What are the most commonly used in woods in manufacturing Walden guitars?
Walden currently only uses what are considered “traditional” guitar tone-woods. Varieties of spruce (Sitka & Engelmann) and western red cedar. Back and side woods are either Indian Rosewood or Mahogany originating from Africa or South & Central America. Fingerboards and bridges are Indian Rosewood and Ebony imported from India and S.E. Asia. THE CRAFT Here in Brazil we find some luthiers looking for alternative in other species to substitute traditional woods in the manufacture of instruments. Do you believe that can also occur in the industry? A difficulty arises though when the balance of stability and sonority must be considered. The woods traditionally used, were chosen for these reasons. Choosing replacement materials on the basis that they happen to be sustainably grown simply does not work. A good example comes from experiments we have conducted using Bamboo. It’s so common these days for eco-friendly flooring, it’s hard, and grows like a weed. However, in our tests, it had horr
