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This is a subject of much deabte. In the 80s everyone wanted heavy guitars -density and mass, giving "sustain". Many axes from those days had brass bridges and nuts, the thinking being mass is good.
The trend is different now, epsecially with electric guitars- "light" means lots of air in the wood, therefore resonance.
On an accoustic intruments, the use of tone woods is more critical. Solid AAA Sitka spruce is still the choice for sound boards on most better guiatrs. I recently toured a boutique guitar mfr, and the way they select, hold (for many years) and handle the timbers they use is an art and science in its self. The whole factory is a sealed, controlled humidity environment.
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Stuart
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