[Goodallboy]

Originally Posted by L20A

What a guitar sounds like is very subjective.

We like to lust after what we can't have.
Brazilian Rosewood is a good example of this.

If guitars were still being mass built with BRW we wouldn't be having this conversation.

The wood used is only one part of a finished guitar.
I have heard and played BRW that was fantastic sounding and some that I would not want to own at all.
It would be interesting to be able to hear pre war guitars that were built with IRW to see how they compare to BRW from the same era.

My guess is that there would be standout guitars from both woods.
There would also be some less than stellar guitars made from both woods.

I was at a Tony Rice concert where he stated that his guitar wasn't that great sounding but he liked the neck and the way that the guitar mic'd. He said that he had other newer guitars that sounded better acoustically to him.

He was most likely referring to his SCGC Tony Rice Professional.

It had Brazilian back and sides.