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For a very long time I have wondered WHY do many Japanese guitar makers list Jacaranda as Brazilian (rosewood)?
So, the recent History/LS-320 thread got me wondering anew, why do Japanese guitar makers/sellers often list Jacaranda as Brazilian rosewood?
Here is a Digimart search for 'Tokai Jacaranda.'
https://www.digimart.net/search?category12Id=359&keywordAnd=jacaranda+tokai+&x=0&y=0
Notice many entries list the fingerboard material as "Jacaranda (Brazilian Rose wood)."
Here is a link for Jacaranda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia
From the same link here is what Jacaranda looks like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia#/media/File:Jacaranda_mimosifolia00.jpg
The sample photo for Jacaranda looks nothing like Brazilian rosewood aka Dalbergia Nigra.
Jacaranda is not even the same genus of plant as Dalbergia rosewoods.
So, this is actually more confusing than I had previously believed it was.
Why would Tokai, or any Tokai seller list guitar fingerboards as "Jacaranda (Brazilian rosewood)" when Jacaranda is a different genus than Brazilian & when many Jacaranda samples has no physical resemblance to many genus Dalbergia lumbers?
Does this lend more credence to fingerboards listed as Jacaranda/Brazilian & that actually look like a genus Dalbergia lumbar, as actually being Brazilian rosewood? I don't know.
What say ye?
Here is a Google search for 'Jacaranda lumber' in which some samples looks similar to Brazlian & then other samples are nearly white in color :-?
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1366&bih=654&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ZvK3W7W0FcWSjwSKj73YBw&q=jacaranda+lumber&oq=jacaranda+lumber&gs_l=img.3..0i24.26191.33999..34574...0.0..0.77.491.7......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i67j0i10i24.paDiZmYRiAA#imgrc=_
So, the recent History/LS-320 thread got me wondering anew, why do Japanese guitar makers/sellers often list Jacaranda as Brazilian rosewood?
Here is a Digimart search for 'Tokai Jacaranda.'
https://www.digimart.net/search?category12Id=359&keywordAnd=jacaranda+tokai+&x=0&y=0
Notice many entries list the fingerboard material as "Jacaranda (Brazilian Rose wood)."
Here is a link for Jacaranda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia
From the same link here is what Jacaranda looks like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia#/media/File:Jacaranda_mimosifolia00.jpg
The sample photo for Jacaranda looks nothing like Brazilian rosewood aka Dalbergia Nigra.
Jacaranda is not even the same genus of plant as Dalbergia rosewoods.
So, this is actually more confusing than I had previously believed it was.
Why would Tokai, or any Tokai seller list guitar fingerboards as "Jacaranda (Brazilian rosewood)" when Jacaranda is a different genus than Brazilian & when many Jacaranda samples has no physical resemblance to many genus Dalbergia lumbers?
Does this lend more credence to fingerboards listed as Jacaranda/Brazilian & that actually look like a genus Dalbergia lumbar, as actually being Brazilian rosewood? I don't know.
What say ye?
Here is a Google search for 'Jacaranda lumber' in which some samples looks similar to Brazlian & then other samples are nearly white in color :-?
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1366&bih=654&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ZvK3W7W0FcWSjwSKj73YBw&q=jacaranda+lumber&oq=jacaranda+lumber&gs_l=img.3..0i24.26191.33999..34574...0.0..0.77.491.7......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i67j0i10i24.paDiZmYRiAA#imgrc=_