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| Author: | outstrung [ Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:27 am ] |
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Can anyone tell me any advantages/disadvantages of either? Thanks and have a nice day. : ) |
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| Author: | John Forbus [ Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:46 am ] |
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I went up to Gruhn Guitars and played and listened to an awful lot of archtops before I built my first and only two had a round soundhole. A Howard Roberts and I forget the other. Maybe a Lacy or Welker. They were some louder but didn't seem to have any warmth to it. The rest of the ones I played were acoustic archtops and whether it was the bracing or carving, the location and larger size of the F holes seemed to make for much better projection. Other than that I think F holes are just traditional on archtops. |
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| Author: | outstrung [ Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:25 pm ] |
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Thanks for the replies. My friend has those tapes that you showed Hesh. Ill have to watch them this weekend. |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:11 am ] |
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A round hole archtop will sound less like the 'traditional' archtop, and more like a flat top. |
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