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Old 01-06-2017, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by benderman57 View Post
Can anyone elaborate on the shift in tone when the barndoor became a soundport.

I owned a P14 when they first came out and while it was a nice guitar in many ways I was a little underwhelmed with the overall tone with the body being so small it lacked any real bottom end.

Was thinking this soundport might give the player a richer tone.
Took the Fishman Quackmonster out of my OM1000N2 and it definitely resulted a much fuller and louder sound (30% or more) for the player. Far more low end comes through. The guitar also is now as light as a feather.....well almost.
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