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Dreadnought Sitka Spruce Soundboard
Bookmatched sets of two quartersawn halves, thickness-sanded to .125"-.130", for joining and profiling. Each Dreadnought soundboard half is approximately 8-1/2" x 21".
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Soundboard Wood Applications: Sitka and Engelmann spruce are familiar traditional choices for making steel-string guitar soundboards.
Soundboard Origin & Drying: Our Sitka and Engelmann soundboards are from western North America. These have been sawn to thickness from split billets, and have been kiln-dried and stored for up to a year (contrary to legend, soundboard wood need not be stored for a longer period).
Our limited supply of Bear Claw Sitka is a visual treat. This rare bookmatched soundboard spruce features subtle natural "bear claw" striations that appear randomly across the grain. This gives the soundboard an especially distinctive appearance.
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 sound-board 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 sound-boards have less run-out, for more strength. However, properly braced lower grades can be excellent soundboards, especially for classical guitars. Engelmann spruce trees grow at higher altitudes, and usually have some run-out due to their smaller diameters.
Origin and drying: Our sound-boards are from western North America, and have been kiln-dried and stored for up to a year.
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Shown on page 76 of our latest catalog.
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