Avodire is used at times in just about everything including instruments, even drum sticks. This wood is destributed in Tropical Africa and is most common in the Eastern region of Ivory Coast. Like Euro Ash, Avodire is a nice medium tone, figured architectural wood that doesn't jump off the wall at you. Which means it may not be particularly memorable but non the less very atractive. I think both woods can be used in a contemporary, modern or traditional setting without great difficulty. It seems odd to me that we do not get asked for this wood more often so we do not always keep in stock. But it's usually not to hard to find a few sequences to compare.