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How to get more volume from a parlor guitar?
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:31 pm
1 year ago, I ordered this guitar for my daughter:
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She was too small for it and still is, so I got something else for her.
Thing is, I love this little guitar. It plays like a dream, has a short scale, perfect action, sounds great plugged in. Super comfortable to play for hours. Unplugged, I just wish it was louder.
It has a very thick solid spruce top(.132"). I think that may be too thick for such a smaller body guitar.
It came with a natural bone nut and saddle but had plastic string pins. I replaced those with bone, that didn't help much.
Been thinking about ordering a Hummingbird, but if I could get a little more volume out of this one, it would be perfect.
Any ideas?
Currently has Elixer 12s on it.
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She was too small for it and still is, so I got something else for her.
Thing is, I love this little guitar. It plays like a dream, has a short scale, perfect action, sounds great plugged in. Super comfortable to play for hours. Unplugged, I just wish it was louder.
It has a very thick solid spruce top(.132"). I think that may be too thick for such a smaller body guitar.
It came with a natural bone nut and saddle but had plastic string pins. I replaced those with bone, that didn't help much.
Been thinking about ordering a Hummingbird, but if I could get a little more volume out of this one, it would be perfect.
Any ideas?
Currently has Elixer 12s on it.
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Posted on 12/1/24 at 9:53 pm to auggie
The stock sound on that guitar probably just is what it is. You mentioned a thicker spruce top, and that will definitely affect the loudness. Less reverberation means quieter sound.
Hummingbirds are good too, but I would try one out in a store before buying it. Honestly that goes for any instrument.
One thing you could try though is a Tone Traveler. I guess it's a small speaker that attaches to guitar and emits a tone consistently. The idea is that the sound waves will artificially age the wood, and therefore "open up" the sound. It's... interesting.
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Hummingbirds are good too, but I would try one out in a store before buying it. Honestly that goes for any instrument.
One thing you could try though is a Tone Traveler. I guess it's a small speaker that attaches to guitar and emits a tone consistently. The idea is that the sound waves will artificially age the wood, and therefore "open up" the sound. It's... interesting.
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Posted on 12/2/24 at 5:35 pm to auggie
Short of amplifying it, and/or heavier strings and playing it like it's a drumkit ... there is absolutely nothing you can do.
Volume and projection beyond the area of a small room, aka parlor, that could compete in a band or orchestra setting ... is exactly why Martin invented the dreadnought over 100 years ago.
Volume and projection beyond the area of a small room, aka parlor, that could compete in a band or orchestra setting ... is exactly why Martin invented the dreadnought over 100 years ago.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 7:25 pm to TheFretShack
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Short of amplifying it, and/or heavier strings and playing it like it's a drumkit ... there is absolutely nothing you can do.
Yeah, I already pretty much knew this was gonna be the case.
Just hoping there might be something I hadn't thought of.
Guess I'll be ordering that Hummingbird pretty soon.
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