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 [...]

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.

Wood Dent Removal Source: Guitar Making Tips It WILL happen. You treated it with care for many hours of your time, just when you least expect it you put a dent in the $160.00 prize Adirondack top that you have had aging in your shop for 2 years. “How could this happen, when I was [...]

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 [...]

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.