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Fourteen pages of instrument woods

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SPRUCE , CEDAR, REDWOOD, ETC.

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Mandolin/Ukelele Tonewood Billets

These are quartersawn and were cut from fine-grained, old-growth, hand-split blocks. Re-sawn, these will produce excellent instrument tops with no grain run-out. Well air-dried.

#IW21230A 7/8 x 2 ½ x 24 ½" $9.00
#IW21230B 1 7/16 x 5 1/16 x 24" $25.00
-sold
#IW21230C 1 9/16 x 5 1/16 x 22" $34.00
-sold
#IW21230D 1 x 5 ½ x 22 5/8" $20.00
-sold
#IW21230E 2 5/16 x 5 11/16 x 22 3/8" $45.00
-sold
#IW21230F 1 15/16 x 6 15/16 x 22 1/8" $45.00
-sold

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Port Orford Cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Guitar Top Sets

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. Old-growth & quartersawn. Rare.

#IW21487A-sold
each piece 3/16 x 7 15/16 x 22 5/8" $50.00/set
#IW21487B
-sold
each piece 3/16 x 8 1/8 x 22 5/8" $50.00/set

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Port Orford Cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Mandolin/Ukulele Top Sets

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. These are two-piece, book-matched sets cut from old-growth, quartersawn billets. Rare.

#IW21488A each piece 3/16 x 4 3/16 x 22 ¾" $25.00/set
#IW21488B each piece 3/16 x 5 x 22 5/8" $25.00/set
#IW21488C each piece 3/16 x 5 x 23 3/8" $25.00/set
#IW21488D each piece 3/16 x 4 13/16 x 23 1/8" $25.00/set

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Port Orford Cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Guitar Top Sets

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. These are two-piece, book-matched sets cut from old-growth, quartersawn billets. Rare.

#IW21489A
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22 7/8" $50.00/set
#IW21489B
-sold
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22 7/8" $50.00/set

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Port Orford Cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Guitar Top Sets

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. These are two-piece, book-matched sets cut from old-growth, quartersawn billets. Rare.

#IW21490A-sold
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22 7/8" $50.00/set
#IW21490B
-sold
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22 7/8" $50.00/set

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California Redwood
(Sequoia sempervirens)
Ukulele/Violin Set
Quartersawn.

#IW21651
each piece 3/16 x 5 ½ x 22 ¼" $20.00/set

 

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Sitka Spruce
(Picea sitchensis)
Ukulele/Violin Set
Quartersawn.

#IW21652A
each piece 3/16 x 5 x 18 13/16" $20.00/set
#IW21652B
each piece 3/16 x 5 x 20 1/8" $20.00/set

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Sitka Spruce
(Picea sitchensis)
Ukulele/Violin Set
Quartersawn.

#IW21653A-sold
each piece 3/16 x 4 ¾ x 20 5/8" (bear claw figure) $25.00/set
#IW21653B
each piece 3/16 x 5 x 22" $25.00/set

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Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Guitar Top Sets
Douglas Fir tends to be stiffer than either Spruce or Cedar. Air-dried.

#IW22000A
each piece 3/16 x 8 3/4 x 25 1/2" $20.00/set
#IW22000B
-sold
each piece 3/16 x 8 3/4 x 25 1/2" $20.00/set

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Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Guitar Top Sets
Douglas Fir tends to be stiffer than either Spruce or Cedar. Air-dried.

#IW22001A-sold
each piece 3/16 x 8 3/4 x 25 1/2" $20.00/set
#IW22001B
each piece 3/16 x 8 3/4 x 25 1/2" $20.00/set

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Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Guitar Top Sets
Douglas Fir tends to be stiffer than either Spruce or Cedar. Air-dried.

#IW22002A
each piece 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 24 1/8" $20.00/set
#IW22002B
each piece 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 24 1/8" $20.00/set

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Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Guitar Top Sets
Douglas Fir tends to be stiffer than either Spruce or Cedar. Air-dried.

#IW22003A each piece 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 24 3/8" $20.00/set-sold
#IW22003B each piece 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 24 3/8" $20.00/set
#IW22003C each piece 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 24 1/8" $20.00/set

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Instrument Billets

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These are quartersawn and were cut from fine-grained, old-growth, hand-split blocks. Re-sawn, these will produce excellent guitar or other instrument tops with no grain run-out. Well air-dried.

#IW21931A-sold
1 9/16 x 7 3/8 x 23 1/4" $50.00
#IW21931B
1 9/16 x 7 3/4 x 23 3/4" $50.00

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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Guitar Top Sets

These are two-piece, book-matched sets. This is fantastic wood with grain so fine you can hardly see the annular rings. Quartersawn.

#IW21375A
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set
#IW21375B
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set

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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Guitar Top Sets

These are two-piece, book-matched sets. This is fantastic wood with grain so fine you can hardly see the annular rings. Quartersawn.

#IW21376A-sold
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set
#IW21376B
each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set

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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Guitar Top Sets

These are two-piece, book-matched sets. This is fantastic wood with grain so fine you can hardly see the annular rings. Quartersawn.

#IW21377A each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set
#IW21377B each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set
-sold
#IW21377C each piece 3/16 x 9 x 22-22 ½" $50.00/set

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Ukulele Billets

These are quartersawn and were cut from fine-grained, old-growth, hand-split blocks. Re-sawn, these will produce excellent instrument tops with no grain run-out. Well air-dried.

#IW21685A
1 7/8 x 4 x15 ½" $25.00
#IW21685B
-sold
1 15/16 x 5 x 15 3/16" $25.00

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Violin/Ukulele Top Set

Two-piece, book-matched sets cut from hand-split, old-growth blocks.

#IW21588A
each piece 3/16 x 5 ¾ x 22 3/8" $20.00/set
#IW21588B
each piece 3/16 x 5 ¾ x 22 3/8" $20.00/set

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)

#IW21757D-sold
2 3/8 x 4 1/16 x 21 13/16"
(tonewood blank)
$34.50
#IW21757E
-sold
7/8 x 6 x 21 3/4"
(tonewood blank)
$24.00

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Instrument Billets

click on photo for close-up

These were cut from hand-split blocks. This is old-growth, fine-grained wood. Air-dried.

#IW20469A
2 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 21 ¾" $75.00
#IW20469B
-sold
2 5/16 x 8 ¼ x 22 ¾" $75.00

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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Book-matched Guitar Top Sets

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

#IW21030A
each piece 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 22 1/8" $50.00/set
#IW21030B
each piece 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 22 1/8" $50.00/set

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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Book-matched Guitar Top Sets

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

#IW21031A
each piece 3/16 x 8 x 22 1/8" $50.00/set
#IW21031B
each piece 3/16 x 8 x 22 1/8" $50.00/set

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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Book-matched Guitar Top Sets

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

#IW21033A-sold
each piece 3/16 x 8 1/16 x 22 3/16" $50.00/set
#IW21033B

each piece 3/16 x 8 x 22 3/16" $50.00/set

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Ukelele/Mandolin Tonewood Blanks

These are quartersawn and were cut from fine-grained, old-growth, hand-split blocks. Re-sawn, these will produce excellent tops with no grain run-out. Well air-dried.

#IW21028A 1 ¼ x 5 11/16 x 19 9/16" $25.00
#IW21028B 13/16 x 5 ½ x 22 1/16" $18.00
-sold
#IW21028C 15/16 x 6 x 21 ¾" $22.00
-sold

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Instrument/Acoustic Guitar Tonewood Billets

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These quartersawn billets are cut from hand-selected split blocks so we can guarantee blocks with little or no grain run-out. Air-dried.

#IW20854A 2 11/16 x 9 ¼ x 21 ½" (AA-AAA grade) $100.00-sold
#IW20854B 2 3/8 x 9 1/16 x 22" (AA-AAA grade) $100.00
-sold
#IW20854C 2 1/16 x 10 7/16 x 21 7/8" (AA-AAA grade) $75.00
-sold
#IW20854D 2 ½ x 9 1/8 x 22 3/8" (AA grade) $75.00

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)

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Instrument/Acoustic Guitar Tonewood Billets
These quartersawn billets are cut from hand-selected split blocks so we can guarantee blocks with little or no grain run-out. Air-dried.

#IW20805A 1 15/16 x 8 15/16 x 21 7/8" (AA grade) $50.00-sold
#IW20805B 2 ½ x 8 1/16 x 21 11/16" (AA grade) $75.00
#IW20805C 2 7/8 x 9 1/8 x 21 3/8" (AA-AAA grade) $90.00
-sold

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Ukulele/Mandolin Tonewood Blanks

These are quartersawn and were cut from fine-grained, old-growth, hand-split blocks. Re-sawn, these will produce excellent tops with no grain run-out. Well air-dried.

#IW21011A 15/16 x 6 x 19 5/8" $22.00
#IW21011B 15/16 x 6 x 19 5/8" $22.00
#IW21011C 1 x 6 x 22 5/8" $22.00
#IW21011D 1 x 6 x 22 5/8" $22.00

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Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)
Instrument Billet

These are quartersawn and were cut from fine-grained, old-growth, hand-split blocks. Re-sawn, these will produce excellent guitar or other instrument tops with no grain run-out. Partially air-dried.

#IW21167-sold
2 5/8-3 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 22 3/16"
$75.00

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Now instrument woods are divided into fourteen areas
Instrument Billets
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