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Comment by Tres Seaver on December 4, 2009 at 6:45pm

Soundholes on the top site have two notional advantages over the traditional holes on the face: they leave more "soundboard" to react to the strings, incidentally avoiding some potential "edge effect" damping around the holes, and they let me, the player, hear better. There doesn't seem to be any net loss on volume across the room (this box is pretty loud, according to my wife. ;)

On a traditional guitar, with more surface area on the soundboard, the central hole is less problematic. However, there are even high-end builders in that zone who move the soundhole "up" (think McPherson, etc.)

Comment by Travis "SlackJack" Woodall on December 4, 2009 at 4:15pm

That's where I put mine. Works great.

Comment by Brent Shull on December 4, 2009 at 3:58pm

do you put the soundholes on the top side???? so it points to your face?

Comment by Travis "SlackJack" Woodall on December 4, 2009 at 3:33pm

The side sound holes make a huge difference in volume to the player. I did that on my second build and it sounded way louder to me than before I drilled them out.

Comment by HENRY LOWMAN on September 20, 2009 at 4:51pm

Yup, the side installed soundholes are a nice touch. As for the bowing problem, I'm having a little problem with that myself, but I'm working around it. Just plug it up or mic it up an' let her RIP!! Nice job!