[11 Gauge]

...that to really take advantage of any guitar with a cavity in it, predominantly acoustics, you need some kind of saddle transducer pickup. if i remember correctly the particular article stated that electric guitar pickups almost entirely just sense the magnetic fields around them, i.e. string movement. an acoustic transducer, on the other hand, will actually sense pressures and soundwaves on wood surfaces, the interior of the guitar, etc.

so in essence, if the article is correct, then solids and semi hollows should respond in quite a similar matter. it would stand to reason that if you got a semi hollow close enough to your amp that you could get it to 'woof', but you can make a solidbody do that as well. chambered bodies should be yet more similar still, as the chambers are small and sealed.

one could argue that a guitar with a universal route, bender routing, jacuzzi route, or even routed for trem to be similar to say, a Thinline, maybe even more so.

i would think that the pockets would need to be out in the open to really have a pronounced affect, which would be more acoustic than anything.

it seems to me that the main selling point of a chambered body is the reduced weight. right now lightweight bodies are in vogue. a few decades ago it was the opposite. in 5 years it could be 'midweight' bodies are the rage. whatever floats your boat when it comes time to buy, i guess.