Idea: built-in design for attaching guitar supports

An idea to integrate guitar support attachments into the design of classical guitars. Let’s do away with suction cups, clamps, and magnets and have it all part of the guitar. It would just be a small hole and then a track (also a hold) in the bottom of the guitar where a guitar support would insert into and fasten.

Yea or Nay folks?

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Bradford Werner
Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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  1. I like the idea, but apart from the strength issue, how would it effect the tone of the guitar ? you would be adding another, albeit small, sound hole, as well as altering the resonance of the body I expect. Having said that I suspect the other supports also have an effect but this seems to be something that would be more drastic. I would however love to see a solution that is incorporated into the guitar. Who will be the brave Luthier to come out with a prototype ?

  2. Intriguing, but any torque on an integrated support like that would easily tear the side of your guitar apart. Nay.

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