“It’s ideal for players who prioritize comfort and offers a balanced tone”: This study claims to have identified the lightest tonewood of them all – and it’s not one you’d expect

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Another day, another footnote added to the annals of the great tonewood debate – the ever-raging conversation around whether the woods used to construct an electric guitar or acoustic guitar actually make a difference to its overall sound.

This time, though, the development isn’t concerned with the crux of that debate, but a recent study that has shed new light on what it claims is the lightest tonewood of them all.