The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136513   Message #3118710
Posted By: Bill D
21-Mar-11 - 10:25 PM
Thread Name: Martin D=21
Subject: RE: Martin D=21
I don't know guitars, but I do know wood... and "Cocobolo" Rosewood ,Dalbergia retusa,is common in a number of places in Central America. I believe there are some crafters who do knives & guitars & such of Cocobolo in Rio Grande, Texas...but their wood comes from much further south ...and the Rio Grande Gorge is in New Mexico.
   

It can be excellent instrument wood, but not everyone can work it because many, (like me) are violently allergic to oils in the wood.