African mahogany as body wood

Manfred-Klose

Has any one ever used african mahogany(khaya invarenses) wood as an electric guitar body.
Do you like the sound.

Any guitar builders have comments on that?

Manfred-Klose

Some telecasters use this wood.

Mr-M

Peavey HP Signature. These guitars aren't available in SA for some reason but from what I've seen online they are top-quality guitars.

http://www.peavey.com/products/browse.cfm/action/detail/item/116319/HP(TM)%20Signature%20Select.cfm

Renesongs

Taylor use African mahogany for the back and sides to some of their acoustics.

Renesongs

PS I love google, just type in the right words and you an instant expert in seconds.

AlanRatcliffe

Chances are, If you have a guitar with mahogany, you already have a guitar with African mahogany - Honduran hasn't been used in anything but the highest quality instruments for fifteen years or more. African's not bad, but compared to the real stuff... Cuban mahogany is also nice sounding and is the best looking mahogany aside from figured Sapele.

I had this for a while:

One piece Honduran body, two piece Honduran neck and a Brazilian ebony board. TonePros bridge and tailpiece and Antiquity pickups. Nice guitar, rang like a bell. Unfortunately I never could get used to the neck - specifically the Gibson scale length.

Manfred-Klose

I know about the google thing, its a lifesaver, but i am looking for personal experiance and not facts.

I have an experiment i want to try with this type of wood.

AlanRatcliffe

It's a good tonewood - the same stuff Gibson and everyone else is using for their mahogany guitars.

Manie

African Mahogany is used to supplement the supplies from South America ( Swietania), Kyaha Sipo being the closest from Africa, but Khaya Ivorensis is widely used by many American manufacturers ( Gibson, Taylor etc) .

l have been using African Mahogany for a while, and the tonal difference is hardly noticeable . l have used it successfully on Tele, PRS style as well as a number of other body shapes, in both solid and semi hollow style guitars.

lf anyone wants to contact me re suppliers etc, call me on 083 259 6300