Take a listen to a 3D printed Strat body -- made of plastic. If you listen to the clean tone blind-folded, there's no way anybody could say this was not a wood body. It sounds like a humbucker Strat! The neck sounds excellent -- great definition and clarity, yet still warm.
How is that possible with a plastic body?? Uhhh ... because physics has predicted it. I think the next step as an experiment is to replace the 3D printed body with a "tonewood" using Swamp Ash, or Alder, or even Mahogany. And using the identical components, etc.
My guess is that in a true double-blind test, with similar components except one guitar has a 3D printed body and the other a tonewood body, that few could tell the difference. And if there were slight differences, EQs on the amp could easily compensate for these differences.
How is that possible with a plastic body?? Uhhh ... because physics has predicted it. I think the next step as an experiment is to replace the 3D printed body with a "tonewood" using Swamp Ash, or Alder, or even Mahogany. And using the identical components, etc.
My guess is that in a true double-blind test, with similar components except one guitar has a 3D printed body and the other a tonewood body, that few could tell the difference. And if there were slight differences, EQs on the amp could easily compensate for these differences.
