Talk:Tonewood

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All good intentions of the author aside, it is very clear the author's central focus is North american electric guitars. The world is bigger than america, and there are more instruments in the world than only guitars. What works good on guitars might not work good on oboes for instance. Both can be made of wood, so by definition that is tonewood. I propose a leaner article titled tonewood, and to rename this one guitar tonewood. It still contains a lot of non-neutral points of view, as the interpretation of tonal qualities by ear is never an exact science. Maybe it should also be mentioned that the shape of the soundhole and internal volume of an instument determine much of its tonal qualities, maybe even more that the type of wood used in it's construction.