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View Poll Results: Favorite tonewood for back and sides
Mahogany 75 42.61%
Rosewood 62 35.23%
Maple 8 4.55%
Cherry 2 1.14%
Koa 4 2.27%
Cocobolo 17 9.66%
Walnut 18 10.23%
Tasmanian blackwood 1 0.57%
African blackwood 4 2.27%
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Old 04-27-2015, 07:23 AM
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Cherry doesn't seem so popular here...
I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone play a guitar built with cherry - or black locust or osage orange, for that matter, although they should apparently work very well.
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Old 04-27-2015, 07:26 AM
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Wild cherry for me...
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Okay, great. I'm happy for you. But you are clearly the exception that makes my point.
I agree with you. A person who has extensive exposure to and ownership of exotic woods like koa, cocobolo and Tasmanian Blackwood is likely to belong to a category of musician who either has a deep pocket where guitars are concerned, or who is an extremely dedicated musician. I'd guess that the majority of AGFers do not fall into either category.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:04 AM
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Best sounding guitar I ever played/owned was a Collings OM2H, but then again, up to that point, I'd only really played rosewood guitars. I then bought a rosewood Avalon L32C, but then a hog Avalon and then a Collings hog C10. So I've gone with hog, although I did play a nice Brazilian Collings CJ last year which sounded wonderful, so might be swayed back.
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Old 04-27-2015, 03:27 PM
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I agree with you. A person who has extensive exposure to and ownership of exotic woods like koa, cocobolo and Tasmanian Blackwood is likely to belong to a category of musician who either has a deep pocket where guitars are concerned, or who is an extremely dedicated musician. I'd guess that the majority of AGFers do not fall into either category.
Of course, it was pretty predictable that mahogany and rosewood should be leading this poll
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Old 04-27-2015, 04:58 PM
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I've always been a mahogany guy but lately koa and silver oak (grevilla robusta) are starting to gain favor. The silver oak is like mahogany on steroids with a more pronounced and resonant bass.

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I've always been a mahogany guy but lately koa and silver oak (grevilla robusta) are starting to gain favor. The silver oak is like mahogany on steroids with a more pronounced bass.
Have never tried silver oak, mahogany on steroids sounds cool to me
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Old 04-27-2015, 05:48 PM
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While my ear tends to favor mahogany I have about a half & half of mahogany to rosewood guitars? I really like both...
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