[Ted @ LA Guitar Sales]

Originally Posted by ac

I never seriously think of carbon fiber guitars in a "win" - "lose" competition with wood.

Some like the sound of wood--some believe it's the "only" sound and standard for what a guitar can or should sound like. Any variation from this standard that has been personally internalized from earlier life experience is difficult or impossible for some players to accept with any satisfaction.

For others, the ability to accept other standards of sound and quality is easier to do, and they find satisfaction more broadly. Some find that new standards for guitar materials and the sound they make even replace their old standard entirely.

Winning or losing isn't the issue for me. Satisfaction with all aspects of the instrument and the music that it produces is the central idea. Players will not agree on the specifics but it doesn't matter if the focus is on the joy of playing music. Lose that joy and neither wood nor CF will make a player happy or satisfied.

Well put ac.