If there is one thing that this forum has taught me, it's this. The thickness of and variety of wood used for the neck effects the tone far more than the body ever could simply because thats were the majority of the scale length is. Don't believe me, what are the tops of most Les Pauls that have solid finishes made of? Probably not maple. The effect of a cap on the tone is neglible, solely for looks. Besides, for the sake of the LP analogy, whether it's a TOM Stoptail or OFR, the posts should be anchored well into the body wood and not the cap anyway. This is on solid bodies, a Thinline may throw that out the window. A thing to remember too, in theory a laminant top and body should not even be touching each other no matter how firmly compressed during drying. They should both be touching the same piece of dried glue. What are the good tone glues out there that make those two dissimilar woods sound good together?