Black Limba Instrument Billet

Beautifully variegated and colored, Black Limba is easy to work and finish. This wood is found in the equatorial forests of West Africa. Black Limba has wonderful tonal properties and is suitable for both solid-body guitars and acoustic guitars. Easy to work and takes a nice polish. Kiln-dried.

Item Number: IW33108

Genuine Mahogany Instrument Billet

Also called Acajou, Tropical American Mahogany, and Honduras Mahogany. This medium to large tree occurs throughout Central and South America. Related to Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) and Pacific Coast Mahogany (Swietenia humilis). It produces one of the classic furniture and cabinetmaking woods. The heartwood varies from a light reddish-brown to a rich, dark red. Generally straight grained and exceptionally stable, it is easy to machine, hand plane, sand and finish. Occasional logs produce several figures, curly, quilted, and the rare plum pudding figure which looks like large drips running down the board. Used in fine furniture and joinery, boat building, and in the guitar industry for acoustic sets and necks.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33107

Purpleheart 2 piece Guitar Neck Set

The best colored & figured Purpleheart comes from Bolivia. It is also finer-grained than other Purpleheart species found elsewhere. Air-dried.

Item Number: IW33106

Figured Shedua Guitar Neck Blanks

Also called Ovangkol and Amazakoue. This wood is increasingly becoming popular as an acoustic guitar wood. The color varies from a rich, golden brown to a lustrous grayish brown usually with a black stripe.

Item Number: IW33105

Bird's-eye Maple 3 piece Guitar Neck Set

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Figured somewhat like that of burl with many small eyes separate from each other. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: IW33104

South American Rosewood Bass Guitar Finger Boards

Item Number: IW33103

$45.00

B 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 30 1/4"

$45.00

C 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 30 1/4"

South American Rosewood Guitar Finger Boards

Item Number: IW33102

$35.00

D 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 22 1/8"

$35.00

E 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 22 1/8"

$35.00

F 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 22 1/8"

$35.00

G 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 22 1/8"

Figured Shedua Guitar Neck Blanks

Also called Ovangkol and Amazakoue. This wood is increasingly becoming popular as an acoustic guitar wood. The color varies from a rich, golden brown to a lustrous grayish brown usually with a black stripe.

Item Number: IW33101

Brazilian Kingwood Guitar Finger Boards

A true rosewood. The wood is variegated with different shades of purple and darker stripes. The specific gravity is 1.2 so it is hard and heavy. Used for inlays and bandings, turnery, and fancy furniture accessories.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33100

Bird's-eye Maple 4 piece Guitar Neck Set

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Figured somewhat like that of burl with many small eyes separate from each other. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: IW33099

Western Red Cedar Guitar Top Set

This is a large conifer species growing along the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. At one time most wooden shingles used in the U.S.A. were cut from Western Red Cedar. Old-growth billets with little or no grain run-out produce excellent tonewood for guitars and other musical instruments.

The tone on this set is absolutely fantastic.

Item Number: IW33098

Port Orford Cedar Guitar Top Set

Port Orford Cedar is one of the most valuable woods in the United States. The wood is aromatic with a spicy odor. The wood is light in weight, light yellow or white in color, fine-grained, strong, and durable. When used as a lining in drawers, chests, and cabinets, it is said to repel moths & insects. It is also an excellent carving wood.

Item Number: IW33097

Sitka Spruce Guitar Top Sets

A conifer species native to the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. It became well known during World War II because of its use in airplane construction. Widely used for sounding boards and tonewoods in the manufacture of musical instruments.

Item Number: IW33096

Hard Maple 3 piece Guitar Neck Sets

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Because of the generally small size of available logs, most sawmills produce flatsawn boards which will show a broken curl on the surface and a fiddleback curl on the quartersawn edge. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: IW33094

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Bridge Blanks

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33093

$15.00

E 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 8"

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Bridge Blanks

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33092

$15.00

D 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 8"

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Finger Boards

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33091

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Finger Boards

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33090

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Finger Boards

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33089

Madagascar Rosewood Lam Top Guitar Sets

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33088

Bird's-eye Maple Lam Top Guitar Sets

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Figured somewhat like that of burl with many small eyes separate from each other. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: IW33087

Sitka Spruce Ukulele Top Sets

A conifer species native to the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. It became well known during World War II because of its use in airplane construction. Widely used for sounding boards and tonewoods in the manufacture of musical instruments.

Item Number: IW33086

Sitka Spruce Ukulele Top Sets

A conifer species native to the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. It became well known during World War II because of its use in airplane construction. Widely used for sounding boards and tonewoods in the manufacture of musical instruments.

Item Number: IW33085

Sitka Spruce Ukulele Top Sets

A conifer species native to the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. It became well known during World War II because of its use in airplane construction. Widely used for sounding boards and tonewoods in the manufacture of musical instruments.

B has a bear claw figure.

Item Number: IW33084

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Bridge Blanks

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33081

$15.00

B 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 8"

$15.00

C 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 8"

$15.00

D 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 8"

$15.00

E 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 8"

$15.00

F 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 8"

$15.00

G 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 8"

$15.00

H 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 8"

$15.00

I 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 8"

Madagascar Rosewood Guitar Finger Boards

This is one of many Madagascar Rosewood species. The heartwood is light to dark purple in sharp contrast to the light colored sapwood. Like other rosewoods it has a pleasant, sweet smell. This material is at least 10 years air-dried. We have seen only one log of this rare rosewood in twenty-five years.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33079

$50.00

A 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 20 5/8"

$50.00

B 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 20 5/8"

$50.00

C 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 20 5/8"

$50.00

D 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 5/8"

$50.00

F 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 9/16"

$50.00

G 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 9/16"

African Blackwood Guitar Finger Boards

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33078

Curly Hard Maple Guitar Finger Boards

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Because of the generally small size of available logs, most sawmills produce flatsawn boards which will show a broken curl on the surface and a fiddleback curl on the quartersawn edge. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: IW33077

Western Red Cedar Guitar Top Set

This is a large conifer species growing along the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. At one time most wooden shingles used in the U.S.A. were cut from Western Red Cedar. Old-growth billets with little or no grain run-out produce excellent tonewood for guitars and other musical instruments.

This set may have a fairly wide grain, but the tone on it is lovely.

Item Number: IW33075

Figured Red Maple Book-matched Carve Top Guitar Sets

Item Number: IW33072

Genuine Mahogany 3 piece Solid Body Guitar Blanks

Also called Acajou, Tropical American Mahogany, and Honduras Mahogany. This medium to large tree occurs throughout Central and South America. Related to Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) and Pacific Coast Mahogany (Swietenia humilis). It produces one of the classic furniture and cabinetmaking woods. The heartwood varies from a light reddish-brown to a rich, dark red. Generally straight grained and exceptionally stable, it is easy to machine, hand plane, sand and finish. Occasional logs produce several figures, curly, quilted, and the rare plum pudding figure which looks like large drips running down the board. Used in fine furniture and joinery, boat building, and in the guitar industry for acoustic sets and necks.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33070

Genuine Mahogany 3 piece Solid Body Guitar Blanks

Also called Acajou, Tropical American Mahogany, and Honduras Mahogany. This medium to large tree occurs throughout Central and South America. Related to Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) and Pacific Coast Mahogany (Swietenia humilis). It produces one of the classic furniture and cabinetmaking woods. The heartwood varies from a light reddish-brown to a rich, dark red. Generally straight grained and exceptionally stable, it is easy to machine, hand plane, sand and finish. Occasional logs produce several figures, curly, quilted, and the rare plum pudding figure which looks like large drips running down the board. Used in fine furniture and joinery, boat building, and in the guitar industry for acoustic sets and necks.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33069

Purpleheart 2 piece Guitar Neck Set

The best colored & figured Purpleheart comes from Bolivia. It is also finer-grained than other Purpleheart species found elsewhere. Air-dried.

Item Number: IW33068

Genuine Mahogany Guitar Neck Blanks

Also called Acajou, Tropical American Mahogany, and Honduras Mahogany. This medium to large tree occurs throughout Central and South America. Related to Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) and Pacific Coast Mahogany (Swietenia humilis). It produces one of the classic furniture and cabinetmaking woods. The heartwood varies from a light reddish-brown to a rich, dark red. Generally straight grained and exceptionally stable, it is easy to machine, hand plane, sand and finish. Occasional logs produce several figures, curly, quilted, and the rare plum pudding figure which looks like large drips running down the board. Used in fine furniture and joinery, boat building, and in the guitar industry for acoustic sets and necks.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33066

$77.05

B 3 x 3 x 30 13/16"

Western Red Cedar Guitar Top Set

This is a large conifer species growing along the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. At one time most wooden shingles used in the U.S.A. were cut from Western Red Cedar. Old-growth billets with little or no grain run-out produce excellent tonewood for guitars and other musical instruments.

Item Number: IW33064

Western Red Cedar Ukulele Top Sets

This is a large conifer species growing along the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A. At one time most wooden shingles used in the U.S.A. were cut from Western Red Cedar. Old-growth billets with little or no grain run-out produce excellent tonewood for guitars and other musical instruments.

Item Number: IW33063

Guatemalan Rosewood Acoustic Guitar Back & Sides Set

This Rosewood species has a reddish-brown to dark brown colored heartwood contrasting the almost white sapwood. The dust has a sweet odor. It is an excellent furniture/case works/jewelry box wood and even though it has a medium texture it does take a nice polish. We also offer it as a musical instrument wood (see guitar fingerboards and backs & sides elsewhere on the site). It has a very "crisp" tap tone with good sustain.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33062

Guatemalan Rosewood Acoustic Guitar Back & Sides Set

This Rosewood species has a reddish-brown to dark brown colored heartwood contrasting the almost white sapwood. The dust has a sweet odor. It is an excellent furniture/case works/jewelry box wood and even though it has a medium texture it does take a nice polish. We also offer it as a musical instrument wood (see guitar fingerboards and backs & sides elsewhere on the site). It has a very "crisp" tap tone with good sustain.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: IW33061

White Limba Instrument Billets

Also known in the guitar trade as Korina. This is a fairly lightweight, light-colored wood from West Africa with excellent tonal qualities. Occasional logs have a dark colored heart which produces what we call Black Limba.

Item Number: IW33060

Figured South American Rosewood Ukulele Back & Sides Set

Item Number: IW33059

Asian Ebony Guitar Bridge Blanks

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: IW33056

Asian Ebony Guitar Bridge Blanks

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: IW33055

$15.00

F 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 8"

$15.00

G 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 8"

Asian Ebony Guitar Bridge Blanks

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: IW33054

Asian Ebony Guitar Peghead Veneers

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: IW33053

$12.50

F 1/8 x 4 x 10"

$12.50

G 1/8 x 4 x 10"

Asian Ebony Guitar Finger Boards

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: IW33052

$35.00

A 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20"

$35.00

C 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 1/8"

$35.00

H 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 20 9/16"

Asian Ebony Guitar Finger Boards

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: IW33051

Spalted Asian Ebony Guitar Finger Boards

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

None of these have any punkiness to them, they are all very solid and sound. This is the one of the rarest figures you will ever see.

Item Number: IW33050

$60.00

E 3/8 x 2 13/16 x 20 3/8"

Spalted Asian Ebony Guitar Finger Boards

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

None of these have any punkiness to them, they are all very solid and sound. This is the one of the rarest figures you will ever see.

Item Number: IW33049

Spalted Asian Ebony Guitar Finger Boards

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

None of these have any punkiness to them, they are all very solid and sound. This is the one of the rarest figures you will ever see.

Item Number: IW33048

$60.00

C 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 1/2"

$60.00

D 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 1/2"

$60.00

G 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 1/2"

$60.00

H 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 1/2"

$60.00

I 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 20 1/2"

Spalted Asian Ebony Guitar Finger Boards

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

None of these have any punkiness to them, they are all very solid and sound. This is the one of the rarest figures you will ever see.

Item Number: IW33047