Skyline Hollowbody. My only issue with it is that, while the tone is awesome and cool, I'm not sure when it would be useful for recording. Maybe acoustic or jazz styles. Had the Hollowbody 30 but sold it recently since it wasn't much different from my two solid-body short scales.

 

[HotelX]

That would be highly unlikely as this one is right handed. Paul never owned a righty. People love to attach vintage gear to legends.

Didn't Paul buy a Hofner because he could flip it without it being obvious.

 

[BassGreaser]

I have several hollow body/semi-hollow body basses; yes, they are nice, with a sound all their own. I don't consider them a replacement for my solid body basses, though; just the way to get the sound (and the playing experience) I want sometimes. However;
- If you want a "True" hollowbody bass - no tone block or anything in there - , they aren't quite as common as the semihollows. I have a few; Dano longhorn, Gretsch Broadkaster, and an old Epi EA-260, among others. Honestly, other than being a Gretsch, Dano, etc., I don't really notice any real difference between hollows vs. semis. Just boils down to which bass feels best to you, IMO.
- Feedback? Honestly, unless it's a true hollowbody with single-coil pickups, it shouldn't be much of a problem. And it's been a long time since anybody (besides Danelectro) made one of those. The tone block, and humbucker pickups, were made to prevent that problem, and they do a good job. Personally, I can make the Epi feed back - a little - but I have to work at it. the others? Haven't managed it yet. You might manage it with, say, Lemmy's sound rig, but otherwise? Probably not.
So, buy whichever one feels and play the best, and that you just can't stand to be without. By the way; those Kays do look nice; no leftys, unfortunately...

I believe the Kay K162V is a full hollowbody and it has a single coil.

With that said the Kay K162V is almost my dream bass. (It's not fretless and unlined at that)

I dig the small fret makers, but I come from playing mainly upright for 11 years.

 

[Menorahman]

Btw, the Lakland Hollowbody has two Chi-Sonic humbuckers with built-in coil split.

 

[HotelX]

Btw, the Lakland Hollowbody has two Chi-Sonic humbuckers with built-in coil split.

My hollow 30 has single coils

 

[BassGreaser]

Does anyone else find that hollowbodies have a more complex tone going on in general compare to solid bodies?

 

[Menorahman]

My hollow 30 has single coils

The short-scale has vintage single coils, the normal Hollowbody has Chi buckers.

 

[GIBrat51]

I believe the Kay K162V is a full hollowbody and it has a single coil.

With that said the Kay K162V is almost my dream bass. (It's not fretless and unlined at that)

I dig the small fret makers, but I come from playing mainly upright for 11 years.

I saw on the website that they do have single coils (and remember, it is a re-issue of a very old bass), but I'm not sure about being a "full hollowbody". The website said they had Kay's "Chambered body", which could mean a lot of things, but is sometimes a euphemism for "there's a tone block in here".. I'm sure somebody knows, but not me. And, single coils will resist feedback to some extent, if they're reverse-polarity wired - a solution recommended for Rickenbacker's sometimes annoying pickup noises. And the Kay's sealed body will help, too...

 

[HotelX]

Here is a pic of the inside of the Kay K162V

 

[GretschWretch]

Here is a pic of the inside of the Kay K162V

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Which in my opinion is the perfect design for a chambered instrument: two rails on the long axis to anchor the pickups and bridge, and minimal bracing elsewhere (placed only where needed). By this standard even Danelectros are overbuilt. If Fender marketed a chambered P like this, I'll bet sales would go through the roof.

 

[Peacefrog35]

Didn't Paul buy a Hofner because he could flip it without it being obvious.

He did state this in later interviews, but the only hofner he flipped like that is the big 500/5 bass Stu Sutcliffe let him borrow for a short time.

 

[denton57]

I just picked up a Gretsch 5123, and it is awesome. Can't put it down. I have always been a solid body guy, but I am really wanting to explore the hollow body world. I agree, there is something in the tone that is special for lack of a better term. I want a Guild Starfire next

 

[jim777]

My hollow 30 has single coils

I ready this like 5 times, and my brain still saw "My hollow has 30 single coils" I wanted to ask for a pic LOL

On another note, I absolutely LOVE the sound of those Warwick Star 5 strings; every time I hear one I'm sorely tempted to get the plastic out of the wallet and go for one.

If this wasn't a custom shop model, I'd be in trouble......

 

[Dadagoboi]

Hollowbodies, ABGs, what's the difference? Tone is where you find it. Two of mine, piezos jettisonned, ThunderBird pickups added.

"Grand" ABG, 32" scale, cost me $20 as a throw in on another deal. Super low action with the new bridges. '67 TBird pup

Stu Hamm Washburn, great neck but piezos/ electronics not the best. I added a '63 TBird pup with passive controls. Now stereo.

...and this for that old school thump. 1967 EB-2 with the fruit salad removed.

Plus a '75 Guild M-85 just for the hell of it.

 

[HotelX]

I ready this like 5 times, and my brain still saw "My hollow has 30 single coils" I wanted to ask for a pic LOL

On another note, I absolutely LOVE the sound of those Warwick Star 5 strings; every time I hear one I'm sorely tempted to get the plastic out of the wallet and go for one.

If this wasn't a custom shop model, I'd be in trouble......

Yes those Warwicks tempt me as well. I would get one for sure if they were short scale.

 

[HotelX]

Nice collection.

Hollowbodies, ABGs, what's the difference? Tone is where you find it. Two of mine, piezos jettisonned, ThunderBird pickups added.

"Grand" ABG, 32" scale, cost me $20 as a throw in on another deal. Super low action with the new bridges. '67 TBird pup

Stu Hamm Washburn, great neck but piezos/ electronics not the best. I added a '63 TBird pup with passive controls. Now stereo.

...and this for that old school thump. 1967 EB-2 with the fruit salad removed.

Plus a '75 Guild M-85 just for the hell of it.