You're right. "Honduran Mahogany" is a marketing term and or colloquial name for Swietenia Macrophyllia, or "Bigleaf Mahogany. It grows all over central and South America. Certain coasta plain regions particularly arounf Honduras and surrounding countries in Central America have stands of this wood thar is the most desirable, but good wood can be found all over CA and Eastern coastal regions as far north as Mexico. Destructive logging techniques forced the Honduran government to make logging of Swietenia Marchophylia illegal, but recently, I believe in 2005, legal logging began again in Honduras due to a new program that allows eco-friendly harvesting. Swietenia Macrophylia is the only true Mahogany that is used for musical instrument production. African Mahogany, also used for musical instruments is not a Mahogany at all, although it is a perfectly suitable species for musical instruments. Philipinne Mahogany is used for flooring and not MI production. So in short, if you have a guitar made of Mahogany, it IS "Honduras Mahogany" even if it comes from Venezuela or Mexico.
isn't African Mahogany Korina? Also are ALL Historics made with Swietenia Macrophyllia? Some seem to have very white wood, and some very dark reddish wood.
Honduran mahogany or Brazillian rosewood dildos : which is best? Find out tonight, on Jerry Springer!
Many girls prefer Ebony board.
Those who OWN a BRW get the facination, those who don't own one, well, they don't own one!
Chef Greg, thanks for the quick answer. :salude
.... still have the late '55 tunematic GT, that was converted to '57 specs. You helped me cancel all of those bogus auctions with my guitar's photos that were hijacked on eBay.
Glad to see that you're still here on the LPF and that things are going strong here.
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BTW, in this market it''s really difficult to say what most things are truly worth, IMO (ps-- is your email still the same??)
I'm board.