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 Engelmann Spruce - Sitka Spruce - Eastern Spruce - Flamed Maple - Quilted Maple - EI Rosewood  Cocobolo - Plain Maple

Important Notes:

  • Catering to the high end handmade guitar sector.

  • All tops hand split / sawn, aged naturally and air dried, 6 - 8%

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

  • For the first time builder we offer practice wood kits, bottom of page.

  • All prices in Canadian Dollars

  • Global Shipping

Sound Board Sizes

  • Length x Width x Thickness, Metric Converter

  • Tops & Backs, 2 piece book match set = 2 pc. BMS each half measuring

  • Archtop Guitar,  2 pc. BMS. 23" x 9-1/4" x 1"+

  • Small Archtop Guitar,  2 pc. BMS. 23" x 8-1/2" x 1"+

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.
Sitka Tops Item # Master AAA AA
Arch Top SSAGM $200.00    
SSAG3A   $180.00  
SSAG2A     $120.00
Small Archtop SSFMM $180.00    
SSFM3A   $160.00  
SSFM2A     $100.00
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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.
Engelmann Tops Item # Master AAA AA
Arch Top ESAGM $200.00    
ESAG3A   $180.00  
ESAG2A     $120.00
Small Archtop ESFMM $180.00    
ESFM3A   $160.00  
ESFM2A     $100.00
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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.
Eastern Tops Item # Master AAA AA
Arch Top LSAGM $500.00    
LSAG3A   $400.00  
LSAG2A     $300.00
Small Archtop LSFMM $400.00    
LSFM3A   $300.00  
LSFM2A     $200.00
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Flamed & Quilted Maple

  • Price includes Back & Side Set.

  • Length x Width x Thickness, Metric Converter

  • 2pc. Book match sets = 2 pc. BMS

  • Arch top Backs/w sides, 23 x 9-1/4 x 1"+, Sides 36 x 3 x 3/16"

  • Small Arch top/w sides,  2 pc. BMS. 23" x 8-1/2" x 1"+

  • Neck, 26" x 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"

  • Big Neck, 30" x 4" x 2"

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

  • Tailpiece Blank, 9" x 3" x 1/2"

  • Fretboard, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4"

  • Headplate Blank, 8" x 4-1/2" x 1", $20

 
Flamed Maple Item # Master AAAA
Arch Back/w Sides FMAGBSM $350.00  
FMAGBS3A   $300.00
Small Archtop Back/w sides FMSAGBSM $300.00  
FMSAGBS3A   $275.00
Neck, 26" x 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" FMAGNM1 $130.00  
FMAGN3A1   $100.00
Big Neck 30" x 4" x 2" FMAGNM2 $130.00  
FMAGN3A2   $100.00
Fretboard Blank, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4" FMMFBM $17.00  
FMMFB3A   $15.00
Tailpiece Blank, 9" x 3" x 1/2" FMTBM $17.00  
FMTB3A   $15.00
Peghead Blank FMHPBM $20.00  
FMHPB3A   $17.00
Peghead Overlay Veneer FMHPVM $15.00  
FMHPV3A   $13.00
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Quilted Maple

Flamed Maple Item # Master AAA
Arch Back/w Sides QMAGBSM $450.00  
QMAGBS3A   $400.00
Small Archtop Back/w sides QMSAGBSM $400.00  
QMSAGBS3A   $350.00
Neck, 26" x 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" QMAGNM1 $190.00  
QMAGN3A1   $160.00
Big Neck 30" x 4" x 2" QMAGNM2 $190.00  
QMAGN3A2   $160.00
Fretboard Blank, 21" x 2-1/2" x 1/4" QMMFBM $25.00  
QMMFB3A   $22.00
Tailpiece Blank, 9" x 3" x 1/2" QMTBM $20.00  
QMTB3A   $18.00
Peghead Blank QMHPBM $20.00  
QMHPB3A   $17.00
Peghead Overlay Veneer QMHPVM $15.00  
QMHPV3A   $13.00
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East Indian Rosewood

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

  • Peghead Overlay Veneer, 8" x 4-1/4" x 3/16"

Part Item# Master
Fingerboard Blank EIRFBM $20.00
Peghead Overlay Veneer EIRHVM $10.00
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Cocobolo

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

  • Peghead Overlay Veneer,, 8" x 4-1/4" x 3/16"

 

Part Item# Master
Fingerboard Blank COFBM $20.00
Peghead Overlay Veneer COHPVM $10.00
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Practice Wood

  • Length x Width x Thickness

  • 2pc. Book match sets = 2 pc. BMS

  • Top / Backs/w sides, 23 x 9-1/4 x 1"+, Sides 36 x 3 x 3/16"

  • Small Arch top/w sides,  2 pc. BMS. 23" x 8-1/2" x 1"+

  • Neck, 26" x 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"

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

  • Maple Peghead Blank, 8" x 4-1/2" x 1"

Part Item # Clear
Spruce Top SSPWT $80.00
Maple Back & Sides PMBS $80.00
Maple Neck, 26" x 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" PMAGN $30.00
Maple Fingerboard Blank PMFB $5.00
Maple Headplate Veneer PMHV $3.00
Maple Peghead Blank PMPHB $5.00
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