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Since your first post you've also said a million other words, many of them about how only an insignificant fraction of a percentage of the vibrations are transferred to the body anyway so I don't think it's overly clear that you do accept the type of wood affects the amplitude envelope of the note.
Just waiting for Taurus to get in proper alignment then I'm good to go.
Am I wrong to think you're saying that?
But only on Tuesdays....
The difference to my ears is probably best described as some giving a rounder and fuller low-mids and less higher frequency (you can hear the difference with an amp with a tweeter) and others giving a less pronounced lower mids, but more defined higher mids and higher frequencies generally.
So if it’s not the body wood or fretboard wood, what is causing the difference?
Maybe if someone else was to record samples of your different basses and play them back to you blind, the differences wouldn't be what you thought they were.
Of course, many people assume that what they perceive is what exists - in the guitar world as well as every other world - but that leads to many, many false beliefs.
I can hear differences. Lots of players can.
But apparently it’s simply just me perceiving that there is a difference. Great. In that case I’ll carry on selecting body wood on the notion it might make a difference to sound, as for me, and many others it does anyway.
Lovely. Screw the science, apparently it’s psychology. Fine, that’s good enough for me to carry on as is.
Enjoy your pointless debate chaps.
Some questions:
1. Is energy transferred from the strings to the guitar body when a string is plucked?
2. Is some of this energy absorbed by the body wood?
3. Do all (wood) materials absorb this energy in precisely the same way?