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I imagine that the different roundback guitars have different body depths. If I am correct the depth corresponds to how a guitar sounds: deeper would be more of bassier tone while a shallow depth would be a lighter tone?

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1 hour ago, InpulseArts said:

I imagine that the different roundback guitars have different body depths. If I am correct the depth corresponds to how a guitar sounds: deeper would be more of bassier tone while a shallow depth would be a lighter tone?

I have a " roundback" guitar, a 1968 Ovation Standard Balladeer, that I've owned since about 1970. It is the 'deep bowl'  model. It has a solid spruce top. The back and sides are 'Lyracord' , similar to fiberglass. It's tone is actually quite bright and lively, yet also sweet and articulate, which has improved with age. I have played newer ones with a ' shallow bowl' and found the tone similar, although with less volume and projection. These rely more on a pickup. So to finally answer your question, I'd say no. The depth has more to do with volume than with tone. Think of say a big Gibson SJ200 vs a Parlor size guitar. The top of the guitar resonates to produce the most tone, vs. the back and sides which reflect the sound.

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