Rosewood vs Mahogany! Acoustic Guitar Tonewood Comparisons

By far, the two most common body woods for acoustic guitars are Mahogany and Indian Rosewood. How do you choose? Each wood influences a guitar's tone in characteristic ways. It is true that the design of the guitar, the bracing and the soundboard have the most influence, but the back and side wood definitely "color" the sound. I received a request to compare mahogany and rosewood as tone woods. In this video, three sets of guitars are compared, including two dreadnoughts, two OM's and two jumbo guitars. Each pair are made by the same manufacturer and have similar (not necessarily identical) soundboard woods. One of each pair has back and sides of mahogany and one has back and sides of Indian rosewood. Let me know your thoughts!

Traditional Dreadnoughts by the Huss and Dalton Guitar Company
OM's by the Santa Cruz Guitar Company
Jumbo guitars by the Lowden Guitar Company

0:00 Introduction
1:06 Dreadnought - Huss & Dalton TD-M (mahogany)
1:25 Dreadnought - Huss & Dalton TD-R (rosewood)
1:52 OM - Santa Cruz OM/PW (mahogany)
2:10 OM - Santa Cruz OM (rosewood)
2:29 OM - Santa Cruz OM/PW (mahogany)
2:34 OM - Santa Cruz OM (rosewood)
2:45 Jumbo - Lowden O-22 (mahogany)
3:23 Jumbo - Lowden O-25 (rosewood)
4:03 Dreadnought - Huss & Dalton TD-M (mahogany)
4:32 Dreadnought - Huss & Dalton TD-R (rosewood)
5:09 Dreadnought - Huss & Dalton TD-M (mahogany)
5:28 OM - Santa Cruz OM/PW (mahogany)
5:46 OM - Santa Cruz OM (rosewood)
5:59 OM - Santa Cruz OM/PW (mahogany)
6:13 OM - Santa Cruz OM (rosewood)
6:32 Jumbo - Lowden O-22 (mahogany)
7:24 Jumbo - Lowden O-25 (rosewood)

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