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Originally Posted by Porsche-poor
Hey Dave got a guitar question for you. The kid and I were watching a vid that his instructor gave him. There was a guy playing a fender that had a wooden neck and what looked like a clear plastic body. one would think the sound would be bad right?
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Yes, no, maybe. Les Paul's first electric mock-up was called the log - for the very reason it looked "loggish".
I saw a youtube video a few months back that had the guy playing in view from basically the guitar neck up. You could see and hear him play different tunes/sounds. At the end, the guy videoing pulled out to reveal a neck and pickup mounted to a plank from a pallet.
No matter that they say, wood does change and make a guitars sound, but in the electric world, the body/neck material can be almost anything.
As for the video.. Was the guy playing? If you had closed your eyes and listened, could you tell a diff?
The 80's saw its fair share of synthetic material guitars. In the end, wood is best.