tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post4684532905640677774..comments2024-03-27T09:46:15.606+00:00Comments on Guitar Blog: A rather eccentric Art Deco square-soundholed acoustic guitar on eBay FranceGavin Lloyd Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-84001842693902460012013-08-12T22:33:06.869+01:002013-08-12T22:33:06.869+01:00The lip looks to be a brace to me. The knob would ...The lip looks to be a brace to me. The knob would have no discernible affect on the sound.Antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074911783665849229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-79783304959344732842013-08-12T15:44:02.199+01:002013-08-12T15:44:02.199+01:00Maybe it's just me, but the appointments look ...Maybe it's just me, but the appointments look out of place on a flat-top.cool arrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476766177072703476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-18424129448312162222013-08-12T10:02:52.864+01:002013-08-12T10:02:52.864+01:00Oh, and I wouldn't have thought the top was a ...Oh, and I wouldn't have thought the top was a thick slab. It's more likely that the sides of the square soundhole have an inner lip.Gavin Lloyd Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-66678527853775900162013-08-12T10:01:42.072+01:002013-08-12T10:01:42.072+01:00You'd think so, wouldn't you? But then loo...You'd think so, wouldn't you? But then look at things like cigar box guitars which are basically made from junk and they can have a fantastic tone for blues.<br /><br />As for the location of the metal knob, I'm not so sure about it killing vibrations. Manufacturers including Gibson and Martin were putting volume and tone knobs on the top of their electrified acoustics for a couple of decades before the fashion of having the controls on the upper rim started. What about Babicz guitars that have each of the strings anchored to a metal post in the top of the guitar some distance behind the bridge? Those guitars are said to have a superior tone.Gavin Lloyd Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-10349577608352633572013-08-12T04:09:52.965+01:002013-08-12T04:09:52.965+01:00That can't sound very good... the top looks li...That can't sound very good... the top looks like it was cut from a thick slab from a wooden shipping crate, and that metal knob has *got* to be killing a lot of the vibration the top needs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909477878981669482noreply@blogger.com