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I have a very unique guitar being built by Erich Solomon, an acoustic archtop like no other acoustic archtop out there. My question is: it’s going to have a sound port on the sides of the upper bout. I understand it creates a better listening experience for the player.
It will also not have F-holes, but it will have a sound hole in the middle. It will be a fully arched, x-braced guitar. Should be finished this spring.
What are peoples thoughts on sound ports?? Just curious.
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03-03-2023 03:20 PM
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My Rancourt 15" acoustic archtop has a sound port. I don't think it has any effect on the sound in front of the guitar but it really enhances the tone from the player's perspective. When I covered up the hole, I heard less bass and lower midrange frequencies.
I think that most guitars that are meant to be played acoustically could benefit from a sound port.
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My Eastman Cabaret has this. It really didn't make much of a difference to me.Looks cool is the best thing i can say.It would never be a selling point to me if one had one or didn't have one.Good luck with your new guitar.
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I'm all for it.
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
By the way, this guitar that is being made will not have a magnetic pickup like Roger’s guitar did. This one will have a Barbera under saddle mic. Completely going to be an acoustic guitar. It will, in fact, be my first steel string acoustic guitar. (I don’t count L5Cs or older L5s-L7s as “acoustic” guitars, if they have a magnetic pickup.
PS-both my L7s are sold.
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No comment on the soundport idea, Navdeep; my question, though, is: with your recent NGDs, I want to know what you do for a living, and can I have a job??
Marc
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Yes I have found that it makes for a nicer listening experience as the player. If not amp'd up then odds are that you're primarily playing for how it sounds to you vs. for any audience, so I really don't see a downside.
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Originally Posted by marcwhy
I just had to re-situate myself in the extended range, fanned fret, eight string guitar world. Now, I’m pretty set. Or I will be. Electric archop, classical guitar, Tele, and acoustic steel string. . No one will never see me buying another six string guitar ever again, that’s for sure. . I’m probably going to eventually sell those two Gibson guitars. It feels really weird and cramped to play a regular 6 string.
I think this Solomon guitar is going to be special. I plan on taking it everywhere: to the beach, the mountains, the long hikes, National Parks, Mendicino-Humboldt, the Sierra, And then do a an Eric Dolphy: play for the birds.
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Originally Posted by NSJ
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Originally Posted by Gilpy
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Does a sound port reduce (or even eliminate) acoustic feedback when amplified?
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Originally Posted by chris32895
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