MAPLE
Maple, a dense and durable hardwood, is celebrated for its bright, articulate, and transparent tonal profile, delivering a tight, precise sound with exceptional clarity and projection. Its hardness and weight make it a favorite for guitar bodies, offering both structural stability and striking aesthetics with its light, figured grain patterns like flame or quilted maple. When paired with tonewoods like spruce, maple enhances tonal balance, blending its crisp brilliance with richer, warmer characteristics, making it ideal for a wide range of playing styles from folk to rock.
Below is a full list of in-stock wood species. Many of these are shown on the More page. If you are interested in seeing a specific wood species not shown online, drop me a line.
African Blackwood
Beeswing kyia mahogany
Black Walnut
Brazilian Rosewood
Bubinga
Cambodian RW
Canarywood
Chechen
American Cherry
Cocobolo
Flame Maple
Honduran Mahogany
Indian Laurel
Indian Rosewood
Jatoba
Koa
Machiche
Madagascar Rosewood
Malaysian Blackwood
Mango
Maple
Ovangkol
Padauk
T’zalam Fiddleback
Tamarind
Wenge
Zebra Wood
Ziricote
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