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Originally Posted by Blackville
As mahogany and even East Indian Rosewood become harder and harder to obtain, will Sapele and Ovangol become acceptable on higher-end guitars ... at first as substitutes ... and then perhaps as equals to the less available current favorites??
Isn't this almost certain to happen ???
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If you look on the Taylor Build to Order sheet, Sapele and Ovangkol are offered as equal-price counterparts to Rosewood, Mahogany, and Maple. There's no discount for choosing one of these "easier to obtain" tone woods, which makes me think that the choice selections of sapele and ovangkol are just as good as the choice selections of other tone woods. It really just boils down to personal preference. I am a big fan of both woods and actually prefer ovangkol to rosewood.