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AndrewG 01-16-2019 05:37 AM

Is Brazilian worth the upcharge? You'll only know when you play a guitar built with it. But, just as not every Les Paul built between 1958-1960 is a 'Holy Grail' gem, the same goes for a guitar made from dalbergia nigra.
Blueridge once made a guitar called the BR280 (not the more recent 280A), which was essentially a D-45 clone. It was made of certified and documented Brazilian (because I checked the paper trail back to a US luthier supply source), but it sounded like crap.
I had a long and sometimes acrimonious discussion about it on UMGF where the True Believers were sceptical (or envious!), that I could buy a guitar built of solid Brazilian for around £1000 ten years ago. I did, but sold it on fairly pronto. Unfortunately only that guitar, and the fretboard of my '56 Les Paul Junior, have been my total exposure to Brazilian rosewood, so hardly representative!
Here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBSDoBIpAA

Pdfiddler 01-17-2019 11:24 PM

Yes, only in respect to investment resale.


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