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So, just list your preference in ten if it isn't one through nine..... This should prove interesting.

My best classical ever was made of Spanish Cypress..., and Jose Romanillos and Richard Brune have both said they prefer it for a classical but everyone thinks its a flamenco. [the wood is approached differently then if one were making a flamenco guitar, of course.]

Spanish Cypress is also has a very beautiful smell.

Second to that, I really like Madagascar Rosewood which can still be obtained in very high quality.

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Bruce,

You got something against flamed maple? It even taste good!

Ray

And birdseye maple too??

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Nope, just forgot it actually. I have a bunch of it from British Columbia. And I love the stuff, just forgot it. But I bet there are a bunch that have never used it.

Ok, sign me up for Koa. I've used that more than anything, and just love the way it looks. And, it sells itself. Soundwise, I prefer a rosewood, but that's the guitarist talking...not the builder.

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Bob C's curly honduras mahogaby. Bob, can I have some more? Actually I haven't finished it yet but I can tell from bangin on it that it's gonna be a killer guitar. 000/12fret/engleman topJohn How38384.9715046296

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I'm torn right now between kos and cocobolo, with imbuya right behind them(except it smells funky)

Againk not built much yet, but I do quite love the EIR. Simple, clean, beautiful, bends so, so easily (Khaya's less fun in that respect). I'm particularly looking forward to trying out the Madagascar Rosewood and the Black Acacia I've got, and particularly fearing (but looking forward to) the Macassar Ebony sets..

Oh! And Cocobolo. And Bob's gorgeous Walnut. I'm such a wood Junkie.Mattia Valente38385.1274884259

OK, you've guessed it my favourite is Cuban Mahogany. If I couldn't get that then I would be perfectly happy with Small leaf mahogany, Sapele or the Acacias, Koa and Australian Black. These are, of course, for the sound I like. Now if we're talking looks, I still think Brazilian Rosewood is the winner.

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[QUOTE=John How] Bob C's curly honduras mahogaby. Bob, can I have some more? Actually I haven't finished it yet but I can tell from bangin on it that it's gonna be a killer guitar. 000/12fret/engleman top[/QUOTE]
John as soon as i find some I'll let you know.

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Cherry, I'm the odd ball here but what else is new? I like the looks of Austrailian Blackwood, Zircote, Braz and Madagascar. My olfactory senses like Braz, Cherry and Madagascar in that order, wafting in the shop.

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Aesthetically quilted Mahogany Tonality Koa but that may change when I finish this Black Acacia I am working on

I like walnut.

I like Walnut too. The smell is like no other. I need to build a few more guitars to get a better sense of "best" though.
My favorite sounding Guitar is made of Black Acacia. I'm looking to get more of that stuff.

Wade

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Jimmie & Wade:
I knew there had to be someone out there that actually like the smell of Walnut but TWO People?

I have difficulty with it. It seems as though the micro dust just hangs in the air for hours and it really chokes me up. I guess the smell isn't THAT bad, it's just the dust that gives me fits.

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Tim---make that three people. I LIKES the smell. And, I happen to know that Bruce D. does as well. What kinda walnut you been cutting?

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Me too, I hadn't cut any walnut in a long time but recently started using it as part of my neck construction and some other trim. It is a very strong odor and I like the way it smells.

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I think my favorite wood is Santa Domingan Mahogany. Or perhpas Koa, or maybe Brazilian Rosewood. Padouk and Imbuya are both very nice and so is sapele, especially that fantastically quilted stuff Bob C. has. I love the way a nice straight grained well quartered Honduduras Rosewood looks and sounds. Heck I have a set of curly white oak that I think would make a great instrument, and I agree with all you Walnut fans. Walnut is great! Does not matter which coast it comes from. Smells good, looks good, sounds good. My favorite quote from my mentor Wade Lowe, "if God made a better wood than walnut He kept if for His own shop"

Ever since I was in high school shop class I have always loved the smell and look of walnut. Even now when I look at tonewood web suppliers, the first thing I look for is culy walnut. I probably need to expand my horizons some though. I have used EI on one and Honduran Magog on another.