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Hollow Body/Classic

 

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HB30  
- double cutaway semihollow style, arched flamed sycamore top, raised black pickguard, bound body/f-holes, flamed sycamore back/sides, maple neck, 20-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, tune-o-matic bridge/stop tailpiece, bound blackface peghead with pearl diamond/W/logo inlay, three-per-side Grover tuners, chrome hardware, two humbucker Washburn pickups, four knobs (two v, two tone), three-position switch, available in Cherry (disc.), Tobacco Sunburst, or Wine Red (1994-99) finish, mfg. 1994-present. MSR $670

 

HB35 (S)  

- double cutaway semihollow style, arched flamed sycamore top, raised black pickguard, bound body/f- holes, flamed sycamore back/sides, maple neck, 20-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl split rectangle inlay, tune-o-matic bridge/stop tailpiece, bound blackface peghead with pearl diamond/W/logo inlay, three-per-side Grover tuners, gold hardware, two humbucker Washburn pickups, four konbs (two v, two tone), three-way switch, available in Natural, Tobacco Sunburst (disc. 2000), or Wine Red finish, mfg. 1983-84, 1989-present.

The first models (1983-84) have exposed coil humbucker pickups, dot inlays, STB, and chrome hardware. Another version was released in 1989 with covered pickups, block inlays, standard stop tailpiece, tune-o-matic bridge, and gold hardware. The third version introduced in 1990 featured pearl split block fingerboard inlays, an unbound pickguard, a wider, more elaborate headstock, and the selector switch was moved to the upper side of the bass bout. In 1993, flamed sycamore became an option and standard in 1994. In 1997, Maple top/back/sides replaced sycamore. In 2002, Buzz Feiten Tuning System was introduced.

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HB50  
- double cutaway smaller ES-335 style semi-hollow body, bound bird's-eye maple top, single f-hole, rounded mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay, three-per-side tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, two exposed humbucker pickups, two knobs, three-way switch, available in Natural or Red finish, mfg. 1989 only.

 

HB60  
- similar to the HB35, except has more ornate features including multiple-ply binding, an ebony fingerboard, pearl/abalone split-block inlay markers, pearl tuner buttons, and a tortoise-shell pickguard with binding, mfg. 1989 only.

 

 
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