what can a hollowbody do?

[Jordan_Frerichs]

so i migh me getting the semi-hollow Lyle fixup bass for christmas. it is semi hollow, and shortscale. what can i on it that i can't do on others? can it slap?

[Sammy_L_D]

Yeah, hollowbodies can slap you in the face unlike solid bodies.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

what?

[ReadyToFall]

so i migh me getting the semi-hollow Lyle fixup bass for christmas. it is semi hollow, and shortscale. what can i on it that i can't do on others? can it slap?

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[HELLonWHEELS]

Can you slap it, yeah why not? Will it sounds good? how can we know what you think sounds good and what doesn't. Go to GC.

[oak tree]

It'll feed back.

[TheClap]

Rounder, fuller tone possibilities, but it limits other types of tones, just think vintage, and slap some flats on it.

[robbyxrawks1]

I didn't know they made Semi-Hollow basses...
Feedback I'd assume.

[BullDoG_37]

i dont know y whenever people hea hollow body or semi hollow body they automatically say it'll feedback. i have one and it never feeds back and sounds great.

[oak tree]

its just an obvious answer to his 'what will a hollow body do that a solid body won't' question

[BenJammin]

A hollowbody isn't a completely new instrument, guy. You can do whatever you want to do on it that you would do on any other bass. :/

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[Jordan_Frerichs]

cool, so i guess i should pick up some copper sheilding tape, for just in case. it needs re-wired/saudered, and the previous owner sawed a whole in the back. i will just put a guitar back plate on it, and make it easily acessable and look natural. any changes should be easyer than on ur standard semi-hollow. not sure if the pickups are in working order. there is a thread about this bass in the modding forum, with a link to a pic of it. (post the responce to this Q there, but) what are some compatible replacement pickups?

[Pluperfect_Arson]

Well, for one, it will be semi-hollow.

I hope you are aware of this.

[deemo]

it can makes notes, and you can play it like a normal bass. it might sound a little different, but nothing overly different. they also look different that solid bodied basses.