cut the side wood will change the sound?
 

Hey you'll

i have a lr baggs anthem SL installed on my epiphone masterbilt. i have some problems with EQ, feedback and with the battery changing... and i don't have much money to buy pedals to solve the problems. i'm thinking about to buy a Anthem pro stage and sell my anthem SL. but i'm afraid of losing tone quality when i open a hole to install the preamp...so...what you guys think? make a hole on side wood will change my unplugged sound?

sorry for my writing mistakes, i'm learning english. thank you so much!

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It shouldn't. For example, you can cut a soundport without decrease in tonal or sound quality and that's an open hole. You're replacing rigid side wood with a rigid plastic/metal replacement.

anyone tried it before? had any changing?

You're Nuts!
 

NEVER cut into an acoustic guitar for ANY reason, especially convenience. It ALWAYS changes the unplugged acoustic sound of your guitar.

I agree...
 

completely with alohachris...absolutely!

But it is just an epiphone masterbilt we are talking about. Just sayin'.

sorry, guys, i'm not rich to buy pedals...even without money change the pickup is the worst idea ever?

in brazil we have to save for a year or more to buy something good

I have never cut into the side. I've installed a lot of pu's in fiddles and mandos where there is no room for an internal preamp even if I felt like butchering some wood. There are plenty of inexpensive preamps that will give you a good sound. Here are the ones I've used, all under $100 US, and probably better and less $$ than whatever you want to Frankenstein into your guitar:

ART Tube MP
Behringer ADI21
K&K Pure

I now use a RedEye, which at ~$200 is not what I consider inexpensive.

Please ignore the condescending cork sniffer (Mickey C.). You have a great guitar that you value. Listen to the others (alohachris, et al.) and don't cut a hole in your guitar. It'll be cheaper to just get an LR Baggs Para DI (or similar) preamp which should solve your feedback problems; and you'll be able to also use it with any future guitar.

Also, the Anthem SL is a really quality pickup so maybe the problem is something simpler like just using a feedback buster in the sound hole or maybe your speaker placement?

People can do whatever they want with their guitars.