It just makes the guitar different. I haven’t found one universal outcome from having a sound port. In some cases, I like what I hear. In others I don’t. They can introduce too much treble and can be a little directional and unpleasant. They can also make a guitar sound fuller, but it all depends on the guitar.
I think the basic idea is to give the player more of a sense of what a listener might hear, but I still evaluate each guitar on its own merits as a whole. I would not usually insist on a sound port on an instrument. I only have one guitar with a sound port, which sounds stellar, but I have others without one (all the others, in fact) that sound just as good.
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