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It was posted into my 'guitar builders' whatsapp group a few days ago, with surprising lack of discussion - it's pretty cool. I've heard and nodded along to so much voodoo from builders in the past about woods, densities, grains, even types of glue and paint choices (acrylic vs nitro?).
I've always gone along with "pickups and strings, and possibly (but probably not) nut and bridge" - literally nothing else on the guitar can interfere with the movement of a metal string in an magnetic field.That said, the guitar I'm making right now is still made of rather expensive mahogany and AAA quitled maple...
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I think there's real "spiritual" value in making a beautiful thing that will last, so there's no harm in using expensive wood, but I think you're right about the other I suspect that things that affect the gross rigidity of the structure that holds the nut away from the bridge will count for something (so possibly glued vs. bolt-on neck), but things like saddle material are most likely more or less irrelevant. Acoustics are probably a different story given that you're actually trying to make parts of the guitar body vibrate to generate sound, rather than just giving the string a solid base to vibrate relative to.
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That is awesome. I love the fact that it essentially destroys the idea of tonewood (or at least makes it largely irrelevant next to pickup choice and position).