How much does the wood efect the tone on a solid body?
There are guitars made of mdf I think I know acrylic and seems about evry wood on the planet, graphite Carbon fiber is there really a diference in tonal quality or is it tradition I realize some is just gorgous to look at but it seems to me that the frets and pickups and bridge alone would determine the sound sicne its the vibrations picked up by the pick up and not through the wood. I havent tried anything like ply wood although its used in other instuments. such as a pedal harp I dont mean a cheap or shody one either. its used in the sound chamber and in the sound board. Has any one actually compared other materials for bodies, or necks?