The meat of this article is in the conclusion:
"Basswood [linden, lime, whatever] is therefore definitively not a poor wood for guitar bodies! It is just a wood like any other, with its own characteristics, which may or may not be to our taste; as long, of course, as it has been carefully selected. A good basswood will sound superb; and a bad will sound disgusting!"
Surprisingly, it picks out premium Ibanez guitars using basswood as being in the "disgusting" category!