Any guitar players here?

[Redlinerobert]

My good friend Jeff is in charge of Artist Relations as well as VP of Boulder Creek Guitars. They work with several performing artists, and have a unique guitar design where the sound hole is on top of the guitar rather than on the face.

Here's a review.

**Oh and Jeff is the guy whose jacket I tried to sell on Ebay.  ;D

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

I play acoustic. It's odd to see an acoustic without a sound hole on the face, but the sound is pretty nice...

[bassman31783]

Interesting.  I would love to pick one up & see how it feels/sounds.  Better yet I would love for someone else to play one & see how well the sound projects.  Without reading up on the guitars I'm guessing that by moving the sound hole to the top they are trying to maximize the sound boards' vibrations.  But by taking the sound hole off the front you would lose a lot of the frontal sound projection.  That's what makes Mcpherson guitars so fantastic.  They found a way to increase the vibration & sound projection by keeping the sound hole on the front, just in a different location. 

Interesting guitars for sure though.  I will have to check one out sometime. 

[Stringjam]

This idea has actually been around for awhile.....some archtop acoustic makers have used it and I believe I've seen a classical acoustic with top ports.

I'd like to play it though....I think it would have been helpful if they would have mic'd the guitar for the video instead of just "plugging in." Acoustic pickup systems always sound like arse to me (compared to micing)........but I assume the purpose for this guitar is probably live stage use and not for recording purposes.

[FL Knifemaker]

Bass.  I play bass and I play bass too.

[Bass XL]

I  play guitar (PRS and Taylor). It's a pretty cool concept and sounds good, but I just cant see it being better than a Taylor haha. Pretty cool though!

[bassman31783]

This idea has actually been around for awhile.....some archtop acoustic makers have used it and I believe I've seen a classical acoustic with top ports.

I'd like to play it though....I think it would have been helpful if they would have mic'd the guitar for the video instead of just "plugging in." Acoustic pickup systems always sound like arse to me (compared to micing)........but I assume the purpose for this guitar is probably live stage use and not for recording purposes.

Totally agree. However I think there are some acoustics that sound quite nice plugged in. All though those usually have a bridge pickup & a built in mic inside that you can pan or mix. However this particular guitar is not one of the good sounding ones when plugged in.

[WdyCrankbait]

I am starting to learn.  I have a Korean Hamer, now outfitted with some Lindy Fralin Un-buckers, coil-tapped of course, and an American Fender Telecaster.

[FD.]

neat idea but I will keep my Martins.