With sapele top back and sides this solid wood dreadnought model is a great sounding guitar at an affordable price.
Sapele wood guitar review.
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Like mahogany sapele is used as both a top wood and a back sides wood.
New to this model are stunning mother of pearl pattern fingerboard inlays with a multi stripe rosette border.
This leads to sapele wood guitars being sold at a cheaper price than mahogany guitars.
Also like mahogany sapele is a popular wood for guitar necks.
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This is no surprise given that it s quite a hard wood but is still easy to carve.
It s harder than both honduran and african mahogany.
Sapele comes from west africa and its scientific name is entandrophragma.
It has an fsc certified richlite fingerboard and bridge satin finish body and a hand rubbed neck finish.
In fact many guitar manufacturers use sapele wood in their low end guitars and use mahogany only for their high end guitars.
It s comparable to mahogany but its higher density tends to produce a slightly brighter sound with more top end shimmer.
For beginners it is practical to buy a sapele wood guitar at a cheaper price than to go for an expensive mahogany guitar.
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