Thursday, November 15, 2012

High Quality Tonewoods

im often asked if i meticulously take the process of selecting wood for my instruments . here is my answer in Photos.



                 Below is a ridiculously looking Hawaiian Koa billet for those who are willing to pay a little    extra. one of my finest koa stash.



      perfectly quartered Red Spruce. I tried counting the grains per inch and i lost count at 1/4". you literally need a microscope and a thickness caliper.
         an even tighter grains on my Western Red Cedar imported from Lasqueti island off of  Vancouver BC.


any less is just not good enough.

1 comment:

  1. ooh that koa and cedar look stunning John. As for that maple soprano coming together, my computer is covered in drool!

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