[The Bard Rocks]

Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer

The biggest advantage in Jatoba, for me, is that I have quite a bit of it. I have built several guitars from it, and found it is highly resonant and quite stable. The guitars it makes are loud and even aggressive, making the material quite good for professional performance guitars.

While I have never worked with Ipe, it seems to be mostly used for outdoor decking, whereas Jatoba is perhaps best known as a premium indoor flooring material.

That's a perfectly understandable reason. Your comments in Ipe are correct, but it has been successfully used on guitars as well. I have one with an Ipe fingerboard. With the highest janka rating out there, I don't think I am going to wear divots into any time soon.