that tonewood really ties the room together.
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It does that too? I thought just the rug can do that, 
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THERE ARE MULTIPLE KINDS OF TONEWOOD TREES!
That no-good seed-selling guy didn’t say nothing about multiple kinds! I’m kinda thinking I got screwed now…
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Is tonewood really real? or is it a hoax created by some guy to make people buy basses that are made of specific materials that actually dont make a difference? hmmmm…
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I got told off for posting this video a few months ago… 
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I just like saying the name of some of the more exotic tonewoods. In fact, a cool sounding name for a tonewood is more marketable to me than the tonewood itself.
“Bubinga”, for instance, or “okume” and “jatoba”. If I can walk into a gig and lay down something like, “yeah, this beauty has a bubinga body with an okume neck and a jatoba fretboard,” that’s all that matters.
(Just like my posts above, this should be read with tongue fully in cheek.)
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Well, the reasons that people discount this video are:
- You can clearly hear the differences (even in the video)
- You definitely can tell with actual instruments
- No one has ever claimed that the wood is anything but a distant secondary to the electronics and strings, a few percent of the sound at most
- It is easy to demonstrate for yourself using different guitars with identical pickups and strings, and pots and caps - the wood actually does matter.
But yes it is a subtle thing.
Another thing about his videos is that while I love what he does, his methodologies are questionable. For example, in his “do expensive mics matter” comparison, he decides to define the SM-58 as the neutral basis for comparison. This is not really a valid thing because the SM-58 is not a flat mic and additionally varies a lot with positioning in its cardioid. So really his whole mic video was actually “This is how it relates to a SM-58 in a specific position”, not “does it make a difference.”
Yea…thats true
It’s absolutely 100% real thing.
Is it important? that’s a tough answer. If you have as many basses as me and want to play a little bass body marimba, the different wood tone is a must.
If I must choose I rather have better looking bass body and neck wood than better sounding one. I can make adjustment in post but photoshop the look is a PIA.
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