soundhole covers

[jjang1993]

i bought a soundhole cover today. its a kaman rubber one. it fits on pretty tight on my alvarez guitar. will it crack the top or damage it?

[Tony Burns]

shouldnt , but anything is possible - theres also something called a lute cover- which is made out of wood- their basically designed to keep keep the feed back down or eliminate it - let us know how you like it - Tommy Emmanuel uses them on his maton----

[jjang1993]

the soundhole cover works like a charm. it changes the sound acoustically though which i dont think will effect the amplified sound to much.

[Terry Allan Hall]

Yeah, rubber sound hole covers really inhibit the guitar's face vibrations...the Luteholes considerably less.

[sonrise]

For years I used one that I cut from a cardboard box..It worked just fine...

[guitarist21]

 

Originally posted by jjang1993 the soundhole cover works like a charm. it changes the sound acoustically though which i dont think will effect the amplified sound to much.

 

 

I am of the school that a good acoustic sound is essential to a great amplified sound. I've found that the rubber soundhole covers deaden the sound and that's not cool if you have some sort of a mic in your system (i.e. not piezo). But if you think it sounds good than it sounds good and I'm glad its working for you.

 

Ellen

[pipedwho]

Originally posted by guitarist21 I am of the school that a good acoustic sound is essential to a great amplified sound. I've found that the rubber soundhole covers deaden the sound and that's not cool if you have some sort of a mic in your system (i.e. not piezo). But if you think it sounds good than it sounds good and I'm glad its working for you. Ellen

 

It seems to work for Tommy Emmanuel - he has a mic inside the guitar combined with the Maton AP5 piezo pickup system. Although, I suspect the mic would need to be placed differently inside the guitar to compensate for the change in body resonance when the soundhole cover is in place.

 

It definitely makes the unplugged sound much worse, which would obviously be bad if you use an external microphone.

[Terry Allan Hall]

Originally posted by pipedwho It seems to work for Tommy Emmanuel - he has a mic inside the guitar combined with the Maton AP5 piezo pickup system. Although, I suspect the mic would need to be placed differently inside the guitar to compensate for the change in body resonance when the soundhole cover is in place. It definitely makes the unplugged sound much worse, which would obviously be bad if you use an external microphone.

 

He uses an Lute Hole, though (or did last time I saw him play)...they mute the guitar's resonance and acoustic sound quite a bit less than the rubber ones do.

[zb0430]

 

Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall He uses an Lute Hole, though (or did last time I saw him play)...they mute the guitar's resonance and acoustic sound quite a bit less than the rubber ones do.

 

 

Humor me with a pic, if you could...

 

"Lute hole" ?

 

Is that the technical name for the ones made of wood/fancy materials that have some gaudy design carved into them and aren't solid?

[pipedwho]

 

Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall He uses an Lute Hole, though (or did last time I saw him play)...they mute the guitar's resonance and acoustic sound quite a bit less than the rubber ones do.

 

 

Admittedly I was 6 rows back from the front, but at the Sydney concert a few weeks ago it looked like a solid rubber feedback buster.

 

Have a look here (not the Sydney concert, but this is what I remember it looked like): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae-SaO-6yT8

 

At the Sydney concert he was right on the verge of feedback and had to adjust his guitar a couple of times to stop it taking off. So I could imagine he might use a different style of sound hole cover (less effective for feedback, but better acoustic properties) if the venue didn't require such a huge stage volume.