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 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 [...]