So I was pondering, as many have before, what would a solid rosewood topped guitar sound like? I was about to post the thought, but then I decided to search first, and found a post here where some folks were planning to try it and see what happens, but apparently never got around to it.
Oddly enough, after looking around a bit more, it appears Cordoba has one on the market called the Fusion 14 Rose http://www.cordobaguitars.com/14rose. And what do you know, people say it actually sounds good! Not loud, but not super quiet either. Warm and rich, they say.
So now I'm thinking I will go through with building one myself after all. Or at least add it to my ever growing list of instruments to build
If nothing else, it will be a fine piece of wall art. While I'm breaking rules, I might as well push it even further and not use a simple EIR top, but seek a set of dalbergia baroni (Madagascar RW) that is both quartersawn and has ink lines. Hopefully one good dark line on each half right around the edge of the soundhole. Around 14.5" lower bout, EIR back/sides, either EIR neck, or walnut to save weight, EIR bridge, ebony FB, curly koa binding, 1/16" paua purfling for the top, and various inlays of abalone, turquoise, and white and black and maybe also gold MOP.
I'll probably thin the top until it flops like paper, and lattice brace it with a pinless bridge. I think I want the soundhole in the normal place though, so maybe work into the lattice a prominent X brace, plus A frame in the upper bout. So in the end I suppose it will be mostly the spruce bracing supporting it, but hopefully the rosewood inbetween will provide an interesting tone of some sort.
So has anyone here actually built one before, and just never talked about it? Or is Cordoba the first to give any solid proof that it works?
