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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is medium density for redwood. For elevated density check out the 80yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 60 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast, and has moderate yet very fine silking. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. This run is on the more dense side for redwood. For medium density check out the 60yr run. All redwood darkens to a more homogeneous deep red color with time and UV light. These are cut from a salvage, not sinker, log that was pulled off private timber land after about 80 years laying there in the hills of the Northern California coast. Its a lot of heavy flake/glint type silk on these. All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled.This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them.Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. Cutting tops from handsplit material, as opposed to lumber, is the best yet most labor intensive method for yielding plates with no grain runout.You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set, or questions regarding taptone and stiffness.

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Bastogne Walnut. Some minor figure amid the classic darks/carmels that are typically bastogne, which is a cross between a claro and an English walnut. I organize all my binding by the very blank it was cut from, and will pull your pieces for the best match when packing your order. Picture is of this very run. Also sold by the bundle, which means all of the pieces a particular blank produced. Contact me for current bundle availability.

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African Padauk. Straight and orange turning to deep aged rust over time. I organize all my binding by the very blank it was cut from, and will pull your pieces for the best match when packing your order. Picture is of this very run. Also sold by the bundle, which means all of the pieces a particular blank produced. Contact me for current bundle availability.

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Acacia Koa from the Big Island of Hawaii. Same as 101, but pulled for darker color. I cut these from wood that came out of an old ukelele shop. Its good dense old school koa with classic koa shimmer and chatoyance, however unfigured. I organize all my binding by the very blank it was cut from, and will pull your pieces for the best match when packing your order. Picture is of this very run. Also sold by the bundle, which means all of the pieces a particular blank produced. Contact me for current bundle availability.

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Acacia Koa from the Big Island of Hawaii. I cut these from wood that came out of an old ukelele shop. Its good dense old school koa with classic koa shimmer and chatoyance, however unfigured. I organize all my binding by the very blank it was cut from, and will pull your pieces for the best match when packing your order. Picture is of this very run. Also sold by the bundle, which means all of the pieces a particular blank produced. Contact me for current bundle availability.

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Padauk. Straight with some minor ribbons. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Super tight and straight Bubinga. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Flat grain Bocote. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Straight grain Bocote. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Vertical grain Redwood. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Macassar Ebony. Contact me with specific concerns about dark/tan streaking. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Claro Walnut. These are straight grain with some color lines. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Mexican Cocobolo. Same material as the acoustic guitar sets currently available. Headstock plates come off the production of other parts, and as such thickness may vary as well as whether the surface is planed, sanded, or bandsawn. Dimensions shown are minimums, and any bandsawn plates are supplied thick enough to account for sanding. Headstock plates are also used as inlay material.

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Probably the most non descript, even grained and even density claro walnut there will ever be. Boring stuff but perfect for necks! This run is remarkably similar to pattern grade mahogany, but with a walnutty flavor. Flamboyant it is not, but carves super nice and is very consistant. These are well quartered but it you are interested in full vertical please contact me.

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Myrtlewood from the southern Oregon coast. I picked up a couple loads of logs sustainably harvested by Coquille native people off their tribal land some years ago, and there's some nice neck material coming off it now. These are very clean for myrtle, with some minor dark streaks possible here and there, and possibly some pretty great shimmer. Well quartered but if you are interested in full vertical please contact me. Comes with a matching heel blank for stacked heel construction.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Sinker redwood, sequoia sempervirens, acoustic guitar top. Theses tops come from a log that was recovered from a bog where it had been since the mid 20th century, and was pulled out in 2021. Its called the Bog Log and these are the Rusty Salmon tops produced from it. But only a small handfull of the blocks from this log had the kind of streaking typically associated with sinker. Sinker doesn't have to mean streaky. These are flaming hot, dark, and the streaks can be slightly assymetrical. There is plenty of silk and other ribbony stuff going on too! All my redwood tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

Set Specifications

Western Red Cedar, thuya plicata, acoustic guitar top. All my cedar tops come from twice hand split old growth blocks that have been double culled. This means that they are hand selected as blocks at the source and then hand selected by me at the time I load them. Then I further hand split them down to manageable on-quarter splits that are milled into top plates, which are stacked and stickered for air drying here in the high desert. MC must fall below 8% before I clean up the plates for presentation on the website. There can be some residual band saw marks that remain and these may show as darker splotches but they will easily sand down no problem. Also, some sets have a coat of sealer on them to pop the color, others do not. You can always contact me for more pics of any particular set.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry....some minor cup on this one please be aware.

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Cocobolo! aka Mexican Rosewood, dalbergia retusa I believe but I can't say for sure as I found 4 nice boards, up to 12" wide, in a garage out on some farm property between Portland and Mt.Hood. The guy had come to realize he wasn't going to get to cutting all his wood in his remaining years, and told me he had bought the boards 25 years earlier. I deliberately cut these for less yield but better matching sets, that is, all sides were cut proximate to the backs and from the very same board, eventhough a few of the boards were very similar. Dense, tough material. Wear a mask! Cocobolo is on the CITES list as such there is no international shipping on these sorry.

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Set Specifications

Set Specifications

Oregon Myrtle, from the SW Oregon coastal region. In addition to the figured stuff, I like to acquire tight clean straight round myrtle logs, which tend to yield me sets like these - straight and colorful, maybe some ribbons of micro curl here and there, and hopefully some wispy black line stuff which has nothing to so with spalt when it comes to myrtle. Every set is unique, but the way I saw the logs keeps things pretty nice and consistant for the species. All these plates are good, even density material, air dried here in the High Desert of Central Oregon.

Set Specifications

Oregon Myrtle, from the SW Oregon coastal region. In addition to the figured stuff, I like to acquire tight clean straight round myrtle logs, which tend to yield me sets like these - straight and colorful, maybe some ribbons of micro curl here and there, and hopefully some wispy black line stuff which has nothing to so with spalt when it comes to myrtle. Every set is unique, but the way I saw the logs keeps things pretty nice and consistant for the species. All these plates are good, even density material, air dried here in the High Desert of Central Oregon.

Set Specifications

Oregon Myrtle, from the SW Oregon coastal region. In addition to the figured stuff, I like to acquire tight clean straight round myrtle logs, which tend to yield me sets like these - straight and colorful, maybe some ribbons of micro curl here and there, and hopefully some wispy black line stuff which has nothing to so with spalt when it comes to myrtle. Every set is unique, but the way I saw the logs keeps things pretty nice and consistant for the species. All these plates are good, even density material, air dried here in the High Desert of Central Oregon.

Set Specifications

Oregon Myrtle, from the SW Oregon coastal region. In addition to the figured stuff, I like to acquire tight clean straight round myrtle logs, which tend to yield me sets like these - straight and colorful, maybe some ribbons of micro curl here and there, and hopefully some wispy black line stuff which has nothing to so with spalt when it comes to myrtle. Every set is unique, but the way I saw the logs keeps things pretty nice and consistant for the species. All these plates are good, even density material, air dried here in the High Desert of Central Oregon.

Set Specifications

I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

Set Specifications

I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

Set Specifications

I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

Set Specifications

I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

Set Specifications

I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.

Set Specifications

I milled a nice clean claro log into some 6/4 back in 2012, and started cutting sets off the lumber spring 2025. Air dryed here in the High Desert 13 years. Unfigured, but with coloration similar to that of bastogne walnut. It's supple wood and works well. I have enjoyed bookmatching these, the grain is pretty active and each set has its own unique way of matching up. This could be affected further by trimming the plates, potentially with a taper at the glue joint, for a completely new visual. These are somewhat porous, similar to mahogany. For more dense walnut check out my figured claro or bastogne sets.