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I made my first soundport today using a drill and a dremel. I used the drill to make a very tiny hole for the dremel than cut out the basic shape with the dremel and sanded it. I still need to touch it up a little. The circle looks a bit off in the picture but its looks much more even in person.
sorry about the quality I am at school right now so I had to upload with my phone
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I cut tiny pieces of cedar and glued them on each side of the hole.
I can definitly hear a difference, its a bit louder and much different in sound, its hard to explain. Its not "IN YOUR FACE" change, but its not a small change, you know what I mean? :P When I cover the soundport the guitar sounds less profound.
Don't let a bunch of horny pervs stick their fingers in there. When I made the first one about 5 years ago all these guys wanted to do was stick fat dirty fingers in there. Disgusting.
I thought a lot about these soundholes. And I came to the conclusion that these holes are not good for your playing. They make you play weaker coz you hear yourself louder. If you just play for yourself, it should be ok. But if you play for audience, I think its better to practice also without a hole there. Well, I made not much experience with soundholes. I could be wrong. Tell me that Im wrong, if I am please. Anyway,.. its nothing for me.. though..
looking nice man .. I think you did a nice job over there .. I haven't tried messing around with these sound ports .. which do u prefer .. ur guitar before diggin a hole in it or after?
Those tests are really cool Anthony, once you go side soundport you can never go back
@Estebanana -
Doitsujin, I never really thought of it that way. But the increase in volume is only about 4 decibels, which really isn't that much if you think about it. I like the bases much more on my guitar now, they sound more beafy and less classical.
DarkElieDraven, I am digging my guitar much more with the hole in it. Its looks cool too. Here are some decent quality pictures of it. I definitely recommend you get one if the guitar isn't too expensive
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ORIGINAL: Doitsujin They make you play weaker coz you hear yourself louder.
Lets ask Jason this question if i ever need another guitar, first thing i will do is drill a hole in it. a life without soundport is not a life... its just a poor existence... deprived of all the fun... barely tolerable.
Doit I understand why you would rationalize it like that and come to that conclusion in principal... but in reality its not so...if anything...u play louder cause you enjoy the sound a little more, you are a little more confident in the sound...and whatever guitar u have, however good or bad u do enjoy it a little more
Thank you guys for the answers. I appreciate that very much.
Yeah, Florian, I agree with you. I play 99% just for myself and if the soundport helps me enjoying my playing more it would give so much joy to my heart. I also trust Anders, coz his knowledge about guitars is light years ahead of mine. I find soundports quite interesting. Such a little thing that has such a tremendous effect... I would also consider buying one of these holes. The only things that stand against it are,. somebody would dig a hole in my perfect guitars that have no scratches at all... And,.. I still don´t really know if my techniques become weaker coz of the better response from the guitar. Im still undecided.. but constantly thinking about it.
Deniz..I also had Jason in my mind when I wrote my thoughts.. And I wondered why he has a sound port.. His techniques are pretty strong.. Im sure he doenst need more volume. By the way,.I think the guitars he plays all have too low action. Well,.. but it doesn´t matter for a player with such great techniques.
ORIGINAL: Doitsujin Deniz..I also had Jason in my mind when I wrote my thoughts.. And I wondered why he has a sound port.. His techniques are pretty strong.. Im sure he doenst need more volume.
Its not so much about volume, its a more lively/vibrant sound. Yes his techniques are strong, but due to the soundport he will have no more technique left soon
does the shape or size of the hole make any difference , how do you decide how big the hole is . I would like a sound port in the shape of a fish is this ridiculous.
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