I currently own a Larrivee D10 Brazilian Rosewood. I owned the same guitar in Indian rosewood when I found the Brazilian D10. So I had a long time to compare the 2. My experience was that the Brazilian had noticeably more overtones along with almost a glassy, reverb like characteristic. Individual lead notes, particularly high up the neck just seemed to echo out of the sound hole. There was also a difference in strumming as the Brazilian seemed more like a 12 string.
So, in my opinion, I prefer the sound of the Brazilian rosewood and I sold the EIR.
However, I would not pay thousands of dollars more just to get Brazilian. I have a Goodall Standard EIR that sounds amazing too. But it does make me wonder what a Brazilian Goodall would sound like....
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1972 Yamaha FG200 My 1st guitar
2003 Yamaha LL500
2007 Larrivee JCL 40th Anniversary Edition
1998 Larrivee OM05-MT All Mahogany
1998 Larrivee D09 Brazilian “Flying Eagle”
1998 Larrivee D10 Brazilian "Flying Eagle"
1990 Goodall Rosewood Standard
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