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  1. There is very little, if any, Honduran mahogany used today in Gibsons. It may be some south american variety, but Honduran mahogany, I believe, is on an endangered list, or is stopped by some laws from being harvested and brought into the USA at this time. The name "Honduran mahogany" and "mahogany" is thrown around carelessly in advertising by some companies. This does not mean that other varieties of a "similar" wood are no good for guitar building. However, after all the years of specific woods having been harvested and used for building instruments, many assume, incorrectly, that no other types of wood are any good for building guitars. One thing might be noted and that is that Gibson cannot buy all of the best grades of wood for their usage. The cost is prohibitive. they by slected grades and use it in specifically priced guitars leading up to the Reissue historic lines, which all get the best woods Gibson has that year. This is actually the first time I have seen Gibson's website talk about the grading of the woods used on specific models in their lineup. They break down the grsdes of wood and the wood's sonic properties used in each type of model Les Paul and other guitars on their website for 2015. If it had been on there previously, I was not aware of it. Whether Nato, as a building wood, is not as good as another type of wood is one thing, but Epiphones use multiple layers of different body wood in some of their guitars, so the outer pieces of wood that are visable may not be the singular reason why the guitar does not sound as one would desire. If a guitar was built out of a solid, single piece of Nato for the body, and a solid piece for the neck with a maple top as thick as a Gibson LP then added to that Nato, the guitar may sound really good, and be accepted for a more respected tone wood. However, I feel the cost would be higher then most players would accept for an Epiphone. Too bad that the Elitist type quality Epiphones were not built in more numbers for the models Epiphone offers in it's line and built in China along side the regular lines. If the factory can produce good guitars, then it is only the amount and type of wood used in the construction that prohibits the Epiphones from rising into more direct competition with Gibson.
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