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| Component | Width | Length | Thickness | Cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundboard | 8.5" | 22" | 0.175" | q |
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.
| Component | Width | Length | Thickness | Cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundboard | 8.5" | 22" | 0.175" | q |
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.