So why mahogany?  Here we have a company with ALL sorts of tonewood options ... rosewoods from Indian, Brazil or Madagascar ...  figured maples,  three different grades of koa,  Cocobolo from Africa even!  So why plain old mahogany?   You guessed it.  We are committed to the wonderful TONE of this tropical hardwood!!!  In the hands of a talented luthier and in combination with an equally worthy top plate,  mahogany can serve up a tantalizingly tasty tankard of pure sonic satisfaction!!!
 
 

     OK, OK ... enough of the hype already!  Lets get down to the facts.   Why mahogany?  While this wood doesn't have all of the lower midrange thickness of rosewood,  it more than makes up for it with it's superb sound velocity,  overtone coloration and overall  woody tonality.  Add a relatively aggressive attack transient to this immediacy of response and organic sonority and you will start to "get" why mahogany has a lot of fans and a growing number of converts!

     Did you catch the quality of the Engelmann on this instrument?  This is my absolute IDEAL Engelmann cut ... moderate grain count with lots of "cross flower" and no grain runoff!!!  This tonewood is typically harvested from smaller trees than Sitka and more often than not the wood exhibits some spiral grain characteristics,  making a bookmatched top with no grain runoff quite rare.  While Engelmann often has just slightly less note fundamental than Sitka,  it produces a noticeably broader overtone series and is especially responsive to a light to medium right hand attack.  Throw in the R. Taylor "Modified X" bracing to slightly enhance the low end and you have a very powerful and responsive guitar indeed!!!