I've never worked with wenge: the local guys that have, have been so unhappy with the way it cracks that I've steered clear. I'm also not much into the 'magic wood' meme. Really big differences in the properties might translate into differences in tone (there are some who question even that based on data): I'd expect a soft, light mahogany to sound somewhat different from a dense and hard piece of BRW, but as between wenge, osage, and BRW...? I suspect that's going to be more on the luthier and the build. I've tried to make 'matched' guitars that sound the same using 'identical' wood and the tightest quality controls I could, and failed. Would two guitars with very similar wood, built with equally careful controls, sound any more different? I'm not sure.
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