Tell me which of the following guitars are hollow bodies or not: Gibson ES-175, Gibson ES-335, Gibson SG, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster.


Answer: Gibson ES-175 is one of the most famous examples of a well-crafted hollow-body guitar, beloved by numerous jazz guitarists over many decades. Most variants of Gibson's SG, Les Paul, and Fender's Stratocaster and Telecaster are considered solid bodies. However, there were numerous variant models which featured "hollowed" or "chambered" bodies. One prime example is Fender's Telecaster Thinline model from the 1970's, which features a semi-hollow design with an open f-hole on only one side of the body. Speaking of "semi-hollows," Gibson's ES-335 is a semi-hollow body guitar where a solid "center block" of wood passes through the middle of the body, providing additional structural stability over full hollow body guitars.