I kinda understand you, John, i was the same when i lived in Venezuela, but because the wood choices were limited to what grew in the country and wasn't forbidden to use ( like all the mahogany and spanish cedar species)
I was tempted to use caribbean pine for a neck, because i wanted something that looked like maple...
But when you have available mahogany, maple, wenge, jatoba, ash, alder, etc etc etc etc, why would i even bother?
It's a waste of wood, time, money and resources.