No idea about your tuners but "select" hardwood typically mean sipo or Spanish cedar. Sipo is in the mahogany family much like sapele. I highly doubt Martin uses what we refer to as African mahogany on the neck of a 16 series. I don't think they were actually being honest when they replied. That disappoints me. Sipo may be in the family but guitar players and builders typically don't refer to sipo as mahogany. Same family but different. Either way it is still a good wood to use on a neck as far as I know.
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