Members Loud Librarian Posted October 19, 2006 Members Posted October 19, 2006 I ordered one of those wooden "lute" style soundhole covers in hopes of reducing some feedback issues. Anybody have any luck using this type or the solid rubber one for reducing feedback? I play in an acoustic oriented band with bass and drums. I also run some compression ala Monty Montgomery.
Members tulk1 Posted October 19, 2006 Members Posted October 19, 2006 Originally posted by Loud Librarian I ordered one of those wooden "lute" style soundhole covers in hopes of reducing some feedback issues. Anybody have any luck using this type or the solid rubber one for reducing feedback? I play in an acoustic oriented band with bass and drums. I also run some compression ala Monty Montgomery. Bought one of those for my singer's Larrivee. Really helped. And, she thought it looked good. So I scored some points as well!! :-)
Members Majai Posted October 19, 2006 Members Posted October 19, 2006 Originally posted by tulk1 Bought one of those for my singer's Larrivee. Really helped. And, she thought it looked good. So I scored some points as well!! :-) Are the wooden ones better than the solid rubber ones in terms of not hurting the sound of the guitar?
Members Kap'n Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 Originally posted by Majai Are the wooden ones better than the solid rubber ones in terms of not hurting the sound of the guitar? The solid rubber ones suck, IMHO. When I put one in my Larrivee, with a UST, every member of my band thought it made it sound like crap. Maybe sealing the hole dampened the vibration too much? The wooden one, having holes, probably isn't as detrimental to the sound, although who knows what the extra mass does?
Members zb0430 Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 Then again, LOTS of people use the solid rubber ones and seem to have a nice sound... be it by alot of EQ-ing or not, is the question, i guess. Either way, if feedback is really a bad problem, the solid rubber ones do work quite well and work for what they were made to do.
Members pipedwho Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 Tommy Emmanual uses a rubber one on his Maton, and it sounds great through the PA. I occaisionally use one on my Takamine and it makes the guitar sound like crap acoustically, but it still sounds ok through the PA. Better than uncontrollable howling.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 i never thought the rubber ones hurt the USTs i've used... BUT i've got ASTs in my guitars now, and i'm not such a big fan... i keep one around just in case, but i really don't dig how it sounds...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 The rubber ones mute my guitars way too much, the Lute-holes almost not at all, plus they look really cool...
Members SqshdPanda Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 I love Lutehole's wooden sound hole covers!I've got the same design and I keep it in my guitar all the time. I haven't noticed any big difference in its unplugged sound, just a noticeable volume drop.
Members Carvinendorser Posted October 20, 2006 Members Posted October 20, 2006 I bought one to try and stop the feedback and it did'nt really help to much. The K&K western(large)is pretty prone to feedback though.
Members Loud Librarian Posted October 20, 2006 Author Members Posted October 20, 2006 Thanks for the feedback (no pun intended). I'll post my thoughts once it arrives and I can try it out. I do run some compression and that in and of itself can cause feedback issues with an acoustic. I'm using the typical Fishman UST in my Carvin Cobalt.
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