Roger's take, in a nutshell

[Jack Butler]

Whatever makes you feel better.

Clearly, you still missed the point.

What's to misunderstand? Did you not clearly say no talking about pickups on this thread?

 

[5StringBlues]

There's enough posturing in this thread already.

 

[40Hz]

Direct sensory experience only accounts for 7/10ths of what humans call “reality.”

Imagination makes up the remainder.

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Direct sensory experience only accounts for 7/10ths of what humans call “reality.”

Imagination makes up the remainder.

As Adam Savage famously said, "I reject your reality and substitute my own."

Now I'm in no way a relativist, but that quote is apropos in this context.

 

[groovaholic]

I saw this video on Monday and almost posted a thread discussing it.
I'm kinda glad that I didn't...

Not sure why "tonewoods" are such a contentious topic, but holy cow

 

[Tom Bomb]

It's an opportunity to inflict injury, plainly — a semiconscious chemic-alibi. Common as muck. Lord, what fools these mortals be. Not everybody's cup of tease
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[5StringBlues]

It's an opportunity to inflict injury, plainly — a semiconscious chemic-alibi. Common as muck. Lord, what fools these mortals be. Not everybody's cup of tease
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[shirojiro]

I'm convinced that many people in this thread either didn't watch or didn't listen to the video.

This discussion is reminiscent of people who do uninformed internet searches about their medical conditions and decide that their cursory search of unsubstantiated claims trumps the experience and knowledge of their medical teams.

Roger Sadowsky has a lot of experience with a consistent product and production method.

Nowhere does he say that anyone needs to purchase a specific bass or type of wood. It is remarkable to me that anyone would interpret his video as such.

 

[DrThumpenstein]

Tasteflour is the new tonewood

you win the internet today my man

 

[Jack Butler]

There was some nuance along the way, but the end was really the most telling - not a whole lot of difference when the guitar has basically no body or neck at all !

this is the most controlled test of tonewood i have come a cross. i'm sure people will pick it a part, but if you have a better experiment, i'd love to hear it.