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> Brazilian Rosewood

That's another important factor that is often overlooked. Many guitar makers are not too fussy about ensuring that the timber they buy has been felled legally under sustainable management - for example, has an FSC certificate. I beg anyone considering buying a new instrument that has wood in its construction to ensure that the timber used has come from legal, sustainable sources.

Currently, AIUI, timber is being felled illegally in the Amazon basin, in Madagascar, in Indonesia, and probably in many other countries as well.