By Kathy Lambert Tonewood isn't really any special kind of wood. It's just a word that is used to describe wood that is used in the construction of guitars. Wood that is used in guitar building generally has acoustic properties that will provide a high quality sound, or tone, when the guitar is built - hence the term tone wood. This term can be used to describe the back, sides, or top of a guitar but is most often used to describe the top wood...