No23 Western Red Cedar and Amazon Rosewood

A friend milled up several guitar back and side sets from a large slab of Amazon Rosewood he acquired. This is one of the nicer sets of wood I got from him. I love the sapwood center stripe and the natural beauty of this wood.

The top is an even grained super stiff Western Red Cedar. The medulary rays through the top show that this is a perfectly quartersawn top. It has a very light weight Hauser 7-fan with closure bars. The sound is punchy and bright, with a good quantity of overtones to make the sound intriguing.

This guitar has the following characteristics:

  • Western Red Cedar top.  Perfectly quartersawn with amazingly stiff properties.
  • Amazon Rosewood back and sides. This is a rare Rosewood not to be confused with Brazillian Rosewood which is a different species that is also from Amazonia. To me, Amazon Rosewood is preferable since it is denser and has the beautiful purple color tones. The sapwood (live part of the tree under the bark) was preserved and used as a center stripe to enhance the beauty.
  • The Amazon Rosewood sides are laminated with Sapele as the inner lamination layer. This helps stiffen the sides for both supporting the top with a strong rim for sound clarity, and also reduces the likeliness for cracks appearing from impacts to the sides.
  • Curly maple bindings .
  • Amazon Rosewood headplate
  • Indian Ebony fingerboard
  • Brazilian Rosewood bridge
  • Spanish Cedar neck
  • Indian Ebony arm rest. Low profile provides a softer pressure on your right forearm. The arm rest is only glued to the bindings, so it floats over the top to prevent any impact on the sound of the guitar.
  • Rosette is my own ram horn mosaic center pattern, surrounded by rings of curly maple to match the wood used for the binding edge.
  • 650 mm scale length
  • 52 mm nut width, 42mm string center to center string spacing at nut.
  • Partial 20th fret for upper 2 strings
  • Gotoh premium tuners with the extra roller bearings.
  • Hauser inspired Symmetrical 7-fan bracing pattern with closure bars.

This instrument is available: $5000.00