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Originally posted by chadd View Post
My J45 and my D18 both have controls in the center sound hole and no other holes in the soundboard. I really like the fact they're so unobtrusive and easily accessibleAdministrator of the SDUGF
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Hollow body electrics have way thicker tops than acoustic guitars, so that’s not really a great comparison. They’re also typically made of laminated wood.
Also, if you’re talking about altering the plugged in tone of an acoustic guitar, it probably won’t matter. Most of what you’re hearing with that is the piezo pickup and the preamp.“I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt
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The plugged in sound has a lot to do with the limitations of typical piezo systems, and less-than-full-range amplification systems.
I would have to take an acoustic guitar, play it in a quite room, then install pots & knobs, and repeal the experiment. Would I hear a difference? Would I remember what the non-holed version sounded like?
Acoustic instrument builders are pretty crazy about their bracing patterns, believing that any alteration in the soundboard can affect the tone. I don't have that kind of fidelity in my hearing, though.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostThe plugged in sound has a lot to do with the limitations of typical piezo systems, and less-than-full-range amplification systems.
I would have to take an acoustic guitar, play it in a quite room, then install pots & knobs, and repeal the experiment. Would I hear a difference? Would I remember what the non-holed version sounded like?
Acoustic instrument builders are pretty crazy about their bracing patterns, believing that any alteration in the soundboard can affect the tone. I don't have that kind of fidelity in my hearing, though.Ain't nothin' but a G thang, baby.
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I am always surprised when I hear a difference in these situations.Administrator of the SDUGF
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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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