Lutz combines the size, strength and stiffness of Sitka and the texture and lustre of Engelmann/White Spruce. It is both responsive to a light touch for fingerstyle as well as able to handle a good strum. Slightly darker than Englemann but still a lot more on the white side than Sitka Spruce. They tend to have the best stiffness to weight ratio but it is not always light, it varies as all other wood, covering about the same range as Euro. As for damping, seems to have a hair more than the best Euro.
It is one of the newest tonewoods to hit the scene in recent years and it is a great tonewood.
