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Sitka Spruce - Engelmann Spruce - Western Red Cedar - Eastern Spruce - Flamed Maple - Quilted Maple East Indian Rosewood - Cocobolo - Treasured Tonewood - Plain Maple

Important Notes:

  • Catering to the high end handmade guitar sector.

  • For the first time builder we offer practice wood kits.

  • All Tops Hand Split / Sawn

  • Aged naturally and air dried, moisture content 6 - 8%

  • We offer a Standing Order Service, so you may better plan your  production schedule.

  • All prices in Canadian Dollars.

  • Global Shipping

Sound Board Sizes

  • Length x Width x Thickness, Metric Converter

  • 2pc. Book match sets = BMS

    • Jumbo Guitar, BMS 23" x 9-1/2" x 3/16"

    • Steel String, BMS 22" x 8-1/2" x 3/16"

    • Classical, BMS 21" x 7-1/2" x 3/16"

    • Spruce for sound hole reinforcement, 8” x 8” x 3/16”, $7.00

Bracewood, Sawn from hand split billets.,  (16 -22" x 1"+ x 1") minimum
1 pc. 22 x 2-5/8 x 1" = 1 lb.

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Sitka Spruce

Harvested in British Columbia, Sitka Spruce. Standard on most production guitars now, and for good reason. This top wood offers a punchy direct sound although it tends to have low overtone content. Many bluegrass players prefer Sitka Spruce for this reason.
The color of Sitka ranges from white to creamy to very light brown. It should be noted that some regions of Western Canada produce a very white Sitka Spruce in which discoloring is rare. We target this whiter Sitka Spruce in response to customers desiring a brighter, purer white soundboard similar to Engelmann Spruce and European Spruce.

TOPS Item # Master AAA AA
Classical SSCM $50.00    
SSC3A   $45.00  
SSC2A     $30.00
Steel String SSCDM $60.00    
SSD3A   $50.00  
SSD2A     $35.00
Jumbo SSJM $70.00    
SSJ3A   $60.00  
SSJ2A     $40.00
Bracewood / lb. SSBR $8.00/lb. $6.00/lb. $4.00/lb.
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Engelmann Spruce

The primary choice for finger picking guitars.  Engelmann is also becoming very popular with Guitar Builders. With is High overtone content and strong fundamental tone Engelmann Spruce delivers a warm mellow tone that is well suited for light-medium strumming and finger picking.

TOPS Item # Master AAA AA
Classical ESCM $50.00    
ESC3A   $45.00  
ESC2A     $30.00
Steel String ESCDM $60.00    
ESD3A   $50.00  
ESD2A     $35.00
Jumbo ESJM $70.00    
ESJ3A   $60.00  
ESJ2A     $40.00
Bracewood / lb. ESBR $8.00/lb. $6.00/lb. $4.00/lb.
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Western Red Cedar

Used for decades as a soundboard material on classical guitars, Cedar is also popular among steel-string enthusiasts. Cedar is a wood known for producing a "warm," mellow tone, one whose overtones are evenly distributed, rather than concentrated on the highs and lows, making it especially suitable for finger style playing. Cedar's light brown color also lends a guitar a visual warmth that many players find appealing. With a dark mellow tone is tends to be a great choice for finger picking and Celtic style guitars. Another benefit is that is sounds "open" almost immediately.

TOPS Item # Master AAA AA
Classical WRCM $45.00    
WRC3A   $40.00  
WRC2A     $25.00
Steel String WRDM $50.00    
WRD3A   $45.00  
WRD2A     $30.00
Jumbo WRJM $60.00    
WRJ3A   $50.00  
WRJ2A     $35.00
Bracewood / lb. WRBRM $8.00/lb.    
WRBR3A   $6.00/lb.  
WRBR2A     $4.00/lb.
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Eastern Spruce

Our Eastern Spruce tops are sawn from hand split billets, naturally seasoned to a moisture content of 6% and are ready to use. Our tops are extremely stiff and have excellent tap tone. Eastern Spruce grows in eastern Canada and the eastern United States. The strongest and stiffest of all the spruce species and has a very high velocity of sound, and has the highest stiffness across and along the grain of all the top woods. Like Sitka, it has strong fundamentals, but it also exhibits a more complex overtone content. Tops made out of Eastern spruce have the highest volume ceiling of any species, yet they also have a rich fullness of tone that retains clarity at all dynamic levels. We are very fortunate to live in a part of eastern Canada where there has been very little commercial logging and there still remain large old growth spruce trees.

TOPS Item # Master AAA AA
Classical LSCM $190.00    
LSC3A   $140.00  
LSC2A     $90.00
Steel String LSDM $200.00    
LSD3A   $150.00  
LSD2A     $100.00
Jumbo LSJM $220.00    
LSJ3A   $170.00  
LSJ2A     $110.00
Bracewood / lb. LSBRM $10.00/lb.    
LSBR3A   $8.00/lb.  
LSBR2A     $5.00/lb.
Sound hole wood LSSHM $7.00    
LSSH3A   $5.00  
LSSH2A     $3.00
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Flamed Maple

  • Backs & Sides = B&S

  • Quarter sawn = QS

  • Price includes Back & Side Set.

  • Length x Width x Thickness, Metric Converter

  • 2pc. Book match sets. = BMS.

  • Jumbo Guitar B&S, Backs , 23" x 9-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 36 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Steel String B&S, 22" x 8-1/2" x 3/16", Side 34 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Classical B&S, 21" x 7-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 33 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Big Guitar Neck, 30" x 4" x 2"

  • Acoustic Neck, 24" x 4" x 3", sufficient wood for  "ears" to the headstock.

  • Classical Neck, 36" x 3" x 1", enough to heel laminations.

  • Headplate Blank, 8" x 4-1/2" x 1"

  • Headplate Overlay Veneer, 8" x 4-1/4" x 1/8"

  • Bridge Blank, 7" x 2-1/8" x 1/2"

  • Heel / Neck Joint Blank, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2"

  • Fingerboard Blank, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4"

  • Rosette Squares, 5" x 5" x 1/8", make your own rosette. $3.00 ea.

Part Item # Master AAA
Jumbo Guitar B&S FMJBSM $170.00  
FMJBS3A   150.00
Steel String B&S FMSBSM $160.00  
FMSBS3A   $140.00
Classical B&S FLCBSM $150.00  
FLCBS3A   $130.00
Big Guitar Neck, 30" x 4" x 2" FMBGNM $130.00  
FMBGN3A   $100.00
Acoustic Neck, 24" x 4" x 3" FMAGNM $130.00  
FMAGN3A   $100.00
Classical Neck, 36" x 3" x 1 FMCGNM $90.00  
FMCGN3A   $80.00
Headplate Blank FMHPBM $20.00  
FMHPB3A   $17.00
Peghead Overlay Veneer FMHPVM $10.00  
FMHPV3A   $8.00
Bridge Blank FMBBM $7.00  
FMBB3A   $5.00
Heel / Neck Joint Blank FMNJBM $10.00  
FMNJB3A   $8.00
Fingerboard Blank FMFBM1 $20.00  
FMFB3A   $17.00
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Quilted Maple

  • Backs & Sides = B&S

  • Flat sawn = FS

  • Price includes Back & Side Set.

  • Length x Width x Thickness, Metric Converter

  • 2pc. Book match sets. = BMS.

  • Jumbo Guitar B&S, Backs , 23" x 9-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 36 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Steel String B&S, 22" x 8-1/2" x 3/16", Side 34 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Classical B&S, 21" x 7-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 33 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Big Guitar Neck, 30" x 4" x 2"

  • Acoustic Neck, 24" x 4" x 3", sufficient wood for  "ears" to the headstock.

  • Classical Neck, 36" x 3-1/2" x 1", enough wood to make heel laminations and  headstock.

  • Headplate Blank, 8" x 4-1/2" x 1"

  • Headplate / Peghead Overlay Veneer, 8" x 4-1/4" x 1/8"

  • Bridge Blank, 7" x 2-1/8" x 1/2"

  • Heel / Neck Joint Blank, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2"

  • Fingerboard Blank, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4"

  • Rosette Squares, 5" x 5" x 1/8", make your own rosette. $5.00 ea.

Part Item # Master AAA
Jumbo Guitar B&S QMJBSM $200.00  
QMJBS3A   180.00
Steel String B&S QMSBSM $180.00  
QMSBS3A   $160.00
Classical B&S QMCBSM $170.00  
QMCBS3A   $150.00
Big Guitar Neck, 30" x 4" x 2" QMBGNM $190.00  
QMBGN3A   $160.00
Acoustic Neck, 24" x 4" x 3" QMAGNM $190.00  
QMAGN3A   $160.00
Classical Neck, 36" x 3" x 1 QMCGNM $150.00  
QMCGN3A   $130.00
Headplate Blank QMHPBM $25.00  
QMHPB3A   $20.00
Peghead Overlay Veneer QMHPVM $15.00  
QMHPV3A   $13.00
Bridge Blank QMBBM $10.00  
QMBB3A   $8.00
Heel / Neck Joint Blank QMNJBM $10.00  
QMNJB3A   $8.00
Fingerboard Blank QMFBM $25.00  
QMFB3A   $22.00
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East Indian Rosewood

  • Price includes Back & Sides = B&S
  • Quarter Sawn, QS
  • Steel String B&S, 22" x 8-1/2" x 3/16", Side 34 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Classical B&S, 21" x 7-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 33 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Rosette Squares, 5" x 5" x 1/8", make your own rosette. $3.00 ea.

Parts Item# Master AAA
Steel String, B&S EIRDBSM $100.00  
EIRDBS3A   $90.00
Classical, B&S EIRCBSM $90.00  
EIRCBS3A   $80.00
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Cocobolo

  • Price includes Back & Sides = B&S
  • Quarter Sawn, QS
  • Steel String B&S, 22" x 8-1/2" x 3/16", Side 34 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Classical B&S, 21" x 7-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 33 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Headplate Overlay Veneer, 8" x 4-1/4" x 1/8"

  • Bridge Blank, 7" x 2-1/8" x 1/4"

  • Fingerboard Blank, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4"

  • Rosette Squares, 5" x 5" x 1/8", make your own rosette. $5.00 ea.

 
Part Item # Master
Steel String, B&S CODBSM $140.00
Classical, B&S COCBSM $130.00
Headplate Overlay Veneer COHPVM $15.00
Bridge Blank COBBM $7.00
Fingerboard Blank COFBM $20.00
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Treasured Tonewood
HARVESTED 100+ YEARS AGO

Make your instrument truly unique by using maple that has been salvaged from the depths of the lakes and rivers of the Eastern Townships Region of Québec, Canada. Salvaged virgin first growth hardwood 700 to 1200 years old. Grown under a thick canopy of evergreen trees and competing for limited nutrients and sunlight in overgrown forests virgin hardwood species matured slowly accumulating up to 15 to 60 rings per inch. These environmental conditions contributed to the development of a finely grained, being of exceptional quality and beauty not found in today’s hardwoods.

Make your instrument truly unique by using maple that has been salvaged from the depths of the lakes and rivers of the Eastern Townships Region of Québec, Canada. Salvaged virgin first growth hardwood 700 to 1200 years old. Grown under a thick canopy of evergreen trees and competing for limited nutrients and sunlight in overgrown forests virgin hardwood species matured slowly accumulating up to 15 to 60 rings per inch. These environmental conditions contributed to the development of a finely grained, being of exceptional quality and beauty not found in today’s hardwoods.

  • Classical Neck, 36" x 3" x 1", enough to make heel & headstock.

  • Headplate Blank, 8" x 4-1/2" x 1"

  • Tailblock Blank, 5" x 3-1/2" x 1"

Part Item # Clear
Classical Neck TTCGN $100.00
Headplate Blank TTHPB $20.00
Tailblock Blank TTTB $15.00
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Plain Maple

  • Length x Width x Thickness, Metric Converter

  • Backs & Sides = B&S 2pc. Book match sets. = BMS.

  • Quarter sawn = QS

  • Price includes Back & Side Set.

  • Jumbo Guitar B&S, Backs , 23" x 9-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 36 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Steel String B&S, 22" x 8-1/2" x 3/16", Side 34 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Classical B&S, 21" x 7-1/2" x 3/16", Sides 33 x 5 x 3/16"

  • Big Guitar Neck, 30" x 4" x 2"

  • Acoustic Neck, 24" x 4" x 3", sufficient wood for  "ears" to the headstock.

  • Classical Neck, 36" x 3" x 1", enough to make heel & headstock.

  • Headplate Blank, 8" x 4-1/2" x 1"

  • Headplate Overlay Veneer, 8" x 4-1/4" x 1/8"

  • Bridge Blank, 7" x 2-1/8" x 1/2"

  • Heel / Neck Joint Blank, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2"

  • End Block, 4" x 3" x 1-1/2"

  • Tailblock Blank, 5" x 3-1/2" x 1"

  • Bridge Plate Stock 4" x 8" x 1/8" maple stock for  underside of a guitar soundboard.

  • Fingerboard Blank, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4"

Part Item # Clear
Jumbo Guitar B&S PMJBS $60.00
Steel String B&S PMSBS $50.00
Big Guitar Neck PMBGN $35.00
Acoustic Neck PMAGN $35.00
Classical Neck PMCGN $30.00
Headplate Blank PMHPB $20.00
Headplate Veneer PMHPV $5.00
Bridge Blank IPMBB $5.00
Heel / Neck Joint Blank PMNJB $3.50
End Block PMEB $5.00
Tailblock Blank PMTB $5.00
Bridge Plate Stock PMBP $3.50
Fingerboard Blank PMFB $8.00