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Location: Tennessee | I like the ones on my Hamer Newport ... they look just like the Improv to me.
Then again, I'm pretty smitten with the bound "cat-eye" slash hole on my Surfcaster. |
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Location: closely held secret | Careful, Bobbo... Tuppy might get offended about tied-up cat's eyes being slashed and used in the production of guitars. |
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Location: SoCal | Hold on guys. I gotta clean up the drool on my keyboard after looking at the Improv..... |
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Location: Up North | And only $7k! |
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Location: big island | interesting knob placement on the "improv". seems they would be in the way for my style of playing. |
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Charvel Surfcaster |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Didn't Benjamin Franklin say that all f-holes were the same in the dark?
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Location: big island | not to hijack this thread, but has anyone played a "Dillion" brand electric? it's another korean adventure by an enterprising american but the ratings are very high on harmony central. several of their guitars are on eBay. i especially like the looks of the white "gibson" firebird VII. (except for the crooked aftermarket Gibson TRC!) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The Improv's F hole is beautiful. A bit less curvaceous than the other models at the beginning of this thread, but very pretty. Some of these shapes are better viewed in perspective with the entire guitar body, not just the hole itself. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Gotta go with the T-head. After all, I marri..bought one. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
in perspective with the entire ... body, not just the hole itself. And how many decades does it take us to learn that lesson?
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | With 23 votes in, its a three-way tie for the lead. Its great to see the T-Head holding its own against some of these more popular and higher-priced models. I guess we might interpret that to mean higher cost doesn't necessarily mean a prettier F hole. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | I've gone with the T-head as I like the binding too, although my Gretsch would have been choice (same reason...)
Just when I thought I needed to get a life and re-align my priorities...
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Hold on guys. I gotta clean up the drool on my keyboard after looking at the Improv..... Thanks for making me feel as normal as some non-guitar folk, Mr Moody!! :cool:
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That is not making the conversation head south, just to the equator where things can get hot. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Then there is the MOB f-holes.
any comments? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | MOB soundholes on a Koa top lined with superfluous amounts of Abalone. Make it a Longneck.
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...not an answer, but something I just noticed looking at all those pictures: are the upper and lower end-loops supposed to be SYMMETRICAL or DIFFERENT in both shape and diameter?
...I've got an ES-135LE and never paid much attention as to whether the "ƒ"-holes were same or different from the ES-345TDN that I used to have?!?
...the Fender Coronado and Thin-line guitars have a "different" ƒ-hole shape for sure. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The T-Head seems to have pulled away and is distancing itself from the others. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
The T-Head seems to have pulled away and is distancing itself from the others. Probably has something to do with the name of the website that this poll was posted on.
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Location: south east Michigan | I made a special effort to not look at the brand names. I still picked the Thunderhead. |
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Location: NJ | I thought this thread was about something else . . .
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Location: SoCal | Man, you are so late with that comment..... |
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Location: Vermont USA | moody p.i. posted Man, you are so late with that comment Better late than pregnant :eek:
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Who has the prettiest F Hole?
