Wood selection guide
Questions while selecting wood
The agony of choice! Do I select by reason of tonal or visual aspects?
Rest assured: It is ok either way!
One does not need to be embarrassed about choosing a wood type simply because of its beautiful grain or color. Appearance is a most important element – the guitar must have visual appeal! Not least because this will tempt you to reach for it often. But appearance is a very subjective matter; everyone has their own individual preferences. For this reason we will not go into the issue of visual wood characteristics for now.
With the selection of woods for a custom shop guitar, however, there are tonal qualities by which one might 'compose' an instrument and influence its ultimate voice. We would like to assist in this regard.
Our comments relate primarily to the woods to be used for back, sides and soundboard (top). We will also demonstrate the woods which can be used for decorative elements but their influence on tone will be negligible.
Should you have queries relating to the tonal aspects of the body shapes, please see the section "Selection by Body Shape" in the Guitar Overview.
Tavola

Abete Adirondack AAAA

Abete europeo AAA

Abete europeo AAAA

Abete europeo torrefatto AAA

Abete europeo torrefatto nocciolo AAA

Abete europeo torrefatto nocciolo AAAA

Abete nocciolo AAA

Abete nocciolo AAAA

Abete rosso europeo, 50 anni

Abete sitka AAAA

Cedro AAA

Cedro AAAA

Koa AAAA

Mogano

Mogano Pommele
Fondo e fasce

Mogano

Mogano Pommele

Ovangkol

Acero semplice

Noce

Noce California

Noce nero

Elm

Palissandro indiano AA

Palissandro indiano AAA

Padouk

Quercia

Cipresso

Padouk bicolore

Ciliegio

Chakté Viga

Bocote

Granadillo

Ziricote

Ebano Macassar

Acero fiammato

Mirto

Cocobolo

Blackwood

Koa
Altre tipologie di legno e materiali per i profili e ornamenti

Acero

Eucalipto, affumicato

Koa

Legno di serpente

Margini in plastica bianca

Margini in plastica Tortoise

Mogano

Muninga

Palissandro indiano

Pero

Quercia, affumicato

Susino

Tasso
Tastiera

Cocobolo

Ebano

Euphoria

Noce

Padouk

Palissandro indiano

Susino

Ziricote