Poor Wayne
@FLQuacker, I think he got the brunt of it due to where he is. I hope his family, home and hurricane is okay. Makes me wonder if I made the right move to move to Charleston as we always worry about the hurricane during hurricane season. New York we can have a snow storm, weather it and dig out of it, but strong wind, flooding, surges just over powers and really nothing you can do from those elements.
That is the great part about Florida is that there are all these species of wood available to you domestically. Plus, there are a lot of exotic wood vendors there as there are ports where wood shipment comes from Central and South America.
I am glad you are “going off the beaten path” and trying all sorts of alternatives and substitute outside of traditional woods.
I do like Bois de rose as it does have beautiful heartwood color variegation. It does have a much more different tap tone compare to standard Madrose. The ones I have surprisingly has more bass response and articulation (one is flat sawn and the other quartered). I have a couple of planks that I saved that I can get a couple of one piece neck construction.