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I wonder why guitars don't have f-holes as well?

by test1235 11y ago

20after4 11y ago
some do: https://www.google.com/search?q=guitar+f-holes&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=guitar+f-holes&safe=off&sour...
dsego 11y ago
Archtop guitars usually do.
spdionis 11y ago
Semi-acoustic guitars always do.
oDot 11y ago
The Gibson ES-335 has f-holes. These guitars were famously used by BB King, his own named Lucille. When Gibson made a signature model he asked to remove the f-holes to reduce feedback: > The most noticeable differences between the Lucille and the Gibson ES-355TD-SV on which it is based are the "Lucille" script on the headstock, the maple neck, and the lack of F-holes on the top. King requested that, to reduce feedback, there be no F-holes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_%28guitar%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_%28guitar%29 There's a very good song by him talking about Lucille: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8QxOjuYHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8QxOjuYHg
- beat 11y ago
  The ES335 is a "semi-hollow", with a solid block of wood running from the neck to the bridge.
falcolas 11y ago
Some do, but the bodies of guitars (with the exception of archtops) are built differently from violins. Namely, the top and bottom of a violin are carved (the thickness ranges between 3 and 8mm), whereas the guitar has a mostly uniform thin (0.5 - 1mm) sheet of hardwood with support bars. One of the big reasons for the different style of top is that a bowed violin string produces much stronger vibrations than a plucked guitar string, so the body of a guitar must amplify the sound much more than the body of a violin.
beat 11y ago
Archtop guitars with carved tops usually do. Flat-top acoustic guitars have a complex bracing system that would get in the way of F-holes (nylon string guitars are usually fan-braced, and steel string guitars, with more tension, are X-braced).

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I wonder why guitars don't have f-holes as well?

by test1235 11y ago

I wonder why guitars don't have f-holes as well?

20after4 11y ago
some do: https://www.google.com/search?q=guitar+f-holes&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=guitar+f-holes&safe=off&sour...
dsego 11y ago
Archtop guitars usually do.
spdionis 11y ago
Semi-acoustic guitars always do.
oDot 11y ago
The Gibson ES-335 has f-holes. These guitars were famously used by BB King, his own named Lucille. When Gibson made a signature model he asked to remove the f-holes to reduce feedback: > The most noticeable differences between the Lucille and the Gibson ES-355TD-SV on which it is based are the "Lucille" script on the headstock, the maple neck, and the lack of F-holes on the top. King requested that, to reduce feedback, there be no F-holes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_%28guitar%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_%28guitar%29 There's a very good song by him talking about Lucille: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8QxOjuYHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8QxOjuYHg
- beat 11y ago
  The ES335 is a "semi-hollow", with a solid block of wood running from the neck to the bridge.
falcolas 11y ago
Some do, but the bodies of guitars (with the exception of archtops) are built differently from violins. Namely, the top and bottom of a violin are carved (the thickness ranges between 3 and 8mm), whereas the guitar has a mostly uniform thin (0.5 - 1mm) sheet of hardwood with support bars. One of the big reasons for the different style of top is that a bowed violin string produces much stronger vibrations than a plucked guitar string, so the body of a guitar must amplify the sound much more than the body of a violin.
beat 11y ago
Archtop guitars with carved tops usually do. Flat-top acoustic guitars have a complex bracing system that would get in the way of F-holes (nylon string guitars are usually fan-braced, and steel string guitars, with more tension, are X-braced).