Do tone knobs on the sound board of acoustic guitars affect the sound?
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The Epiphone John Lennon acoustic has the volume and tone on the sound board
Last edited by ehdwuld; 09-22-2021, 09:31 AM.EHD
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I'd think anything touching the soundboard can affect the sound...even dragging your fingers on it. It isn't a common way to mount controls, so unless you found someone who took a guitar and did that (and compared the before-and-after) no one can be absolutely sure.Administrator of the SDUGF
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I would think yes the sound changes but is it noticeable? Is it better? Worse? That is for the player to decide. I did it with a cheap classical in the 80s and did not have any ill effects. I later added a preamp to the top side of the guitar and it still sounds good. Both of these mods were to make the guitar more "live friendly". So the benefits outweighed any changes to tone, though I noticed none.
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I added a preamp to my Epiphone Hummingbird Artist model
simple enough no need to put knobs on the soundboard
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I believe that adding a preamp inside or knobs on top of an acoustic guitar will alter the way that the guitar resonates and produces sound in an audible way. Whether or not this is an alteration for the better - that's an open question.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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Technically? Yes. Anything you do impacts the sound. Including that gaping hole in the middle.
Can you HEAR the difference? Can't say. Maybe not at all, maybe a little, maybe a lot. I'd guess it depends on how heavy the item/pot attached is and how it dampens vibration.
Just play it. But you might notice the are all on the side for at least convenience, if not sound.Originally posted by Bad City
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A long time ago I installed a sound-hole pup to an acoustic and put a volume pot and a tone pot on the sound board. I didn't notice any difference in tone at all. A few years ago I removed the pup and pots leaving the two holes in the soundboard. I didn't notice any difference in tone at all.
Was there actually a difference? Enough to be measured by some sensitive equipment? Maybe. I don't know. And I don't care because I couldn't hear any difference, and that's what matters.Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.
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Originally posted by GuitarDoc View PostA long time ago I installed a sound-hole pup to an acoustic and put a volume pot and a tone pot on the sound board. I didn't notice any difference in tone at all. A few years ago I removed the pup and pots leaving the two holes in the soundboard. I didn't notice any difference in tone at all.
Was there actually a difference? Enough to be measured by some sensitive equipment? Maybe. I don't know. And I don't care because I couldn't hear any difference, and that's what matters.
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