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 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 [...]

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 [...]