Ricardo -> RE: Soundport AFTER guitar made? (Aug. 24 2012 18:50:40)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo don't do it. If you want to hear more guitar from your vantage point (the only point of a soundport) when practicing, simply play closer to a door, wall, mirror, or other flat reflective surface. If you like they way they look, then decide if you may want to sell your guitar in the future or not first. this was suggested to me by the luthier. Bathroom, wall, close my doors etc. and i actually dislike the look of a soundport prior to playing one with it. Now I don't mind it. and why did you say 'don't do it', have you had a bad experience with it? please share!! Without following the entire thread, I would have assumed that someone linked old discussions where I related my feeling. Glancing over the new thread, again, I feel Im in the minority on the issue that they don't improve sound. Rather than look up old topics I retell about Ruck's guitar. Ruck flamenco negra he gave to Gerardo in 2004 in sanlucar had two ports, one on each side of the neck on the sides. I was told he had been building guitars with ports for years so it was not a new weird thing. I experimented with it and heard it played by others. It came with "plugs" that you can remove to do objective test (as Jason did with his hand in an old topic). What I found was bottom hole not much difference, a little, top hole was obviously different. Both holes plugged guitars sounded amazing. Un plugg top and the sound and bass or perceived volume comes up, but with it a "Nasal" tone.....intstinct forces me to adjust right hand to get a more focused sound to compensate for this. Plugged up holes everying was back to normal. Sitting in front of others with eyes shut to see if I was crazy, I felt there was some small difference. Again, with player right hand compensating it becomes a see saw. I also have accoustic electrics that when you open the pre amp casing you get a nice soundport to play around with....same deal. My conclusion has always been that the focused directional sound is changed, and I dont' see a point for that if it makes me want to also adjust my right hand for sake of sound in my head. Its a hair splitting issue, but again its enough for me not to get into them. Perhaps I am old fashioned, I got no problem with that. Why they are popular I feel is same reason any loud bright and bassy guitar impresses people at first. Its MORE sound, but not for me a "better" sound. Similarly when dealing with live sound so many players end up scooping mids out so the flamenco guitar sounds like amazing huge punchy bright blasting thing like heavy metal. I prefer flat as possible with good mids. Acoustically I gravitate to tight, not so loud, more midrangy focused voiced instruments myself. So it's just taste in the end as with everything guitar related. If someone built me or offered me to perform with a ported guitar, I would simply cover the hole with tape, wood, stuff a sock into it, whatever I could do to focus the sound forward and enjoy playing normally.[:D] Ricardo
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