Walnut back and sides
Anyone in the TG community have experience with walnut back and sides on an acoustic guitar? Martin's catalog described the tone as somewhere between rosewood and mahagony, which I found intriguing. The only walnut guitar I've played was a McPherson at a music store: sounded great but I need to play other walnuts to get a good idea of its tonal qualities. In this day and age of environmental concerns around harvesting of traditional tonewoods an acceptable alternative is a good thing to have.
I'm a traditionalist so rosewood is still my wood of choice but I played Taylor's all walnut guitar (T5?) and it sounded really nice. Different than rosewood but not objectionable. I don't even know if Taylor still offers this model but it was unique.