BMU wrote
Stupid question: does all that wood translate into a woody tone, more than a steely, "ringy" one? I've always been partial to a more woody type of sound.
I think it's the TYPE of wood used, or the combination of woods more than wood or not wood.
This Larry has a sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides. It certainly has a very different sound from my Morgan which also has a sitka spruce top and indian rosewood back and sides. There's less overtones, certainly less of a metallic or ringing quality in the overtones. It'd be fair to describe it as "woodier" than the Morgan. I spent some time recently with a mahogany Larrivee OM (same body shape as the Morgan) and that too had a drier, woodier tone.
So I think it's mahogany (or maybe sapele which is being used more and more) which gives the sound you're looking for.
All else being equal a guitar with mahogany back and sides will weigh less than a guitar with rosewood back and sides.
Walnut is becoming used more often now, and that is described as having a "woody" or "earthy" tone.
