I bought 100 sets from allied lutherie in 95 when I attended the Charles Fox school of Lutherie. Still have 90 sets. Quartered, straight no blems and beautiful black strips. it's been really VERY predictable and beautiful tones. It's a go to because I know I'll get great sound.

I had no idea some people have such a negative association with the smell, I love it.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Indian Rosewood. It is by far the one of most compliant, easy to work, deliciously wonderful woods, designed for luthiers from seed to harvest. It rings like a bell in its better examples, and it's stable, dependable, so easily workable, and lovely to look upon. I've built lots of Cocobolo, Honduran, Brazilian, and Madagascar rosewood guitars, and they all needed some very delicate handling, but the EIR sets I've built with (maybe fifty in twenty years) have been a happy dream to work with. Love ya, Tommy, you are the best.

Yeah...Indian Rose wood is very gud to guitar back and side and finger boards.. We supply the Indian Rosewoods to guitar manufactures and traders ..

Interesting information! My first guitar is indian rosewood and at first I thought it smelled weird, but it kinda grew on me each time I would cut/scrape/sand it. My wife absolutely hates the smell.

Great video, Tom! I have a 000-28 that has Sitka top, EIR back and sides, and it definitely has a spicy floral scent to it. I have a HD-28 with Guatemalan Rosewood back and sides, and it has a different sweeter, floral, smell to it. Both of them sound fantastic. My other three Martin's have Honduran Mahogany back and sides. Each of them smells slightly different. All of them except the 000-28 have Adirondack tops.

Beautiful Grain :)

Das Nice! Gives me yoga vibes :) also for the whole series, would be interesting to see how the tree looks like; a picture of a tree in natural habitat. Maybe?

I think IR woods are one of the top grade tone woods.

IR - a classic... and smells lovely - [well my IR guitar does] - probably depends on the batch? Looks lovely and some sets are seriously attractive. In fairness it is reasonably consistent in figuration. And the tap-tone is really nice, the glassiness is coming through and the sustain is there too. Of course, not Madi! The most common back and sides for guitar building - perhaps? It really does provide a lovely tone and nice overtones... Some guitars, when topped with Adirondack, can come across too brittle... but in the whole, its awesome!

Made a neck recently from Indian rosewood, and it finished wonderfully - however it was definitely more purplish in color which now I know is more than likely plantation grown. Thanks my friend.

Having a solid indian rosewood neck for my telecaster deluxe

I had a Tele made with an East Indian Rosewood neck, Katalox Fretboard and Sapele body.

A good round up on a classic and probably underrated wood but there are so many fancy Dalbergia's available these days saying look at me.

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The first few good guitars I owned had Indian Rosewood back and sides so it sort of became my comparator. I now have two guitars with it, a Martin 00-28 Standard that's clearly plantation grown, and a Santa Cruz 00 that's old-growth, very tight, straight, and dark. Perhaps the SCGC had been on the dealer floor long enough for the aroma to dissipate because it doesn't give off much smell unfortunately. The Martin is newer and is plenty odorous still. My best-smelling guitar is a plain Collings D1 with Sitka and Mahogany. I am mainly building ukuleles these days so I rarely use IR but it remains a popular choice.

what would be the best oil to clean a indian rosewood fretboard?

Im allergic to Indian rosewood, the inner part of my wrists become red inflamed and itchy, and quite uncomfortable when I come into contact with the dust.

I like rose wood smell when it cutting time...

Tom, Indian Rosewood seems to be used frequently with a Cedar top on classical guitars. Do you think this combination would work well on a steel stringed instrument? For a steel string guitar with a Cedar top, what would be your best choice for the B&S tonewood? BTW, I just put my money down on a Tom Sands build slot in 2025 from a US guitar store and I can't wait!!! Thanks, John Gig Harbor, WA USA

See those dark wide streaks. That's that old growth stuff. I noticed some Martins ship with them still. Regardless of what people say about younger plantation. I can see some of is old stock. Also, plantation doesn't mean young trees. Just means when an old tree falls, that's what you can take. Still old. Still wild The rosewood I have on my new 000-28 1937 is so dark, and a third of back its literally black. I agree completely that it does it a disservice. Indian Rosewood has some of the best tonewood ever in my opinion. As is mahogany. Mahogany's always looked upon as a downgrade it's ridiculous

I wonder if it would work well on a ukulele.

i would love to learn how to build guitars im also working on repairing a guitar that my late dad used to own before he passed away id love to find out how learn on how to become a luthier

Are there videos of your 00 and OM builds?

I have built several Indian Rosewood guitars and for my money I think they have beaten hands down anything I've built with Rio. Probably to do with the fact that the quality is way better in Indian Rosewood than Rio these days. The ethical leaning in me says Indian is much better ecologically speaking than either Madagascan or Rio now..

The Japanese used to make concrete forms out of Indian Rosewood.

In Indonesia . Rosewood is sonokeling. Macassar ebony best wood

How old is they have to be considered old growth?

Hello bro. Can I buy the wood to make a guitar

Do you know about dalbergia sisso?

🤣🤣🤣🤣 🚽 I love it

5:36 Digest?

the acoustic guitar i bought from headway which was atb handmade aska series smelled like shit everytime i start playing it.

Word of the day: Pungent.

Its too common, i feel

Is Brazilian Redwood no longer available, even for a billionaire?

Bro your is dalbergia sisoo not dalbergia latifolia as grains are not straight on Latifolia

It smells more like cat piss to me 😄

Great wood. Can smell like pee.

What you have there is dalbergia sissoo and not dalbergia latifolia. D your homework. There are 2 types of rosewood in India.

Rosewood may make super-dooper sounding guitars, but you gotta admit it looks kinda meh.