That's interesting. I thought it had all been used at this point. Originally Posted by TokyoNeko. I figured he was talking about electric guitars, since that's what he does for a living. Originally Posted by Todd Yates. In Martin-speak, it is as follows: Genuine Mahogany refers specifically and only to Mahoganies of the genus Swietenia.
In our case, that would be Swietenia macrophylla - both native and plantation grown. True Mahogany which we [also] refer to as Select Mahogany includes all species of the larger botanical Mahogany family, Meliaceae. The mahogany family includes the following species, for our purposes, and are used as availability dictates: Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum tropical Africa Utile or Sipo, Entandrophragma utile tropical Africa African Mahogany Khaya ivorensis tropical Africa Spanish cedar Cedrela odorata Central and South America Note: There are others too, but we are not utilizing them currently.
In addition, do you happen to know the spectrum of "Select Hardwood" used for the vast majority of Martins currently being built? I think the 18 series and the very early vintage models are made of Honduran Mahogany. I'm not sure with the lesser models, it could be anything. I think he was being very specific about the usage of "mass produced" to mean high volume production. From the article: No guitars made in a factory mass-produced are made of genuine mahogany.
Only high-end custom shop guitar builders make instruments with genuine mahogany. If it is genuine mahogany Swietenia it will be plantation-grown or possibly old stock American mahogany obtained before the ban in To me, that is a totally bogus statement except for the concept of plantation grown which a LOT of Dalbergia Latifolia Indian rosewood is.
I don't consider a Les Paul to be a "high-end custom shop guitar", and I do consider them to be mass produced. Gibson uses Honduran Mahogany for it's J Standard.
I'd say that's mass produced. Fiji and others have mahogany plantations, maybe not wild grown but the real stuff. Wade Hampton. Originally Posted by Monsoon1. At the bottom of the last page, he made this claim as part of the summary: "No guitars made in a factory mass-produced are made of genuine mahogany. I'm not sure why this subject comes up repeatedly. There are a bunch of woods that are relatively soft, easy to work and come from a variety of geographical locations. The look very similar, work similarly and, I'd suggest, sound very similar when used to make guitars.
It can be the best or worst of mahogany. All I know is that the older SG's I have heard from a few are amazing tone machines they are honduruas mahogany but I would also think they might be older growth mahogany to and the difference in what you can get now between the two is minimal.
African Mahogany is quite tall with a rather massive girth. By comparison Honduran Mahogany is rather small and flaccid. Well like I said in my post.. And I do think there is probably some truth to the idea that heavier LP's don't deliver as well rounded a tone. African VS Honduras Mahogany. Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Kitarist Posted October 2, Posted October 2, I'm just curious if there is a real difference in tone if the different Mahogany is used.
And what kind of mahogany does gibson use and used on their LPs Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Brewski Posted October 2, One to one is not enough of a sample size most peopel couldnt tell the diff between ash and mahogany, let alone the variations. Rob14 Posted October 2, DaleH Posted October 2, Not tone I don't think you could hear a differance. One may weigh less than the other though.
Kitarist Posted October 3, Author Members. Posted October 3, MahaloVision Posted October 3, I'll bet you a million dollars I could not tell the difference. African- Generally faster growth, usually older due to recent start of harvesting.
However, it's more visually impressive, and usually lighter than newer hunduras mahogany. Hunduras- Newer plantations can't compare to older ones, wood is harvested from lower on the tree, and is heavier. However, the most important thing is not the wood, but that the guitar sounds good. An instrument can sound good even if it is made of a non-traditional wood, and it can also happen that it sounds bad and has a classic tonewood.
Therefore, the important thing is that you love it and not the wood in it. That said, there are also differences in tone preferences and musical style. So if you are playing with a clean tone, it may or may not matter whether it is real mahogany.
But if your style is a more distorted tone, the differences will be very little audible. Have you been able to compare some of all these woods, what differences have you heard between one and the other? Share your experience in the comments section. Your email address will not be published.
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