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Sapele = sustainable. Not inferior.
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I am so glad someone posted a picture of fine quilted sapelle, it can be stunning.
My Eastman is spruce over sapelle, my bro, in-law has an Eastman with spruce and mahogany. Mine sounds a bit brighter, could be the individual guitars. But I do believe sapelle falls tonally between mahogany and rosewood |
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Sapele is mahogany with a wider tonal spectrum. I had a Taylor DN3. Great guitar.
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If anything, I think it's underrated.
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If your trying to use Sapele as a fire starter to get a hot thread started I bet it works.😅
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If something is cheaper it makes sense to use it in a model you're building to a price point, but cheaper doesn't necessarily mean worse. Aluminium is not used to build aeroplanes because it's cheaper than lead per square foot. It is hard to say whether one wood or better or worse than another. So long as they are structurally strong enough then 'different' is probably more appropriate.
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Glad to see some spectacular quilted Sapele!! This is a Tony Vines Artisan. Significant upcharge for this tonewood.....don't know how rare it is ( I think somewhat rare), but it's really beautiful and produces a wonderful sound. I'd call it "mahogany-ish".....this guitar does have some nice reverb tones, but less so than some of my rosewood or macassar ebony guitar.
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I love the tone, especially for fingerstyle. It doesn't have to be cheap to be beautiful either- this is a $500 guitar
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Sapele was good enough to use for Taylor XXV-GA special edition guitars on their 25th anniversary
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This would be my humble opinion as well and the right set can be absolutely stunning!
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I have both and my favorite sounding guitar is Sapele/Adi. It is just more affordable due to the abundant availability.
Sapele is here to stay and will become more popular and probably a staple tone wood when the African HOG supply runs thin. |
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fregly (OP), Sapele gets the rap you mentioned because it is usually on the lower priced guitars for a manufacture. I have a 2007 Taylor 314ce which is the entry line for Taylor's all solid wood guitars. Since it's a relatively 'new', readily available tonewood it gets related to the entry line as opposed to rosewood and mahogany which has been used by thousands of artists and are on thousands of recordings. It's a great question. |
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Sapele grabs your attention with its ribbons. There was a time when it was the usual to see mahogany that looked like the Sapele of today. The mahogany in the mid 19th. century often came in to the United States from Cuba. The very finest Empire furniture was made from this ribbon mahogany before the American Civil War. Sapele is a super wood for guitar construction that looks great also.
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