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.

As owner/operator of Norman's Rare Guitars, Harris has seen some guitars in his time. This five, featuring a John Fogerty Ricky and a Gretsch owned by a Beatle, are the ones that stick in his mind ...

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 ...

The United Nations describes the rosewood trade as the world's costliest wildlife crime, with seizures totalling more than almost all other species combined. Between 2005 and 2015, 10,000 metric ...

On 2 January 2017, a new CITES law came into force, putting restrictions on how rosewood is traded across international borders, a move that had vast implications for low-cost guitar building - ...

“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.