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RE: soundportparty in my patio
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Ron.M
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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland
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RE: soundportparty in my patio (in reply to satvic)
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Hi satvic, I must admit, I like this kind of idea better myself. I feel the single round hole kinda looks as if the guitar had at one time been retro-fitted with a jack or pre-amp control which has now been removed. I suppose I'd prefer say a single large hole, surrounded by a pattern of say, 8 small holes....or even just a pattern of small holes on their own (if that would work), so that the soundport looks intentional and part of the guitar. To be honest, if I was buying a used guitar from someone and had never heard of soundports and saw a single hole in the side and the seller told me it was to make it sound better to the player.....well I would kinda think he was blowin' smoke up my backside! This story just came into my head... A few years ago I was in my garage workshop when I heard a smash, like glass breaking coming from the outer garage. When I went out to check, I saw a large hole in the top of the window and a golf ball lying on the floor amongst the glass splinters. I ran outside only to see two kids haring it over the park, each carrying golf clubs... After cursing, I found that the hole was about the same diameter as the vent tube for my tumble dryer, which was situated nearby. So I bought quite a large shuttered window vent and glued it in position with glass-bond epoxy, then attached the hose from the tumble dryer to it, instead of just sticking it out of a small, nearby window opening as I had before. cheers, Ron
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Date Aug. 10 2009 2:10:37
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Doitsujin
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Joined: Apr. 10 2005
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RE: soundportparty in my patio (in reply to Florian)
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LOL!! All the discussions about these holes let me think I landed in a porn foro... "Holes, holes, holes! All holes must go. At the Luthier (org.Titty Twister) we're slashing holes in half! This is a hole blow out! Make us an offer on our vast selection of holes! We got white holes, black holes, Spanish holes, yellow holes, hot holes, cold holes, wet holes, tight holes, big holes, bloody holes, fat holes, hairy holes, smelly holes, velvet holes, silk holes, Naugahyde holes, snappin' holes, horse holes, dog holes, mule holes, fake holes! If we don't have it, you don't want it!" hahaha Ok one serious thought to the soundports, too. Normal guitars have no soundport, so the sound that hears the audience is different than the sound that hears the player himself. Because the real "main" soundhole points towards the audience and there the loudest sound goes,.. louder than the sound, the player hears himself. When you have a sounhole you have louder wider sound. Lets say the sound has than more the characteristics of the sound that goes forward when you have no soundhole. What is the logical consequence when getting louder sound while playing with equal force? Guess what... You start playing with less force. The player wont go on play with as much force anymore as he did when he had no soundport. Now he just plays as hard till he gets sufficient sound from the soundport to his ears. Of course with using less power. That means,.. the sound that he produces that goes forward to the audience will be less powerfull than before when the player had no soundport. So if you play without mic, the soundport is a clear handicap and it worsening the quality of the performance of the player. Many words few informations.... Think about it. Its exactly the same with many other things. An extremely wise man said in past: " A good horse just jupms as high as it must, not higher".
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Date Aug. 15 2009 5:52:50
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