The tone wood debate of electric guitars (tonewood)

Most educated people in the guitar industry won't touch the tone wood debate. But I am not very smart. I think we have ruined the debate. I want to share three easy concepts that will help us bridge the gap of the current debate.
And, for a more technical look - check out this updated video;

[idahodad]

Good people have been harassed, friendships lost and bitter feelings prevailed over this Tonewood debate. It's nice to see some things are calming down and people are getting back together to utilize the social media platform in an enjoyable way again. Nice job with your explanation and much success with your channel.

[hertz_me]

i painted a guitar with plasti dip and it changed the tone completely, changed it so much that i had to peel off the plasti dip

[kmatax]

i love that guitar but i cant tell what brand/model it was?

[tsmspace]

Well, , the average argument against tonewood makes a difference, is that the guitar is producing an electric signal, so it doesn't matter what the wood sounds like acoustically, because the sound is produced by the string vibrating in a magnetic field. You aren't mic'ing the wood, , per se. However, the answer/rebuttle that doesn't get in to the conversation enough, , is that the strings are supported by the wood, and the wood vibrates WITH the strings, and because of this, the specific shape of the string vibration is actually different for each wood, size of wood, shape of wood, etc. That means that when you clamp the gripper onto the headstock, the shape of the string vibration changes as a result of the updated resonating supporting mass. (another bit to say to describe it is, the guitar resonates resulting in vibration feedback into the string). It's very complicated exactly how the strings motion changes, but actually not really, there are two considerations. The first consideration is damping, , , softer materials might result in damping (especially of the brightness), , , while harder materials might enable a more efficient vibration (not ALWAYS more desirable), ,, and the other consideration is how the resonance might result in noise cancelling, or how specific frequencies might be more efficient than other frequencies (which is where damping starts to be really important, and why metal guitars aren't really a thing... the wood does a remarkable job of stabilizing the vibration to a reasonably consistent efficiency at every frequency). SO, ,, it's not really an optional conversation. Also, for the mechanical mind, you don't need to be a guitar player to benefit from the conversation, or enjoy it. It might be interesting enough for someone who can't even play the guitar to go buy some different ones just for the purpose of experiencing the variation. admittedly, this is potentially and emotional subject for someone who wants to have experiences they can't afford, , , and admittedly, , you can become a very capable guitar player on a low performance instrument.

[teatime]

it doesn't make a difference, get over it. The sound comes from the pickups and how the string resonates from the bridge to the nut. If you have a metal nut at the end of the guitar it will sound different to a plastic or bone nut and similarly the bridge because the string is connected to the bridge. You especially won't hear a difference when using high gain as the compression would nullify any effect from the tone wood anyway. These tone wood snobs are full of bs and should spend more time playing than whining about their choice of wood.

[troycowan]

If u want subscribers u have to realize most of the community moved from this (it was long and a bleak) but dude. Explain the science…….. really. The wood has the string rotating in a different pattern? I had to stop. Build your channel but understand what you’re talking about. Without that, no credibility.