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As has been mentioned in other threads, there are ‘bands’ for different models where the best sounding examples seem to fit.
Yes... Wood is organic, each piece is unique... It depends on where on the tree it was cut from and how the tree was grown.. For example they use growth hormones or whatever it is these days to make them grow faster which makes the wood more dense and is why say some of the original LPs come in at like 6/7lbs as the trees were old growth and these days a solid body one is more like 9/10lbs...
Plus as someone who works with wood I can tell you that each piece cuts differently.. You find these random hard dense spots and softer spots as you are cutting through them.. It really is different for almost every piece.
And is why every guitar, even ones made of the same material and construction are each slightly different (and that's before you even start on the electrics side of things). There are also parts that are still hand finished like the neck profile and neck joints etc which is why each one feels slightly different too.
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I've never heard of growth hormones but why do they produce a denser wood? I'd have thought that a wood which grows quickly would be less dense!?
Sorry just curious?
Ha, you got me there. I was just looking it up to see if I could get an answer but I think by using certain hormones they can spur on certain types of growth patterns... And to add to what I said apparently it also depends WHEN its grown... Heres a snippit of what I found
Up to six types of wood can be isolated and studied on a single tree: early wood, late wood, juvenile wood, mature wood, reaction wood, and opposite wood. Each type of wood has different chemical, physical, physiological, mechanical, and anatomical properties [8–10].
The early wood is produced at the beginning of the growing season (spring wood) while late wood is the portion of an annual growth increment produced during the latter part of the growing season (summer wood). Early wood is composed of large diameter cells and has low density, whereas the late wood has smaller diameter cells and high density due to thicker cell walls. A growth ring (ring of wood) easily visible on a cross stem section results from periodic growth. One growth ring formed during a year is called an annual ring.
The gradual transition from juvenile to mature wood could not be perceptible in some transverse cuts of hardwood species. However, in softwood species, such as pines, a radial variation could be observed in the wood pattern based on different widths of the growth rings between the juvenile and mature wood
PLANT HORMONES
https://biologywise.com/plant-hormones-their-functions
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Unfortunately, these days trees dont live as long as they used to, so we use a lot of sap wood because in a young tree heart wood isnt really that dense.
Look at antique furniture, I am sitting on a 200+ year old Elm chair, I cant make an indentation with my finger nail , its well hard, modern day elm I probably could, this is most likely because when my chair was made the tree the timbre came from was probably 100's of years old.
When they first started selling it, I was in the queue and noticed the sign and thought "heh viagra" (because I'm a child) but the creepy looking guy in front of me, who was in for something unrelated, also saw the sign and started enquiring about them then had to answer all these questions and fill out a questionaire.
Then I heard the woman say "it's only if there's a medical issue" or something.
All the while I'm waiting forever to get the painkillers or whatever I was in for.
If I’m right, why not grow a pair and make your argument out in the open, rather than undermine those who are trying to answer the OP’s question?