V8 wrote:
But chatting lapdawg, he reckons it's a useful tonewood - he was wanting to chamber a heavier wood and fill it the chambers with Paulownia for weight relief. Quite keen to hear the result.
That's basically exactly what Gil Yaron did with his Bone design (modernised les paul)
He also says that Paulownia has one of the widest tonal spectrums. More so than the industry standards.
