Originally written 2009. Updated 2025. NOTE: There are many other well-known tone woods used in the making of acoustic guitars. This...

Trichilia is a Mahogany family genus with 70 species, four of which are native to Africa and the remainder native to West Indies and ranges from Mexico through Central America to Brazil and Bolivia in South America. There are 43 species alone in Brazil. Two of the four African species have timber uses and one species of the American species is recognized for its timber uses. 

Even today a lot of people still do not know what mahogany wood is. It's a popular tone wood used for the manufacturing of electric...