hehe I guess its similar to US "Cedars" that are in lot of different genus and none of them is a true Cedar, there are a lot of trees under the Jacaranda name, "Jacaranda" comes from the Tupi yakãrã'tã they were a big native indigenous group that inhabited most of the coast of Brazil and a lot of other places through South americaSo what do they call a jacaranda tree that lives down by the bay?
Not the holy grail, but one of the more common fretboard woods. Between Brazilian rosewood and African ebony now replaced by Macassar ebony are the most common fretboard woods. Lately because of the addition to Brazilian rosewood to CITES, and the limited import on any Madagascar rosewood the industry has been tinkering with different woods and a combination of neck woods with fretboard wood to try to replicate the sound of rosewood. I made my 7 string with rosewood back in 2004, after that the price increased almost 4 times, so I have used different ebony woods.
I know Rosewoods are popular in fretboards, but the holy grail as tone wood in acoustic and spanish guitars for back and sides is Dalbergia nigra, since now it cant be harvested the prices are ridiculous high for the few wood is still around, I have a spanish guitar with Indian rosewood back and sides but it cant be compared with Brazilian. Martin acoustics like the iconic D28 are made with Brazilian rosewood
Yes, a lot of classical guitar were made with Brazilian rosewood, my aunt had a Manuel Contreras 1970's flamenco guitar with cypress back and a classical with rosewood, both had great tone. Contreras son took over the business and still makes guitars now in Madrid, their high end models are using Indian rosewood. I always said I was going to buy one... maybe before I die.
You can get both delivered to NZ from Etsy. Cheaper and faster than a plane ticket. here are seeds.
Nothing like the plane ride and some time off
Hey Greg, how's this one doing on the East Coast?
It's doing great! This is exactly the info I needed! I wanted to know how it would do for folks outside the Southwest. I actually think many desert trees will actually adapt and thrive in a more tropical environment if given the opportunity. Like a creosote bush will actually do well treated that way also.
Yup. Something that seems to not stick with many.
Were these from seed or colected?
I have been growing a Swietiana from seeds I picked up in Florida as a houseplant. It might be a result of the soil and indoor growing conditions (even if it goes outside in the summer) but they don't ramify much until they get big. It's about 3 ft tall now, and maybe 4 branches in total. Beautiful foliage, though. A greenhouse specimen (12 ft if I had to guess) at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden also is fairly unramified. It could be an issue with the plant stuck in "undergrowth mode" due to low light.
Dude those are amazing! As slow as they grow they must be pretty old unless they were collected.
, then boxed up and the other was boxed grown from the beginning. Here in Tucson, they can be grown in the blazing sun and with water grow amazingly fast. I have started many from seed, trick is to nick the seed wall, spose I get 1 on 10 or so to sprout and make it a year.
