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  2. Swietenia macrophylla - Wikipedia

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    Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany, [3] Honduran mahogany, [3] Honduras mahogany, [4] or big-leaf mahogany [5] is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber ( Swietenia ), the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis .

  3. Alvarez Guitars - Wikipedia

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    Alvarez is a guitar brand founded in 1965 by the owner and distributor St. Louis Music. [1] Alvarez manufactures steel-strings, classical guitars, ukuleles and, for a time, solid and hollow-body electric guitars and basses.

  4. Swietenia humilis - Wikipedia

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    Swietenia humilis is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae.It is one of three species in the genus Swietenia, all three of which are regarded as "genuine mahogany."At 6 metres (20 ft), it is one-fifth the height of S. mahagoni and one-sixth the height of S. macrophylla.

  5. Mahogany - Wikipedia

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    Honduran mahogany tree, Swietenia macrophylla Wood from Honduran mahogany. Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas [1] and part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. Mahogany is used commercially for a wide variety of goods, due to its ...

  6. Honduras mahogany - Wikipedia

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    Honduras mahogany is a common name for several trees and may refer to: Swietenia humilis a small tree with a restricted range from southern Mexico to northern Central America Swietenia macrophylla , a large tree with a broad native range from Central America to South America, and cultivated in Asia for timber production.

  7. Swietenia - Wikipedia

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    As a timber, both Swietenia macrophylla and Swietenia mahogoni are both grown in plantations in several Asian countries such as Fiji, Indonesia, India, and Bangladesh and this plantation mahogany timber is the main source of the world's current supply of "genuine mahogany", due to cultivation and trade of it in its native locations being ...

  8. Tonewood - Wikipedia

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    Tonewood refers to specific wood varieties used for woodwind or acoustic stringed instruments. The word implies that certain species exhibit qualities that enhance acoustic properties of the instruments, but other properties of the wood such as aesthetics and availability have always been considered in the selection of wood for musical instruments.

  9. Gibson Les Paul - Wikipedia

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    The neck is mahogany, but the sides and back are laminated maple and poplar. A mahogany block runs throughout the body to increase sustain. [47] The Les Paul Memphis ES was released with Gibson's MHS (Memphis Historic Spec) humbuckers. [48] These scatter wound pickups have unbalanced coils to emulate vintage PAFs.

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