As with maple, rosewood necks have a characteristic tonal quality of their own, often considered as being slightly warmer and ...

Brazilian rosewood was used freely in guitar manufacturing until the late 60s - on vintage Fender and Gibson fingerboards among many others and, of course, used as backs and sides on a great many of ...

What do you hear when someone strums a guitar? You might describe the sound as bright, or full, or warm. Maybe it's metallic or trebly, or maybe it's something else. All of that is, of course ...

Solid rosewood Teles tend to come in at around 11lb to 12lb, but this guitar is closer to 7lb. You might expect it to be neck heavy, but it’s very well balanced.

In 2008, Brazilian rosewood guitars of several makers sold for $40,000 to $50,000. Now they sell for $30,000, and you might even be able to find one for $20,000.

Commodities markets. Review: Rosewood Restrictions Riled U.S. Guitar Makers In 2017, a bizarre amendment to an international treaty threw American guitar makers into a panic.

Chris Martin, Chairman and CEO of the C.F. Martin Guitar Co. in Nazareth, Pa., says that when he first heard guitars built from Madagascar rosewood, he dreamed it might be the long-sought ...

Taylor Guitars has shifted the body construction of its 700 Series to all-Hawaiian koa. In order to accomplish this, Taylor created an innovative Hawaii-based forest stewardship program. CFO ...

In this Friday, March 23, 2018 photo, a photo of Johnny Cash hangs near a luthier assembling the rosewood sides of a guitar at C. F. Martin and Co., in Nazareth, Pa.

“Philip wasn’t happy with the weight of the early rosewood guitars and by 1969 rosewood Telecasters were weight-reduced, with the construction of a Thinline minus the f-hole.