Teak anyone?

You have seen various acoustic guitars made of full mahogany, maple, rosewood or a combination of spruce top and mahogany sides and the list goes on. However, have everyone has a guitar (either electric or acoustic) made of teak? Well, I own an acoustic guitar made of teak; it is a customised guitar from Myanmar

What is teak?
A teak is a exotic topical hardwood and is used in production of furnitures, boats and etc. (My country has a lot of them). Teak is often mistaken for mahogany as they have the similar brown colour. However, if you give a thorough study of the wood side by side, you will find that teak has a much dryer look. They also have very different wood grains.

Mahogany

Teak

So you rarely see a teak guitar before? Well, there is a reason behind it. Teak is very high in oil content and that factor makes it hard to glue. Luthiers, not wanting so much of trouble, choose not to use teak as a tonewood.
Teak is also relatively heavy. It also has large pores. This could be the reason why my acoustic guitar sounds very bright apart from it being a grand concert.

The bolded words are the reasons why teak is unpopular as tonewood.
 Don't get me wrong though. Teak is still used as a tonewood, just not as popular. So there are still teak guitars like the Cripe Guitar below.