Maple or rosewood

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Maple or rosewood

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Looking at getting a taylor that is maple or another guitar that has rosewwod back and sides. What are some pros and cons to these woods?
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rosewood is bassier, maple is cheaper
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what kind of grade are we talking about
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Rosewood: Deep and Bassy, long sustain, complex overtones

Maple: bright and snappy, short sustain

Really just depends on your playing style. I like maple on 12 strings and live guitars

I like rosewood on recording guitars.
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i never thought maple had sustain until i played a doyle dykes taylor...wow
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