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Location: Columbia, MD | Proud owner of a new (to me) Celebrity nylon sting (with new tuners and rosette). Having a great time with it. Spent most of my last guitar lesson talking about Ovation history and design with my teacher. One question that came up the neither he nor I could answer, "Why is the sound hole so big?" Its about an inch larger than a regular classical guitar.
Any ideas?
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Welcome Joe!
"Why is the sound hole so big?"
I think Ovation modeled it after some of the original members here on the OFC... :rolleyes:
as a tribute, of course! :D
Actually, I don't have a clue but, Welcome anyway! |
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| Welcome to the madhouse. Somebody knowledgeable will come along soon enough. And if not someone will BS his or her way through an answer. |
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Location: NJ | It's a relatively unknown fact that Glen's Mom had REALLY big hands, so the only way that she could effectively install the pre-amps was to make a sizeable soundhole in which for her to work through. |
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Location: NJ | . . . oh, and "Welcome!". |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Yes ...... Welcome !!! |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | You don't have to be crazy to be an OFC member... but it helps!
Welcome.
Two answers come to mind:
1. Sound projection
2. Access to the interior (if it has electronics and not rear hatch) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Some of the early Balladeers had smaller sound holes, but they went to what now seems to be the traditional size. I suspect that they didn't really model the classical Ovations after classical guitars, so they didn't go with the small soundhole. I have played a few really expensive classical guitars, though, and don't remember the soundholes being smaller. Don't know if there is a "standard".
If you look at my picture on the Social Network site (I'd do a link, but it takes me too long) it shows me tuning a $15,000 classical guitar in Barcelona. The soundhole looks like the same size as the Ovations. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Size of the soundhole needs to be "tuned" with respect to the body volume (capacity).
Professor Templeman please take over... |
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Location: NJ | ". . Dr. Helmholz, . . . Paging Dr. Helmholz . . ." |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Great...can't find Temp and the defibrilator is missing again! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . . he's hooked it up to his pedalboard |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Big hands run in their family |
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Welcome. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Size of the soundhole needs to be "tuned" with respect to the body volume (capacity).
Professor Templeman please take over... Correct. Ovation, and most larger steel-string guitars have a soundhole diameter of 4inches. Classical guitars have comparably smaller bodies, so their soundholes are usually a little smaller, around 3.5 to 3.75inches in diameter. Hardly a huge difference.
As the Celeb classic is based on an Ovation steelstring body-size a standard 4inch soundhole would be expected. |
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Location: Columbia, MD | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Size of the soundhole needs to be "tuned" with respect to the body volume (capacity).
Professor Templeman please take over... Correct. Ovation, and most larger steel-string guitars have a soundhole diameter of 4inches. Classical guitars have comparably smaller bodies, so their soundholes are usually a little smaller, around 3.5 to 3.75inches in diameter. Hardly a huge difference.
As the Celeb classic is based on an Ovation steelstring body-size a standard 4inch soundhole would be expected. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by outlander03:
I feel right at home. You folks are much more fun than the ones over at the Martin forum. You wanna have some fun???
Go back to the Martin forum (or better still, the Acoustic Guitar Forum) and tell em you love Ovation guitars.
Then sit back and watch the poison spread. Don't bite back and fan the flames, just watch. |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by outlander03:
You folks are much more fun than the ones over at the Martin forum. Maybe so, but we still don't have a Felix the Cat guitar like Martin does. Felix matches their historic time frame. Maybe Ovation should do a Fritz the Cat model for all the old hippies.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | To have even more fun, tell the martinites that you not only like ovations, but that they are superior for live work. That one's a barrel of laughs. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Buncha Flamers....
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| Fritz The Cat would be cool. |
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Location: NJ | So would Bill the Cat
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by schroeder:
Fritz The Cat would be cool. THEN we could talk about guitar porn! |
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