First you say there is no such thing as a tonewood, then you say EVERY wood is a tonewood. It's a self-contradicting statement.
It can't be both, is the point I am trying to make.
But in truth, i think the point the "snobby boutiquers" were trying to make is that some woods have a BETTER tone than others, not to suggest that some woods have "tone" and some don't.No its not.
I give up.
What he is trying to say is, that every wood produces a unique tone, thus there is no such thing as tone wood because that would include all wood.