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Acoustic guitar: Soundboards, tops
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Dreadnought
Soundboards
Small Guitar
Soundboards
Classical, 000, and parlor size guitars
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Use our grading system to choose
your soundboard...
Color: Higher soundboard grades have more consistent color
(color affects the instrument's appearance only, not its tone).
Grain straightness: Higher soundboard grades have
straighter, more uniform grain due to slower wood growth, with
more grain lines per inch. Variations in grain straightness
generally don't affect the wood's structural integrity. Closely
spaced grain has been traditionally favored, but luthiers have
found that wider grain can produce very good tone.
Quartersawn grain: The higher the grade, the more closely
quartersawn the wood. Higher grade soundboards are usually
stiffer, stronger and more resilient, and less likely to deform
under string tension.
Grain 'run-out': Our soundboards are sawn from split
billets to reduce the amount of grain "run-out." Run-out is
caused by a twist in the tree: by splitting the log, the twist is
followed when sawing. Higher grade soundboards have less run-out,
for more strength. However, properly braced lower grades can be
excellent soundboards, especially for classical guitars.
Englemann spruce trees grow at higher altitutes, and usually have
some run-out due to their smaller diameters.
Origin and drying: Our soundboards are from western North
America, and have been kiln-dried and stored for up to a year.
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