Hollow body question

[Pelagaard]

Is the L5S the hollowest of the hollow from the Warmoth factory?  Somewhere down the line I want to make a hollow body 12, and that seems like it would be the best option from Warmoth.

 

[Danuda]

Is the L5S the hollowest of the hollow from the Warmoth factory?  Somewhere down the line I want to make a hollow body 12, and that seems like it would be the best option from Warmoth.

Warmoth doesn't have any "true" hollow body guitars.  They are solid body guitars with large cavities carved out.  A hollow tele, hollow strat, hollow fill in the blank will all be equally hollow.  Here is an example of a tele thinline.

Here is the L5s.

They are hollow the same way.  Just a different shape.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Kind of.  The hollow Strat is chambered like the chambered LP, J-Bass, Explorer, and Tele.  To add to the confusion, there is hollow (thinline) and chambered Tele.  They are not all done the same.

 

[drewfx]

The other factor is the thickness of the top, which is fairly thick on a W hollow/thinline body, so top movement is not going to contribute too much anyway.

You can see how thick it is on my thinline twelecaster:

 

[Pelagaard]

Let me rephrase the questiion.  Does the L5S have the largest resonating chamber out of the hollow Warmoth bodies?  It seems like it should, as it appears to be the largest body that has hollow as an option.

 

[greywolf]

I'd say the L5 has the largest resonant chamber , I have the no hole thin line tele .

the tops are a bit thick to work as acoustic elements , the weight reduction and resonance is nice though.

 

[Cagey]

Let me rephrase the questiion.  Does the L5S have the largest resonating chamber out of the hollow Warmoth bodies?  It seems like it should, as it appears to be the largest body that has hollow as an option.

None of them have "resonating chambers" per se; not even the ones with F-holes. They're too heavy - that much mass doesn't really react to the strings.

The hollowing or chambering of the bodies is done to reduce weight, and the F-holes are for aesthetics. That's not to say it won't affect the sound, but it's a pretty minor effect and you really only hear it acoustically, not electrically.

 

[swarfrat]

I don't know that it can be said of the chambered and especially hollow bodies that they're not resonant. I think it is safe to say that the strings will not be able to sufficiently drive the top in an acoustic manner. Whether a Marshall halfstack can drive it is another matter quite entirely.... Seriously, I'd say, at least from my sample of one - that they do respond favorably to high volume.

 

[Cagey]

Everything reacts to a Marshall.