Marchione Semi-Hollow

My new semi-hollow body was created with professionalism above all else in mind. The idea to construct such an instrument was born one evening when I encountered Mike Moreno, a renowned New York based jazz musician, at a private concert. I watched on as he played with his standard semi-hollow body guitar. Clearly impressed with his virtuosic jazz chops, I nonetheless felt that Moreno was robbed of sound quality by his very own instrument.

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After the show I talked with Moreno and proposed building a semi-hollow body electric guitar with my carefully developed 15" Mark Whitfield Archtop guitar as the base design. Moreno agreed and months later he and I were both thrilled with the pictured result. The tone and sustain dealt out by this guitar is truly astonishing...

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The body of the semi-hollow guitar is made of gorgeous Italian Alpine Spruce top and an African Mahogany back. Divine. These guitars are available with a "modern", symmetrical f-hole design as pictured but I also make them with the "classic" f-hole design as well.

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The guitar is pictured with a tobacco sunburst finish but it is available in a variety of colors... just ask!

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As with all of my guitars, I never use plywood and always use individual cuts of quality tonewood. This is certainly the choice should you want to move from a generic, playable compromise to a professional instrument.

If you're interested in owning a Marchione Instrument or would like more information, please feel free to contact me by e-mail or by phone at 713 522 7221.

   ~ Stephen Marchione