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Originally Posted by dennisczech
I was very tempted by some madagascar rosewood, but this stuff is so nicely quartered and is also very easy to work, plus the tap tone was to die for. I strongly suspect this is the same as or kissing cousin to the "granadillo" Bill Kraus recently posted.
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I used to cut a good amount of the Platymiscium species woods from lumber into guitar sets. We'd buy it as hormigo, granadillo, or macacauba, and the color would range from light brick orange, dark orange to red and purple. The weight and texture would vary slightly also, differing sub species and or growing conditions I guess, but it was always a nice sounding tap tone in the end, a very nice sounding wood. This is the first time I've heard it referred to as coyote wood.
I can't wait to see the finished guitar.