Lightly Figured Black Limba Lam Top Guitar Sets

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: IW32929

$45.00

A ea. pc. 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 22 3/16"

Lightly Figured Black Limba Lam Top Guitar Sets

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: IW32928

Camphor Burl Lam Top Guitar Set

This rare burl is from S.E. Asia and is seldom seen on the world market. It is fine-grained and varies in color from a light reddish-brown to almost scarlet. It is easy to work and has a very pungent, spicy scent. For a burl it is remarkably stable. Green to partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32919

Camphor Burl Lam Top Guitar Set

This rare burl is from S.E. Asia and is seldom seen on the world market. It is fine-grained and varies in color from a light reddish-brown to almost scarlet. It is easy to work and has a very pungent, spicy scent. For a burl it is remarkably stable. Green to partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32918

Camphor Burl Lam Top Guitar Set

This rare burl is from S.E. Asia and is seldom seen on the world market. It is fine-grained and varies in color from a light reddish-brown to almost scarlet. It is easy to work and has a very pungent, spicy scent. For a burl it is remarkably stable. Green to partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32917

Figured Shedua Lam Top Guitar Sets

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: IW32916

Figured Shedua Lam Top Guitar Sets

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: IW32915

Zebrawood Lam Top Guitar Sets

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: IW32914

Zebrawood Lam Top Guitar Sets

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: IW32913

Zebrawood Lam Top Guitar Set

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: IW32912

Sitka Spruce Guitar Lam 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: IW32885

Figured Myrtlewood Carve Top Guitar Sets

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32816

Figured Myrtlewood Carve Top Guitar Sets

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32815

Figured Myrtlewood Lam Top Guitar Set

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32814

New Guinea Striped Ebony Lam Top Guitar Set

This wood originated from a small, sparsely inhabited island off the east coast of New Guinea. Some of these trees grow to enormous dimensions. One of the first logs we received from here was 3 1/2 feet in diameter, 18 feet long, and weighed 7 tons. It is fine-grained and takes a glassy smooth finish. Most of these pieces have a "marble-cake" look to the end grain that is outstanding.

Item Number: IW32804

Alaskan Yellow Cedar Guitar Top Sets

This is fantastic wood with grain so fine you can hardly see the annular rings. Quartersawn. Kiln-dried.

Item Number: IW32796

Western Red Cedar Guitar 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: IW32795

Western Red Cedar Guitar 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: IW32794

Alaskan Yellow Cedar Guitar Top Sets

This is fantastic wood with grain so fine you can hardly see the annular rings. Quartersawn. Kiln-dried.

Item Number: IW32787

$50.00

A ea. pc. 3/16 x 8 x 23 1/8"

Figured Myrtlewood Guitar Lam Top Sets

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32780

$165.00

B ea. pc. 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 21"

Figured Myrtlewood Guitar Lam Top Set

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32779

$100.00

B ea. pc. 3/16-1/4 x 7 1/2 x 22 5/8"

Figured Myrtlewood Guitar Lam Top Set

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32778

$150.00

B ea. pc. 3/8 x 8 1/8 x 23 3/8"

Figured Myrtlewood Guitar Lam Top Set

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32777

$150.00

A ea. pc. 3/8-7/16 x 7 1/8 x 21 1/8"

Figured Myrtlewood Lam Top Guitar Set

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32754

$125.00

A ea. pc. 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 20 9/16"

West African Ebony Guitar Peghead Veneers

Sometimes called Gabon or Gaboon, this Ebony is sometimes jet black but oftentimes has grayish streaks that mostly disappear when finished or after the made object has been put into service. This Ebony has a marked resistance to checking that is characteristic of some of the Indian and Asian species. It has a wonderful texture and is easily carved, planed, turned, and milled. It is fairly fine-grained and takes a high polish. This Ebony usually originates in either Cameroon or Nigeria and the logs are rough hewn in the forest and oftentimes brought to the nearest road by human porters. With the disappearance of other species of black Ebony this species is fast becoming the Ebony of choice.

Item Number: IW32739

$10.00

A 1/8- x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

C 1/8- x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

F 1/8- x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

G 1/8- x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

West African Ebony Guitar Peghead Veneers

Sometimes called Gabon or Gaboon, this Ebony is sometimes jet black but oftentimes has grayish streaks that mostly disappear when finished or after the made object has been put into service. This Ebony has a marked resistance to checking that is characteristic of some of the Indian and Asian species. It has a wonderful texture and is easily carved, planed, turned, and milled. It is fairly fine-grained and takes a high polish. This Ebony usually originates in either Cameroon or Nigeria and the logs are rough hewn in the forest and oftentimes brought to the nearest road by human porters. With the disappearance of other species of black Ebony this species is fast becoming the Ebony of choice.

Item Number: IW32738

$10.00

A 1/8 x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

B 1/8 x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

C 1/8 x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

D 1/8 x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

$10.00

F 1/8 x 3 3/4-3 13/16 x 8"

Zebrawood Lam Top Guitar Set

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: IW32705

Figured Padouk Lam Top Guitar Sets

This brick-red colored West African hardwood was once one of the more common imported hardwoods but has become increasingly scarce in the last couple of years. It is easy to work, takes a nice polish and is dimensionally stable. Kiln-dried.

Item Number: IW32699

Figured Padouk Lam Top Guitar Set

This brick-red colored West African hardwood was once one of the more common imported hardwoods but has become increasingly scarce in the last couple of years. It is easy to work, takes a nice polish and is dimensionally stable. Kiln-dried.

Item Number: IW32698

Figured Big Leaf Maple Guitar Top Sets

This tree is native to the Pacific Northwest. It has the distinction of having the largest leaf of the Maples-up to 15" in diameter. This is a soft Maple. The tree can produce many different types of figure, including quilted (tubular, popcorn, & cloud), curly (fiddleback, broken, & basketweave), and burl.

Item Number: IW32687

Silver Maple Guitar Carve Top Set

Item Number: IW32686

$150.00

A ea. pc. 7/8 x 7 x 21 5/8"

Western Red Cedar Guitar 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: IW32684

$50.00

A ea. pc. 3/16 x 7 11/16 x 22 5/16"

Cocobolo Lam Top Guitar Set

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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

Item Number: IW32683

Figured Hard Maple Guitar Top 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: IW32664

Sitka Spruce Ukulele/Mandolin 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: IW32661

Sitka Spruce Ukulele/Mandolin 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: IW32660

Figured Myrtlewood Guitar Top Sets

Also called Pepperwood & Bay Laurel, this is found on the Pacific coast from southwestern Oregon to southern California. It has a fairly fine texture and takes a beautiful polish. Partially air dried.

Item Number: IW32636

$150.00

A ea. pc. 3/8-7/16 x 7 1/4 x 21 5/8"

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: IW32482

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: IW32481

$50.00

A ea. pc. 1/8-3/16 x 8 x 23 3/8"

Western Red Cedar Guitar 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: IW32424

Western Red Cedar Guitar 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: IW32423

$35.00

B ea. pc. 3/16 x 7 x 21 3/16"

Curly Eucalyptus Lam Top Guitar Sets

Item Number: IW32379

$100.00

A ea. pc. 1/2-9/16 x 7 1/2 x 19"

$100.00

B ea. pc. 1/2-9/16 x 7 1/2 x 19"

Curly Hard Maple Lam Top Guitar Set

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: IW32377

Alaskan Yellow Cedar Guitar Top Sets

This is fantastic wood with grain so fine you can hardly see the annular rings. Quartersawn. Kiln-dried.

Item Number: IW32373

$50.00

B ea. pc. 3/16 x 9 1/16 x 23"

Figured Genuine Mahogany Lam Top Guitar Set

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: IW32256

Figured Hard Maple 2 piece Carve Top Guitar Set

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.

Slip matched.

Item Number: IW32241

Figured Hard Maple 2 piece Carve Top Guitar 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.

Slip matched.

Item Number: IW32240

$75.00

A ea. pc. 7/8 x 7 x 20 1/8"

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: IW32212

Western Red Cedar Guitar 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: IW32211

Figured Black Limba Lam Top Guitar Sets

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: IW32194