What kind of tonewoods are available?
For neck laminates, we recommend various combinations of Maple, Purpleheart, Ebony, Bubinga, and Rosewood. Body cores are often made of Mahogany, Korina (Limba), Myrtle, Walnut, Ash, Maple, or Alder. For decorate tops and backs, we recommend highly figured Maples, figured Walnuts, Bubinga, Bocote, Rosewood, and Maccassar Ebony. Fretboards are generally Rosewood, Bubinga, Figured maple, Black Ebony, or Maccassar ebony. We can use many other woods as well, like Wenge, Koa, Shedua or Sapele, (to name a few). For tops and backs and headstock facings, almost any highly decorative wood – such as burls or crotch pieces or spalts – can be used, as long as the wood is not too soft and ‘punky’. Virtually any beautiful piece of wood can be incorporated in your instrument…
