Wood Product Luthier Material Suppliers: Wood products are the life blood of the guitar building industry. Perhaps the most important piece in this puzzle is the guitar top tonewood. Next in line would be the top bracing wood and then of course comes the back and side tonewoods, which aid tremendously in the structure and [...]
Truss Rod Adjustment: Source: Guitar Neck Repairs Luthier Materials – Just What Are They? Well to begin with, a luthier is defined as a person who makes and repairs stringed instruments. The term is rarely used here in the USA, and these instrument makers are often referred to by their specialty, such as a guitar [...]
Selection of the guitar top plate tonewood is one of the most important steps you can make in the wood selection process. The top is the most influential piece of wood that shapes the guitars volume and tone color attributes. So follow these tips and if you find some great tonewood stock, load up on it and use if for many years to come.
Guitar Back – East Indian Rosewood Source: Guitar Wood Selection Guitar Backs/Side sets offer the luthier even more option that do the guitar top plates. The reason for this is not only are guitars build from domestic hardwoods, even more often they are built from exotic hardwoods. For your convenience we have listed a number [...]
Guitar Top Analysis Source:Guitar Wood Selection. What To Look For In A Great Guitar Top: Alright, let’s move on the the analysis of a good guitar top. What makes a good one and how do you know what the sound will be by just looking at a plain ‘ol piece of wood? Well, looks can [...]
Guitar Wood Supplier Links Source: Guitar Wood Selection We have put together a rather comprehensive listing of guitar wood suppliers. Some of these suppliers handle mostly back/side sets, other mostly top tonewood. Some have a large selection of both and the really large suppliers also handle guitar hardware, luthier tools, benders, books and lots of [...]
Photo Courtesy of LMI Guitar Top Preparation Source: Guitar Wood Selection Preparation of the Soundboard: Tools and Supplies Needed: 24″ Metal Level Roll of Self-stick 220 Grit Garnet Sandpaper Guitar Plate Jointing Jig Titebond II or Titebond III Glue Portable Block Sander If you haven’t purchased your soundboard yet or are wondering what to buy [...]
Guitar Tonewood Grading – Tops Source: Guitar Wood Selection As you will find out there are a lot of terms connected with wood, especially tonewood, such as grading, tone, tap tone, color, grain pattern and run-out, just to name a few. Top tonewood and back tonewood are graded for different characteristics that are inherent in [...]
Woodslicer Bandsaw Blade from Highland Hardware. Give yourself a break and use this great bandsaw blade. If you decide to get serious about guitar building as a hobby or as a profession, at some point in time you will want to explore merits of resawing your own wood blanks. Now I’m not talking about logging [...]
Different wood species definitely influence the tone and volume of a guitar, whether that be an acoustic guitar or a classical guitar. For the purposes of selection of a tonewood for a guitar top plate, we will focus our attention on softwoods or conifer species of trees in this article.
