Post by RobertW on Mar 2, 2020 11:02:58 GMT -5
Arrived today from eBay
Updated 3/3/20
This knock off comes from Germany, but is made in China and claims to be Mahogany. The colour is closest to the body of my Alvarez baritone, seems too light to put on my Sigma hog. At 9.20USD, It was about a 1/3-1/5 the price of a comparable Lutehole and has an additional feature: an insert to increase feedback resistance.
Unlike solid wood Luteholes, this is a laminate and is about 1/2 the thickness of a Lutehole. Like the Luteholes, it will have to filed to fit because on virtually all my guitars the fretboard overhangs the rosette or the soundhole, so I will be unable to comment on effectiveness for a while.
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Here it is beside a Walnut Lutehole.
The knock-offs range from 8$ to 15$ from different sellers. They are cut for 10cm/3.9" soundholes. Unfortunately, most of my guitars have smaller soundholes. In fact, these will only fit on my Martin and my Alvarez Baritone without cutting to fit. Seagulls and Sigma soundholes are smaller than 10cm and my Alvarez Baritone fretboard extends into the soundhole.
It pops in perfectly on Martin.
One good point is that the thin laminate is easier to work with than the thick lutehole solid woods. I already modified one of their fake beige ones to fit my Amber Trails.
Updated 3/3/20
This knock off comes from Germany, but is made in China and claims to be Mahogany. The colour is closest to the body of my Alvarez baritone, seems too light to put on my Sigma hog. At 9.20USD, It was about a 1/3-1/5 the price of a comparable Lutehole and has an additional feature: an insert to increase feedback resistance.
Unlike solid wood Luteholes, this is a laminate and is about 1/2 the thickness of a Lutehole. Like the Luteholes, it will have to filed to fit because on virtually all my guitars the fretboard overhangs the rosette or the soundhole, so I will be unable to comment on effectiveness for a while.
<br />
<br />Here it is beside a Walnut Lutehole.
The knock-offs range from 8$ to 15$ from different sellers. They are cut for 10cm/3.9" soundholes. Unfortunately, most of my guitars have smaller soundholes. In fact, these will only fit on my Martin and my Alvarez Baritone without cutting to fit. Seagulls and Sigma soundholes are smaller than 10cm and my Alvarez Baritone fretboard extends into the soundhole.
It pops in perfectly on Martin.
One good point is that the thin laminate is easier to work with than the thick lutehole solid woods. I already modified one of their fake beige ones to fit my Amber Trails.
In fact, these will only fit on my Martin and my Alvarez Baritone without cutting to fit. Seagulls and Sigma soundholes are smaller than 10cm
