shasha
Fractal Fanatic
I've swapped out a tele body from alder to ash and can hear the difference. I've even had two american deluxe swamp ash telecasters made from the same exact year, same color and everything and they sounded very different. One weighed about 6 lbs and the other was around 12 metric tons; one was lifeless and tight sounding while the other was nice and vibrant. This was both plugged and unplugged.
I will agree that tone wood is a bit overrated IMHO and it will never have the same amount of impact as a pickup swap or something, but the strings aren't completely isolated from the impact that the body has on the vibration of the string; namely the resonance and harmonics created. If the strings vibration is influenced at all the tone is effected; period. Anyone ever have a guitar that had a dead note on it? I'm not talking about fretting out or something, but a specific note or place on the fretboard where the signal was just dead? It didn't die on it's own.
I will agree that tone wood is a bit overrated IMHO and it will never have the same amount of impact as a pickup swap or something, but the strings aren't completely isolated from the impact that the body has on the vibration of the string; namely the resonance and harmonics created. If the strings vibration is influenced at all the tone is effected; period. Anyone ever have a guitar that had a dead note on it? I'm not talking about fretting out or something, but a specific note or place on the fretboard where the signal was just dead? It didn't die on it's own.