I like the sound of the before much more than the after! The before had a much fuller and richer sound. Fail!

@TobyLeeTowne

5 жыл бұрын

I was hoping to find someone else who felt this way. I definitely noticed a difference, and like you, I like it the first way better.

Skip to 8:05 to hear him compare sounds with the damn thing. There. I saved you eight minutes of waffling on.

@kubulu8157

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@gabe6572

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@rakridge

5 жыл бұрын

After watching the whole video I decided, THE O PORT IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY. I SAVED THEM 10 MINUTES and a few bucks. The sound difference is about the same as if you put stickers on your guitar. You do not need to improve the sound of a Martin. You could not anyway. If they helped Martin would build them in. o yeah don't put stickers on your guitar either. that was meant as a joke.

@carlosaquino2299

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂👍👍🍺

Drop a pick in there and get it out...

@philswift1575

6 жыл бұрын

Christopher James you use a pencil

@ericvalverderosado2046

3 жыл бұрын

Fuuuck xd

@AI2789crg

3 жыл бұрын

@@philswift1575 with chewed gum on the eraser

@WW2Adinfinitum

2 жыл бұрын

My first thought 😂

@larrycastro5113

29 күн бұрын

BEST Comment Hilarious HUH toooooooooo Funnnnnnyyyyyyyyy

Seriously man... a 10 minute video for something you could have shown in 2 minutes maximum ?? i am not against you or anything but it was really boring !

@PlayGuitarcom

10 жыл бұрын

LOL then why watch?

@sk0maddoc

10 жыл бұрын

PlayGuitar.com Cause you had a great recording way , a good guitar and the best means to showcase this product in the best possible way ! you just did an unnecessarily long video that put me off ! its not bad to accept constructive criticism it might help with your next videos ! :) peace

@PlayGuitarcom

10 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@sk0maddoc

8 жыл бұрын

+PlayGuitar.com QQ Port

The (Martins as yours, and most of brands) guitars are made to have good quality sound. They have improved the guitar´s structure and they are using woods as spruce, mahogany, koa, etc, even the solid wood is more expensive than the laminated wood because they produce better sound, and the guitar´s top has specific thickness to achieve the vibration flows freely to have the best sound possible (this is the reason they prefer solid wood), so if you block the vibrations, even with your arm when you are playing, you are blocking the vibrations, the resonance. So this thing just blocks the resonance and the result is the sound is dull.

it sounds softer with it in the guitar. It's hard to tell if not in the room, but the over volume seems less after you put it in.

sound better without it, but maybe it can be good for microphoned records. depends to musical taste.

Needs a guitar tuner WAY more than that thing.

@35emulsion

3 жыл бұрын

😂

NEED HELP.....Will this work as a feedback suppressor like 'Screeching Halt' (planet waves) in loud stages??

how is this with an acoustic - electric?

What type of martin is this guitar

I just put one of these in an old 77 Ovation Pacemaker...and it really cleaned up the sound. Gave it more projection too. I highly recommend this product.

@larrycastro5113

29 күн бұрын

Did it increase LOW END Sounds

can i use this on a classical guitar? l

My question is, if you wanted to take it out, how would you do that?

I own one and I dont use it if I'm not being mic'd in some way like if i go to a jam or something (I'm a bluegrass guy) because they do cut back on you're volume and bass responce. I do use it on any recordings though because the lack of volume and bass seem to fit on recordings because it isn't so overwhelming. hope this helps out! It really helped on my 71 D-28 on recordings and whatnot.

Can't tell any improvement in the sound. Instead of a sound enhancer, I might still try this as a sound damper to lessen feedback, but sill have an open sound. Anybody know how well this will eliminate feedback if you're plugging into an amp?

In my opinion, or my ears opinion, the stuff mutes the sound. It is like puting a blanket on the guitar. The sound of before has more brigtness and it resonates more. That material absorbs, resonance, vibration, and low the volume down. It does change the tone to a more smooth sound with less brilliant resonance..less treble, more middles, less bass. Maybe together with a pick up, could change for better the sound of an old cheap guitar.

i need help installing it

Sounds like it flattens the sound, almost lessening the bassiness of the natural sound but increasing clarity of the midrange. My Classical was built with a small brazilian rosewood Tournavoz as per Torres design and it lowers the main body resonance about a 1/2 step. My newest classical has a soundport which raises it the same amount. The O-port will have the opposite effect of a smaller sound hole so actually lowering it, Might be good on some guitars, not always. My acoustic might benefit

@betozurdo I don't see why not... as long as the clearance was okay inside the body of the guitar.

I had one on my Martin 000M for a few years, probably because I was too lazy to take it out. This vid seems to show it robbing the high freqs

blah blah BLAH...get to the install and demonstration. Jeez! Way too much yapping.

I like it. The O-Port seems to make all the strings the same volume. Takes out the booming bass and the twangy high end.

Thanks very much for the post. Quick tip for everyone - 8:01 shows before and after

My guitar doesn't have a round sound hole; it's more of a D shape. Does that pretty much mean I can't use this? I have a Gianinni Craviola which looks great doesn't have a lot of volume.

@PlayGuitarcom

4 жыл бұрын

You might be able to cut it and modify it nut I'm not sure how that would affect performance.

yes you can, there is an oport with a smaller whole , for a clasical guitar :)

best comment so far ,,,i just put one in my Martin dc1e and it seamed to flatten the bass ,,but increased volume a bit ,,, sorry i love my thumpin bass from my martins ,, i can see for recording it would be good ...cheers

I'm surprised to say that I prefer your guitar without it. I've heard other guitars, on youtube, where there is a clear improvement. I suspect depth of guitar body has an influence?

I heard a compression of bass response with the plastic,yeah you can feel on your body the vibrations of bass frequencies cuz they are being dampened and absorved by the body of the guitar and dont come out of the guitar hole because of the o port,i can hear an increase of definition cuz the mid and hi frequencies are not canceled and affected by the bass,that makes the sensations of more volume but is just more clarity and definition,acoustic guitar = low pass filter.IMHO.

Looks like a terrifying birth control device. I think the guitar sounded more balanced without it.

@Iggytommy

5 жыл бұрын

your woman must have a massive vulva

It's not that hard to pop out again. I've had mine in and out a couple times.

I've had mine in and out a couple of times as well.

i recomend everyone to skip to the last portion of this video.,. the only part that is worth seeing is the before and after presentation , lets face it .. its all we really want to know.. This guy really needs to know how to edit in the future... nothing but useless self indulgent words out of his mouth which no viewer is intersted in .. skip to the last portion and your question will be answered.

Sounds real good- I wonder if it would affect the sound of my Tonewood amp. Gonna buy one off Amazon and find out. Also gonna buy a screeching halt cover and try and see which one I like better. Great video BTW, real informative too!

@brendanrose542

2 жыл бұрын

That’s Why I search this as well, to use with tonewood amp,Tried it?

@markkicksass2448

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendanrose542 did you end up getting that O-port for your guitar? I just bought a tonewood amp and was considering getting one. I kind of suspect it won’t do that much though.

sounds worse with it in

Interesting! It smoothed out the sound. Might have to get me one of these. Thanks for the demo!

Купил, поставил, кайфанул. Фазоинвертор просто сила. Думал фигня, но он и правда объема и звука добавляет.

Like the review. nice job. these are made of rubber not plastic.

Can it be USED with a Pickup

@PlayGuitarcom

28 күн бұрын

It would certainly work with any piezo pickup (under the saddle styles), but other ones it may depend on the type. The only concern is if you have the physical clearance around the sound hole; I've seen some guitars where they have a little volume knob mounted just inside the sound hole for instance, which would not work with something like this.

Sound to me like it adds a lil bit of reverb to it

Whoosh dude! Get on with it!

PUT THE DAMN THING IN DUDE... oh my god! good intention but...... uff

@jamesfletcher9268

5 жыл бұрын

They do work. I got one from my wife for my bday. Laughed when i saw it...but didnt want to hurt her feelings so installed it in my old 77 Ovation Pacemaker 12 string...and wow. What a difference. Who would have thought.

Great video. I only wish there was more talking. Like, a good 30 more minutes of it. It just wasn't enough!

A Martin should not need any help with tone

Sounds way better without that thing in

First off, this is not a new invention (whatever patents it may have protecting ti!), it is an adaptation of the Tornavoz which has been around in the classical guitar world for many years; a few people like them and a few makers still use them, but they never really caught on. The stuff around the o port is pure hype. Second off, on this guitar on my system, the sound is actually worse with the o port in.

An O-Port improved the sound of a new cheap Yamaha Classical. I think it was a better and cheaper improvement than a ToneRite.

Sorry dude, that is a waist of money. Increase air flow? So is it supposed to cool it down? Because it sound better without that thing. Is that a Martin? Why would you muffle that!. Thanks, I am never buying one of those things.

можно намного улучшить звук, только другая конструкция, лично мое изобретение, сильно меняет звук.

Less yak, and more playing.

Years ago I had one. It neutered my guild.

I have a Guild GAD-25 (all mahogany / all solid) It takes bass AWAY.For my guitar I'm NOT going to use it.

Without sounds like wood, with sounds like plastic, albeit with a bass increase, and a tad more volume. I think this would probably sound great, if it was made out of wood - but then you couldn't smoosh it through the sound hole - perhaps a two piece wooden model that would snap together once inside the Guitar? Get to work on it D'addario! ;))

@jhound

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but seems to be an everything-else-decrease, rather than a bass increase. Expensive guitars are expensive because the tops produced overtones. You pay for a more “complex” sound. This comes from the vibrations of a high quality tonewood top. This simply deadens the top, killing some of those rich overtones Martins are known for. A strip of duct tape across the top would achieve the same thing. Any way you slice it, you are connecting *plastic* to a wood top. Gimmick. I will pass on this.

It sound better without it.

Without, more Martin sound, with, more Gibson sound.

All these people are blowing my mind. It evens out the strings. Adds a mellow tone and even seems to dull some rattle. Listen to the clarity when he's flat picking single notes. I think it's pretty damn impressive

You've lost the fuller sound, lost the bass and lower mid range with the gadget. :-(((

Sounds like you added form that sucked up the tone and character of the guitar :'(

This video was way too long. Took 8 mins to get to the point.

It just seemed to destroy the bass.

The chances are if you have a really expensive acoustic guitar you don't need it it's only really for shitty guitars that you want to make better I would think

Guys, I checked out a lot of videos about this thing and after buying I can say only that the f*cking 3-chord strumming doesn't present you the real sound of ANY guitar. I found that o-port really makes better and louder sound. There is no doubt. Play some Travis picking or fingerstyle to hear the real changes of sound. That's it.

Turbo charged.

The technical inaccuracy of your explanation is PAINFUL. The sound hole doesn't let the sound out, it lets the air move. The sound comes from the face of the guitar, there's no 'sharp edges' affecting the sound, or whatever it is that's failing to be said. The O-Port has the same effect on the guitar as the port on a sub woofer, changing the mass of the air until it's resonant frequency until it’s somewhere near the lowest notes of the instrument, dramatically increasing the bass effect. Seriously. Do some cursory research if you are showcasing products.

Too much yapping and not enough demonstrating.

it make sound the first strings like a classical guitar, is disgusting because is acoustic.

U talk too much as too many others

Definitely sounds better without it. Definitely a fail lol. Well that explains why it's only 20 bucks lmao. This guy must be big time tone def if he thinks it sounds better with it. Or he's paid to do this by planet waves hoping marketing will influence peoples ears

he doesn't understand any of the physics behind it... lolz. #engineeringprobz

Nothing makes your guitar sound better than lots of practice. not rubber inserts, inlays, gold plated tuners, not even your precious stickers. Just practice. Best of all, It's free to practice. If you feel the need to buy something get new strings

You really stretched the damn 10mins by saying a lot of yippee dee yap yap!

Bla bla bla bla just get on with it dude ffs!

It ruined it take it off