Is The Gibson Player Port A Gimmick ? Gibson G Bird Review

[@pr0toncat]

To me it is clear. The upper opening is for easily dropping your pick inside so that you don't have to do it inconveniently from the front opening.

[@thebaryonacousticoscillati5679]

😁

[@yarbgreat1]

Or easily getting your pick out.

[@Auldhelm]

I thought it was a cup holder at first

[@MarcStanton1]

Listening with your buds I really prefer the mic sound over the plug-in sound. I’ll have to listen again but I didn’t really notice much difference with the overhead G hole microphone

[@doubleotwentyone]

Definite increase in volume with the player port unplugged. Seriously impressed by this instrument.

[@Miner-49]

The volume doesn’t increase. The sound waves are directed and compressed.

[@roberthastings708]

I definitely heard a difference . Phone with headphones. Your description of the difference is what I heard and what should be expected by porting a speaker as I suggested might be. Very cool.

[@Miner-49]

The difference comes from directing sound waves .

[@CapstoneTider]

Sounds great, professional grade. Deep pleasant timbre. Wish I owned one

[@Dwayne_the_Fitness_Guy]

Gibson makes a rubber plug for the hole BTW. You order it from your music store. I have the G-45 I use it live, love it. The player port comes in handy when the monitoring sucks and you really need to hear your guitar.

[@roberthastings708]

Think of the body as a speaker box. A port can help bass response. It could also direct sound up to your ears...like a monitor of sorts. I'm interested in your thoughts.

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

I’m a huge fan of the shorter scale length after having a Taylor A10 as my campfire guitar. Can play those Dave Matthews chords without moving to a smaller body size. I’ll have to check these out. Overall, I prefer the classic design and I think the Yamaha TA technology is the biggest gamechanger on the market as a songwriter.

[@avenue6.554]

It would have been interesting to get a comparison of the sound port plugged vs open from the mic in front too. I have wondered if having the extra port would change the projection of sound forward. Not that it would matter when plugged in.

[@DylanTalksTone]

I did that test and it didn’t change at all. Since we had the second mic there anyhow… it was easy … no difference

[@avenue6.554]

@@DylanTalksTone Cool. So a bonus for the player with no compromise. Hard to complain about that.

[@timothypotter2137]

So should I cut a "G hole" in my acoustic?

[@J0HN01DATA]

That sound port will help players hear thir music without clarity, like a monitor. The mic test showed the presence of sound added, i liked that. It did get louder for sure.

[@musicmann1967]

It sounded very different without the foam plug, as I assumed it would. I'm curious to try one of these. I'm so used to hearing an acoustic guitar from just one perspective. It would be interesting to hear the sound coming directly at me while I'm playing.

[@rodgerflood7190]

I like the pick guard as well

[@ChariotFighter]

G-Hole has me in a choke hold 😭😭 I just picked up a preowned g writer ec from this lineup and I’m in love

[@PooNinja]

Tim Henson had one a them on his new acoustic, I’ve seen it on other guitars for stage use. Seems cool.

[@thmmke6926]

I like the smoothe Martin esque tone, very sweet and versatile,

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Sounds like you were playing Kate Bush Army Dreamers. Great acoustic sound. In the late 90's had a late 1980's Fender entry level dreadnaught acoustic that for the fun of it I put a subwoofer port bezel in the same spot as Gibson placed their sound port. I honestly don't remember being taken by it's personal tone improvement. I never liked acoustic piezo saddle pickups. I was spoiled with the DeArmond D240 sound hole pickup in the early 1980's and never liked anything else. It's wire wound and piezo together. (maybe 230's has piezo in it too?). My D240 through a Fender Princeton Reverb with light tremolo is a dream!

[@joeyoungs8426]

I was enamored with them at first. I felt I was hearing what others did when I played or what I had recorded. It didn’t take long for them to annoy me as it was just too in my face. I have one ported guitar but I had it placed under the neck so it wasn’t aiming right at me.

[@DreidMusicalX]

But, can you get your pick out of the guitar easier when you drop it in the hole? If so, it sounds like + to me.

[@Hikaru109Ichijyo]

I could hear the g hole, when you unplugged it, could hear it . . . but I think it looses projection, cuz air moves out of the two holes instead of the mainly through the one pointed at the audience . . . and the player doesn't need to hear cuz they are holding the bloomin' thing, so to me, the g hole isn't necessary. wHEN they make two hole jets, they always put a second engine cuz one engine with twin nozzles looks cool but loses some energy (4 acoustic guitars sound) splitting the diff than just one hole. This is coming from a metal reso player where resonators have grills installed and many artistic design holes on the soundboard (but the noize comes from the cones inside).

[@crankydragon]

Some extra access into an acoustic could be useful.

[@vautrain]

I have a cousin who makes custom acoustic guitars and he has been doing the side sound hole thing for a long time, maybe 20-25 years. I saw them on his guitars first, but I'm sure he wasn't the first to do it.

[@whatsupchicken]

Hi nice video could you compare the G bird to the G 45 (new g collection one)?

[@christopher9086]

I like the sound unplugged. I thought LR Baggs was supposed to sound good? This pickup has the piezo “quack” really badly. I just dropped a Fishman Matrix VT in my Ibanez acoustic and it has a way more natural sound.

[@ccfmafia3301]

I never want to hear the phrase "g-hole" ever again

[@chunk4572]

Great review, thanks!

[@williamnichols6253]

I love the inlay markers. I hate the sound, no bass at all. I'm apathetic about the rest of it. Thanks for checking it out for us!

[@picksalot1]

Sound Ports have been around for a while. I added them to two of my guitars many years ago, and in both cases, they increased loudness from the player's position by 10-20%, and there is more bass and a fuller sound. One thing worth considering is that adding a port will likely affect "standing waves" inside the guitar, and that may affect how the guitar sounds from the front and how it sounds when recorded. The ports that I added are about a third the size of the ones in the video.

[@Seastone84]

Where exactly would you mic that G-Hole?

[@czechplastik]

The test we were all asking for. It worked exactly the way I was expecting and as Gibson advertised. Thanks man.

[@michaelwallace1189]

Something about that truss rod cover is making my eyes itch. It just doesn't look right. Color is off, and only two screws... That would have to go.

[@mueslimuncher1950]

It seems logical to me, that if some of the accoustic energy is diverted towards the player, then less is projected towards the listener. Not necessarily a bad thing, but worth considering.

[@Miner-49]

That’s exactly what is happening.

[@PicnicDirtyRice]

Does it come in black?

[@c4sb2008]

great review, prompted me to buy one.

[@robertlathan4639]

Ibanez has released one too

[@DavidPerry-ui2qz]

A second opening to get my picks out of the guitar, nice!! 🤣🤘🎸🤘

[@ChrisHendrix117]

I played a Michael Kelly acoustic with the port similar to the “G-hole” it made a significant difference when playing out. I’m still not a fan of the excess holes, because I think they’re ugly, but there’s no denying they’re functional.

[@michaelwallace1189]

I bought a Breedlove probably 15 years ago now. It has the sound port and is a fantastic guitar. I played Gibson's, Martins and Taylors before I settled on the Breedlove. By far the most musical sounding of the bunch.

[@flatroc1]

i 2 am a huge Breedlove fan. Have no real use for any Gibsons.

[@jamesdiller2613]

Breedlove's are a fantastic guitars in my opinion. In-fact I went and bought one after my Gibson acoustic had a twist in the neck.

[@edidurs]

I'm assuming the pricing is in US funds? In Northern Ontario Canada now that guitar is going for $2449 just an fyi Its a great guitar thanks Dylan

[@KombuchaPants]

I liked it. I’m getting one because of it.

[@donbishop6994]

Looks and sounds great. I prefer the miked tone.

[@AmericanNationalist852]

Short answer: Maybe. Long answer: Maybe not.

[@thseed7]

That recorded through an interface or a mic? Does it sound warmer than typical Gibson acoustics? Agree with the inlays being particularly cool. Aliens are Bigfoot's Uber 🤘

[@schlep4730]

I am a bit confused... Dylan did a quick / mini review at a music industry show of the approx $1200 guitar from this series and thought it was more in line with a $600-$700ish guitar (off the top of my head). Love the channel due to it's honesty, so I'm wondering what the big differences are.

[@DylanTalksTone]

That guitar was crap. They have come a LONG way in two years …. And the guitar market has shifted.

[@DylanTalksTone]

Also… opinions can change and still be honest. I know the comment section doesn’t get that… but it’s true.

[@schlep4730]

@@DylanTalksTone thanks for the clarification, it is appreciated.

[@guitar_noodle]

It’s is louder. I see side ports more often on classical guitars than steel string.

[@leegollin4417]

Sound doesn't come out of the holes.

[@roberthastings708]

In an accoustic guitar the sound does come from the box. Like a speaker enclosure. Holes in the boxes are referred to as vents. The box can be tuned by adjusting the vent to the box size and characteristics.

[@roberthastings708]

I thought a little more clarification was in order. In accoustic guitars.... The strings move air which resonates the wood top, sides, and back. That resonance is projected through the sound hole. So sound does come out of the holes. But the sound waves are produced by the strings and wood.

[@leegollin4417]

@@roberthastings708 that's what I said. The sound doen't come out of the holes. I use the top to do tremolo with my palm. The sound comes mostly from the top resonating like a drum head. The holes really just to allow the air inside to move more freely. I could see a side port adding volume but it doesn't direct sound to the player's ear like the marketing suggests.

[@Miner-49]

I’m just waiting on the tonewood commenters. 😂

[@thmmke6926]

And you have a very nice acoustic touch,

[@michaelwallace1189]

My favorite picks...

[@charleswallace5818]

Thanks for sharing

[@HippieMagic]

I’ve been looking at this guitar. It seems like a solid, decently priced acoustic.

[@Chimi_Chonga_Supreme]

A lot of classical guitars have that extra hole on the side too.

[@telequacker-9529]

I got excited thinking those were microtonal frets, but no they're just weird fret markers...

[@benallmark9671]

beautiful great sounding guitar but kinda big for a living room guitar. For me anyway but hey ,,why not eh.

[@Miner-49]

Yes, they are pigs.

[@GMec78]

Wouldn’t painters tape over the player port be easier

[@JD-vj4go]

Cool I can store my robo tuners in that port!

[@HavendaleBlvd80]

It throws way more sound.

[@mikelundquist4596]

That hole on top is actually a drink holder.

[@rodgerflood7190]

Yes you can

[@Miner-49]

It’s pretty much a gimmick that’s been used before. The sound doesn’t change, it’s just directed different. Much like putting headphones in a cup. Volume doesn’t increase the sound waves are just directed.

[@DylanTalksTone]

Well…. Not to put too fine a point on it, but when you as you say “direct sound waves” that “changes the sound” … that’s…. How sound works.

[@NintenDub]

Yea the pickguard thing is lame.when you buy a brand new guitar,for Gibson money, you'd expect it to be pristine. Like buying a new car,you'd expect maybe 50 miles on it from text driving and moving it, but if you were paying brand new off the lot MSRP and it had a few thousand miles on it and some dings and scratches or chipped glass, you'd expect that if it was of concern to you, you wouldn't be told it's normal,it's no big deal,your overblowing it etc. A pickguard gets scratches.sure. but it's like Gibson seem to have a lot of issues of showing up brand new,with some kind of issue.and I've heard a lot of stories about the guitar outlet or whoever sold it as new, saying it's supposed to be like that,and washig their hands of it. Case in point the guitaristas bought a Gibson SG from peach guitars and it showed up all scratched. All over the place. And thy said it's supposed to be like that and it's black and it's normal. And we'll give ya a 50$ in store credit.on an 1800$+ guitar? Are ya kidding, nope.it happened. He had receipts. I'll take a scratched up pickguard for a new pedal to be thrown in.but that's just me

[@GMec78]

Martin 15 series Taylor GT Urban Ash would also be in the running if you were married to the dreadnought body

[@MarcStanton1]

Yeah I would prefer to hear how this sound hole works on a non-dreadnought.

[@cchavez248]

Overall, I like the guitar but that Element sounds like a plain old piezo! I wonder if they have an Anthem upgrade.

[@pahwraith]

Easier to get picks out!

[@tungtobak]

You put your weed in there.

[@MarcStanton1]

Stinky guitar?

[@plecogod]

Looks like a great guitar, but would I pay $1800 for it? Absolutely fu*king not.

[@TheRastler]

Glad you didn’t call it a G spot

[@JohannesLabusch]

You did a very fair job, and I'm not doubting that you like it. But, I'm sorry, my ears vehemently disagree with you. There's no accounting for taste. What I heard was a tinny, thin sounding acoustic, on par with what I'd expect to pay 500, or a maximum of 800 bucks for from a more realistic maker. If the bones of great sound aren't there, things like this port don't make a real difference one way or another. I'm sure they're trying this out on what they consider a "budget" guitar, to see what reaction it gets. As always, piezo sounds are just a sad joke.

[@DylanTalksTone]

I sense other anti Gibson bias there so… no worries. Thanks for your opinion.

[@jeffsimslmt]

G hole?

[@SailingSarah]

When the guitars plug straight in it sounds like garbage. I never have liked the straight in sound.

[@alphillips87]

I love all Gibson acoustics but the Generation collection is really ugly

[@jimmy_roffa]

Guess its all about taste

[@shanewalton8888]

Kudos for Gibson show a bit of innovation, but let's face it, their Boomer customer base for the most part does not want innovation. Not sure if this will sell.

[@ShaneStoneOfficial]

DO NOT BUY ONE OF THESE GUITARS!!! That’s all

[@rodkuehn6146]

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