Soundhole Size
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fronobulax
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Yes, but which SIZE rabbit holes?
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AcornHouse
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Paywall. (Although I was already aware of the common usage in medieval manuscripts.)
fronobulax
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That's why I attached a Pdf of the article.
Ya, your right, it's slightly over 3 and 1/2 inches. Still, it is a pretty big difference from the standard 4" size on most acoustics. My 2006 F-50 is slightly over 4" had to use a little duct tape around the feedback buster to make it tight enough not to fall out. Whew!!!!!
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Br1ck
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Sound hole size is one of those counter intuitive guitar phenomena. Enlarging it increases the high frequencies. Read about it on numerous Tony Rice, Clarence White articles. Perhaps they wanted to keep low frequency response in the build.
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Ralf
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I am reminded of the age-old debate: Does size matter, or not?