It's really hard to think of a better B&S wood for a beginner than Indian rosewood. It's easy to get in good quality, and just about the most stable wood around. It bends easier than almost any other wood. It's not too hard to work, if your tools are sharp (so there's a good incentive to learn an essential skill). It is more open grained than some other woods, which presents some problems when finishing, but, again, you need to learn to deal with those anyway. Finally, it can make about as good sounding a guitar as any wood: a good set of Indian will usually sound better than a bad set of Brazilian.
I'd go with one or another of the spruces for the top. Cedar dents too easily, and redwood tends to be splitty. For your first one I would not worry too much about which spruce: they are far more similar than they are different, especially when you compare pieces of the same density. Red (Adirondack)spruce and Sitka tend to be more on the dense side, with European (from any country) averaging a bit less, and Lutz and Engelmann tending to be lighter. Denser and harder wood may give more 'headroom' and sustain, while the lighter cuts tend toward a more 'sensitive' sound, and might end up being louder. So much depends on the way you use the wood, though, that it's hard to generalize, and all such statements must be taken with liberal doses of salt.
Don't waste too much time worrying about which variety of wood to use for bracing; go with spruce on the top and either spruce or mahogany or cedro on the back. Ditto for blocks and linings: don't waste a lot of time wondering which one is 'the best': they're all good if you use them right, and lousy if you don't.
I tend to prefer cedro ('Spanish cedar') for classical necks, and mahogany for steel strings, but have used either on both sorts of guitars with no problems.
Keep it simple. Nothing takes longer than art, except, maybe, science. Focus on doing as good a job as you can on a simple guitar made of decent wood. Later, when you're more comfortablle with what goes into a basic box, you can worry about how to trowel on seven ounces of pearl.
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