Tonewood Guide

Rosewood offers richer and scooped sound with strong bass and clear highs.

It has beautiful vibrant grain. Usually left unfinished it is the perfect choice if you prefer to touch raw wood.

Uses: Fretboard, Necks and Tops

Maple has been the norm for so many modern guitars.

It offers bright snappy tone with quick attack.

Uses: Fretboards, Neck 

Arguably one of the most beautiful tonewoods.

Has similar tone as plain maple.

Uses: Same as plain maple plus Tops

Birdseye maple is usually found in hard maple which has almost twice the strength of other maple species.

It is carefully torrefied at constant pressure and low oxygen. This reduces the moisture content and makes it lighter and harder. Due to this process Roasted maple generally does not need carbon fibre reinforcement and will perform better under changing moisture levels.

Uses: Neck and Fretboards

Ebony one of the densest and heaviest woods in nature.

It provides bright tone and clear note definition with one disadvantage being neck dive due to it’s weight.

Uses: Fretboards and sometimes neck (if you don't mind the weight)

Sourced from Indonesia Pale moon ebony is a variant of ebony with striking contrast patterns.

It is hard to source due to huge demand.

It offers similar tone and response to ebony but can vary from piece to piece.

Uses: Fretboard and Tops

Along with being lightweight, Mahogany provides excellent stability with less susceptibility of warping and bending over time.

It offers warm and rich tone with excellent sustain. 

Uses: Necks and bodies

White ash has nice rounded bottom end and snappy high and mid attack.

We like to use swamp ash which is the same species as white ash grown in swamps. This makes it way lighter and more resonant

Uses: Bodies, Tops

Another way of making White ash lighter and more stable? Roasting or torrefication.

Same sonic qualities as white ash with less weight and more stability.

Uses: Bodies

Knots and irregular growth in Maples forms beautiful grain structure called maple burl.

Uses: Only used as Tops 

A highly prized variant of maple due to it's beautiful three dimensional wavy grain structure

A highly prized variant of maple due to it's beautiful three dimensional wavy grain struct

Uses: Only used as Tops