Hi Chris,

That's not being a party pooper, that's taking a good experimental, though subjective approach. Personally I doubt the result. And a sample size of one is not adequate - so you rightly call for a larger sample.

I would not say the votes are in and that soundholes are favoured. Next people will be wanting to cut holes in Shudi's. 😊

Andrew


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Subject: To soundhole or not: an update

I hate to be a party pooper but I used my wife's ears for an experiment:
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Every time when the soundhole was open she described the sound as more open/brilliant. FYI: she couldn't see what I was doing so she had no clue whether the hole was open or closed.

 Maybe it's all between our 2 ears but currently the favors are in having a soundhole. If you have time/wife/husband/friend and you could repeat my little experiment, I would be most interested to hear about your findings.

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