Ovangkol: closer to rosewood or closer to mahogany?

[baimo]

Originally Posted by fregly

I am sure it does have a distinct sound, like all the many other tonewoods not Rosewood or Mahogany, yet apparently just about everything is only ever "somewhere between Rosewood and Mahogany".

I believe I detect sarcasm and I feel this wood has nothing to do with Rosewood or Mahogany or Maple or Walnut. I can see people trying to fit it in somewhere close to a wood they may be more familiar with, but that is a mistake.

[Guitarplayer_PR]

Originally Posted by fregly

I am sure it does have a distinct sound, like all the many other tonewoods not Rosewood or Mahogany, yet apparently just about everything is only ever "somewhere between Rosewood and Mahogany".

Because almost everything is between RW and Hog.