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Thread #127074   Message #2830285
Posted By: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
04-Feb-10 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: Is this Brazillian Rosewood guitar?
Subject: RE: Is this Brazillian Rosewood guitar?
olddude, in 1979-80, I was having a custom guitar being made for me. When we were discussing the woods, Randy(the builder of the guitars), told me that Brazilian Rosewood was then, just made illegal to import, any more.....however he had some still left over in stock, which was okay, so that was it. I would check the age of manufacture of your guitar. You may have Indian Rosewood, which is a little browner than Brazilian, and a tad less dense. Start with the date, find a piece of Brazilian, and compare the two.

I looked close at your pics, and I couldn't tell for sure, but it looks as if it is Indian...which, by the way, isn't too shabby!

For what its worth, I have a Martin D-21, made of Ogalava Rosewood, which I just found out, was an extremely rare Martin. Ogalava, is going to have sorta wide streaks of a yellowish grain going through it.

Happy Discovering,
GfS