Posted 2005-06-05 10:17 PM (#148553 - in reply to #148551) Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...
Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664
Location: SoCal
The A100 just indicates that it was built between July and November, 1968, not that it was the first in a series. The bridge and tuners are mid 70's replacements.
Tony's guitar (pictured above), has the original bridge of the time. I would guess that the tuners on his guitar are original as well.
Posted 2005-06-05 10:44 PM (#148555 - in reply to #148551) Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...
Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197
Location: Phoenix AZ
My balladeer 12 and GC-12 shiny bowls both have the small soundhole. It's impossible to determine what difference in volume the small hole makes vs. all the other differences between the old shinys and other 12 strings. They do sound great in my opinion. Dave
Posted 2005-06-06 1:36 AM (#148556 - in reply to #148551) Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...
Joined: August 2003 Posts: 4619
Location: SoCal
I have two 1658 Custom Legend slotheads (a/e) and a GC acoustic. Nothing compares to the GC in projection. However, the small soundhole sounds as good as the 1658's and that is amazing.
Small soundhole doesn't appear to have any effect.
Posted 2005-06-06 6:41 PM (#148557 - in reply to #148551) Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...
Joined: February 2002 Posts: 5750
Location: Scotland
Originally posted by Tony Calman:
Small soundhole doesn't appear to have any effect.
A soundhole is just a tuning port which relative to the volume of air in the body cavity helps define the guitars fundamental frequency. Small changes in the size of the soundhole have no effect on perceived loudness but will affect the tonal response a little. Try using a feedback buster - with effectively no soundhole the guitar doesn't get significantly quieter, but the bass response diminshes dramatically. Another interesting experiment is to try playing an Adamas or Elite with the back door off.