Dec
24th
Electric guitars are normally built with wood from deciduous trees, so-called hardwoods. However, of all the different types of hardwood only very few are actually used for guitarbuilding purposes. For making the body these are traditionally maple, ash, mahogany, alder, basswood and nut. This limitation to such a small number may at first sight seem surprising, but bearing in mind the large quantities of wood that big (more…)