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I wanted to share my new archtop I’ve started. It is going to be "Irish" themed with a green lacquer finish for my daughters high schools fund raiser auction. The top is Sitka Spruce and the back/sides are flamed Maple. The top and back just need a little more sanding and they are done. I hope have sides bent and body closed during my holiday vacation next week. Would a side sound port be of any benifit with the hole design I have on the top?

That is going to be a beautiful guitar. I'm very excited to see it come along.

I know that playing with the f-holes on an archtop can have a significant influence on sound, and I will be eager to hear how the offset clovers influence the sound.

Very cool. Gonna call it the "Danny Boy Special"?

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Yep, looking forward to seeing it finished....coming along great so far!
You seem to have lots of effective area in the soundholes already (though you'd have to calculate).... I might be inclined to PM Alan Carruth & ask if he'd put in a soundport if it were his.

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Dave
Milton, ON

I don't know about soundports, either. If you've seen "The Blue Guitar", you already know that Benedetto made a leaf motif soundport in the guitar he built, and his top soundholes were offset similar to yours. I'm sure it would look cool as all get-out but I've never played a sound ported guitar so I have no idea what sort of influence it would have on the overall sound. Maybe you can figure out how to make a sliding door for the sound port, as several luthiers have done. Follow Dave's advice on this issue. It's a very nice looking guitar thus far and I'm eager to see it finished, too. I hope it raises LOTS for money for the fund raising project. You're an excellent and very creative dad!
Patrick