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Unusual / Alternative F-Holes?

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My Breedlove American FF mandolin
 
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Cool thread.
I've got a franken Tele shaped guitar which is over 11lbs. It's so heavy that playing it on the knee the body drops lifting the neck (the opposite of the dreaded neck dive). I'm planning on routing out from the back and putting an f-hole in it....... but it just won't look right with an f. This thread has given me plenty of ideas.
 
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Aw, man...don't feed my G.A.S. even more... :)
I've actually been thinking about trying a Mandolin out. Know nothing about them, but I think I could understand them and enjoy them much better than a Ukulele :)
Go for it! They are a lot of fun. As a bass player, it was pretty intuitive for me, four courses tuned in fifths, GDAE low to high. It's another weapon in my arsenal.
 
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So many beauties!

I keep coming back to these as inspiration... and fulfillment of my weird oval obsession... :D
Eastwood has some different F holes. My Eastwood Backlund Rocker Box
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Ibanez 30th Anniversary was so close to buying one!
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My Martin Keith (with a solid spruce top)

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This can't be all there was ever to be offered in the world of soundholes...is it? o_O