Elio
Student Of The Blues
Elio, first off thanks for sucking me back into this mess! Yea, I probably didn’t explain myself well (sorry)… My only point was/is, wood is a contributing factor acoustically for both acoustics and electrics… Wood is organic and each piece can be different even within the same log/species… You can take two identical Strats (for example) and play them unplugged and they will sound slightly different… It’s up to the individual to decide how important that difference is to them…
I will say this, one of the 3 samples in that video I didn’t care for… So a hypothetical question to the group based on the tone you heard from that video; (or didn’t hear)
If you walked into a store with $500 (or whatever) bucks and you have 3 identical guitars in front of you, looks, weight, feel, etc... Identical in every way except for the tone you hear from that video (You have to pick one)... Would you tell the sales person eh, pick any one you want because they are all the same? Or would you take the time to sample the delicate tone differences till you got the one you like best?? I know what I would do…
No problem, glad I could help! To clarify, I guess I'm in the camp that doesn't necessarily think there is much of a perceptible influence, so.... If i'm picking out a guitar, I use exactly your approach of evaluating the various tone differences, but without a preconceived idea that I will be able to predict what the effect of different wood species will have on tone.