Everything from the first steps of design to the final set-up of of solid-body, hollow-body and semi-acoustic electric guitars is covered step by step in this book. It contains a section about winding your own pickups and another on active guitar electronics. The last chapter is about visits to Steve Jarman Guitars (UK), Sadowsky Guitars (US) and PRS-Guitars (US)
The term hollow-body guitar is used for a solid-body guitar with hollowed-out body and glued on top. The term semi-acoustic guitar refers specifically to guitars like Gibson's ES335. The body consists of a thin top and back plate and the sides are bent from thin strips of wood. A solid block of wood runs down the center of the body. Building a semi-acoustic guitar has more in common with building an acoustic guitar than building an electric."Koch merely uses the bare basics as a jumping off point, going on to describe electric guitar construction in a thorough and orderly manner for those who aren't tool-deprived. He often describes several methods of accomplishing the same task, then suggests that one might be more useful than the others. I like his blend of fact and opinion, and he's always careful to maintain a bit of distance between the two."
John Calkin in American Lutherie, the quartely journal of The Guild of American Luthiers. Read the entire review.