Mahogany or Rosewood?

[ladytexan]

Hog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD2wqeGa ... re=related

Rosewood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjt5RMzK ... re=related

(Exact same recording equipment used for both)

WOW! So very, very double kewl, bluesypicky! THANK YOU for the vids. They helped tremendously in hearing the difference, AND I got to hear some purdy durn great picking. Extremely talented guitarist!

Toni

P.S. I realize, now, I 'need' a rosewood Guild.

 

[ladytexan]

Everyone,
Thanks for your responses. Quite illuminating. It seems that the difference(s) between a Guild rosewood vs. a mahogany b/s'ed guitar parallels what I find with my Martins. BUT, I need to play a rosewood Guild. Thanks, EddieZ, for your offer.....may just take you up on that one.
Toni

That might be the best thing about this place. I met a jamming buddy here recently.
Also you can now prpoudly say that one of your threads was veered right off the road and right back on! (As it should be)

adorshki,

I look forward to meeting fellow LTGers here in the Texas Hill Country.

From my short time as a LTGer, I've learned that veering is both educational and fun! Beer guts...who knew?! :wink:

Toni

 

[West R Lee]

Hog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD2wqeGa ... re=related

Rosewood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjt5RMzK ... re=related

(Exact same recording equipment used for both)

WOW! So very, very double kewl, bluesypicky! THANK YOU for the vids. They helped tremendously in hearing the difference, AND I got to hear some purdy durn great picking. Extremely talented guitarist!

Toni

I've seen the DV52 video 100 times, and it still blows me away. Bluesy does have some talent.

West

P.S. I realize, now, I 'need' a rosewood Guild.

 

[spiderman]

"I've always thought that Maple/Spruce Guilds were the real "Martin-killers". Marcellis
For some reason Martin does not seem to do maples frequently they are quite rare, I have never played one or even heard one, certainly compared to Guild and especially Gibson in the big jumbo category.
Rosewood accentuates the ends of the frequency spectrum, scooped mids if you will, mahogany accentuates the mids, and maple the trebles. At least in my not-so-humble opinion. If you are a singer try them all in comparable size guitars, dread vs. dread, OM vs. OM etc., and find the one that best fits your ears with your voice. The folk wisdom is that maple compliments female singers, mahogany tenors and rosewood baritones, but it does not necessarily work that way. Certainly does not apply to me. Although arguably what compliments my voice would be anything that drowns it out :lol:

Harmony H-173 bought in 1960 (retired), Alvarez AC60S 2008, Eastman AC320ce 2008 "Hybrid", Guild GAD-JF30E(blonde) 2008,
Guild D25M 1974, Martin Grand J35E 2009, Martin D12-20 1970, Martin OM-21 2009, Voyage-air VAOM-06 2010
"I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me."
Richard Thompson

 

[taabru45]

Everyone,
Thanks for your responses. Quite illuminating. It seems that the difference(s) between a Guild rosewood vs. a mahogany b/s'ed guitar parallels what I find with my Martins. BUT, I need to play a rosewood Guild. Thanks, EddieZ, for your offer.....may just take you up on that one.
Toni

That might be the best thing about this place. I met a jamming buddy here recently.
Also you can now prpoudly say that one of your threads was veered right off the road and right back on! (As it should be)

Everybody has to be somewhere and veer we are....... :lol: Steffan

 

[bluesypicky]

WOW! So very, very double kewl, bluesypicky! THANK YOU for the vids. They helped tremendously in hearing the difference. Toni

Thank you Toni. And West . Sometimes a sound is better than a hundredwords.... :wink:
I think it does illustrate pretty well what was said here though:
Mahogany= Punchy mid-range. Loved by blues players into the "vintage/boxy" sound (getting "boxier" as the body size gets smaller, see F-30).
Rosewood= More balanced brightness, with a much more versatile range of musical styles.
And anyway, anything sounds good on a DV-52! :lol:

Glad I could help! :mrgreen:
Pascal

 

[J45dale]

I have a high humidity problem with Rosewood in the summer.
To my ear, they "muddy out".
So I tend to really enjoy them in the winter, and then switch back to Mahogany for the spring through the fall.
May be just me , but my Mahogany guitars do not seem to be effected by the rising humidity.
Also don't expect a Guild Rosewood to be scooped in the mids, I find them balanced across all 6 strings.
Dale.