StewMac Torrefied Sitka Spruce Soundboard Wood for Dreadnought Guitar, Sanded Grade AAA

$89.62

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StewMac Torrefied Sitka Spruce Soundboard Wood for Dreadnought Guitar, Sanded Grade AAA
StewMac Torrefied Sitka Spruce Soundboard Wood for Dreadnought Guitar, Sanded Grade AAA
$89.62

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Already “broken in” for stability and tone. Torrefied spruce is dimensionally stable (non-shrinking), with the clear tone and warm color of well-aged vintage tonewood. Supplied as bookmatched sets of two quartersawn halves. When joined they’re large enough for a Dreadnought guitar. Each AAA-grade half is approximately 8-1/2″ x 21″ (216mm x 533mm) Thickness-sanded to 0.125″ – 0.130″ (3.18mm – 3.30mm) About torrefied wood It takes years for a new guitar to break in, to develop its tone and realize its full potential. As tonewood ages, its cell structure goes through changes, becoming much more resonant and responsive. After a few years, you get the payoff: you begin to hear the sound of a vintage guitar. With the introduction of torrefied woods, professional builders are giving their guitars a head start on tone. The wood is heat-treated in an oxygen-free kiln, making it highly resonant and extremely stable. It’s as if the wood is pre-aged. It looks and sounds like wood that’s been broken in for many years.

Features

  • Torrefied spruce is dimensionally stable (non-shrinking), with the clear tone and warm color of well-aged vintage tonewood
  • Torrefied wood is heat-treated in an oxygen-free kiln, making it highly resonant and extremely stable
  • The result of this treatment is wood that looks and sounds like it’s been broken in for many years.
  • Supplied as bookmatched sets of two quartersawn halves that are, when joined, large enough for a Dreadnought guitar
  • Each quartersawn half measures approximately 8-1/2″ x 21″ (216mm x 533mm), and is thickness-sanded to 0.125″ – 0.130″ (3.18mm – 3.30mm)

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