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Originally Posted by RJVB
I'm also surprised to see cedar being called a member of the mahogany family, and the suggestion that a sapele guitar could in fact be built from another wood Martin considers part of that family...!
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They are referring pretty specifically to Spanish Cedar, which isn't very "Cedar-y" if you, like everyone else, thinks of the likes of fencing and decking using things like Western Red Cedar as Cedar. Spanish Cedar is an actual hardwood, not a softwood like those others. It's grown in and grown like plantation mahogany and some of the other mahogany variants. It passes. They've been using it for necks years.
Having spent some time there and with their plant manager, I understand why they mix and match and why they can't be specific, but I know everyone cares about all the fine details, even if they love the sound and feel, they think it's a downgrade.