Tonewood Spotlight: Walnut When it comes to of the perfect tonewood for an acoustic guitar, the battle is often between mahogany or rosewood and both camps have equal fans. But we have been selling guitars for decades and see... 7 February 2023
Tonewood Spotlight: Paulownia! When you say Telecaster you say ash wood. Or something more precise: swamp ash or Swamp Ash. Why? Because Leo Fender used it for the first legendary electric guitars in the 1950s. He started with spru... 24 November 2022
Tonewood spotlight: Cocobolo! Cocobolo, or Dalbergia Retusa, is an awesome tonewood. It is obviously related to the widely used Indian Rosewood and offers many of the same qualities, such as beautiful, clear highs and deep lows an... 29 September 2022
Captivating Koa! Thanks to Taylor and some other luthiers, a beautiful tonewood is back in the spotlight: koa. This species only grows in Hawaii and when Hawaiian music was popular in the 20's of the previous century... 8 September 2022
The magic of Maple! Lots of high-end? In acoustic guitars, maple sounds super transparent and offers more high-end compared to other tonewoods. That's why you often see maple in larger models, as those constructions add... 16 June 2022
What is Sinker Mahogany? More and more luthiers are no longer just getting tonewood from cut trees, instead they are finding new ways to reclaim wood and sometimes this leads to some awesome submerged treasures. It may sound ... 29 April 2021