The sound of the guitar depends on many things, the main one is who and how it's played
. Does wood make a difference, definitely IMHO but it's one aspect of all the variables.
The first article is the only one that helps/informs our discussion as he's talking about electric guitars and basses. The 2nd article is all about the backs and sides of acoustic guitars (unless you are looking at a hollow body (eg ES 335, 375 etc)), there's no bending involved (normally) with an electric body. Both articles were very edifying/informative, and a great read (thanks DR
). Interesting about the rosewood FB sucking the tone from maple necks, and Fender did go to very thin curved veneer (if you like) of rosewood over maple for their necks. They also used frets with a really shallow tang to suit. Re fretting one of these generally requires cutting through the FB into the neck as (well last time I had to do it) modern fret wire has much deeper tangs.
Definitely who and how it was made make a big difference as well. And all the bits make the whole, which is why I've just replaced all the hardware on the Squire strat. Now this has made a huge difference, the wood is ok ish and now the hardware is good. But it's way off the Anderson or JPLP.