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New Collings D1A Spanish Cedar back and sides

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:14:25 +0000

Collings New D1A using Spanish Cedar from Terra Tonewoods.

Our Red Mountain Spanish Cedar comes from Peru and are exclusively offered in acoustic sets by Terra Tonewoods. It is dense and solid and has all the qualities of traditional Spanish Cedar but, unlike it’s cousin, this cedar specie does not ooozz sap from it’s pores. We found this high elevation species a dream to work with.

Spectacular color, quality and stability. Collings Guitars, they understand great wood!

Terra Tonewoods, we are out sourcing for you!

D1A for sale: GRYPHON

Check it out!

Lance Peck marking out back and side sets on Spanish Cedar in Peru.

Quinilla dry forest.

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:28:57 +0000

Peru. Quinilla dry forest plot at Picota, Área de Conservación Municipal de Pïcota. We found crude roads leading to illegal lumbering plots where many recently fell Quinillas (Manilkara bidentata) were discovered.

Photo: Lance Peck, owner of Terra Tonewoods, with Rainer Schulte at one such site inside the conservation area. Photo by Belinda Peck.

Quinilla Dry Forest

G4.2 DADGAD

admin — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:49:45 +0000

Brilliant job Michael Greenfield! See his new G4.2 DADGAD

A word from Michael too:
“It shipped last week. Some of my best work to date. A special thanx to Mike Baranik and Terra Tonewoods for the fantastic customer service and the spectacular set of spalted Peruvian Manchinga this guitar is made of.”

Model G4.2 http://www.greenfieldguitars.com/gg2.aspx?class=GG§ion=64&storyid=132#

Collings D2HA Adirondack Spruce and Sacha Rosewood

admin — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:47:30 +0000

Sacha Rosewood from Terra Tonewoods.
“Collings D2HA Adirondack Spruce and Sacha Rosewood “.

Artisan Guitars wrote:
“Played in tandem with another D2HA with standard Indian Rosewood back and sides, the contrast is striking. While both are wonderfully defined in the trebles, with a crisp defined bass note, the mid-range on the Sacha dreadnought was crystal clear, and almost dripping in resonance.”

Sacha Rosewood gets HIGH PRAISE!
We gotta hand it to Artisan Guitars for their very well written critique on the new Collings D2HA featuring Sacha Rosewood (Higuerilla) from Terra Tonewoods.

For the full read go to http://artisanguitars.com/collings-d2ha-adirondack-spruce-and-sacha-rosewood/

Latest Discovery. Tonewood Species. Bright, dense, tap like crazy, sexy!

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:32:05 +0000

Possible new tonewood species discovered in Amazon rainforest.

Amazing Spanish Cedar

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:11:03 +0000

New Tonewood Arrived.

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:21:29 +0000

Sacha Rosewood. Acoustic Guitar Back/Side Set.

Mango, it’s not just for smoothies!

belinda — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:39:49 +0000

These very highly figured wild mango top sets are just a few examples from Terra Tonewoods most recent cuts.

As always, the outline is only a suggestion. Each set can be reversed, flip flopped, or used just like you see them. Thats up to each and every luthier to decide.

We simply supply the ”canvas” for the masterpiece. Or in this case, the fruit for the dessert.

Higuerilla

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:15:16 +0000

Higuerilla is a richly colored hardwood ranging from light coffee to mid orange brown with dark brown stripes. When book matched, Higuerilla presents a strong and colorful linear figure for backboards. Higuerilla weighs 45 pounds per cubic foot and has moderate stiffness similar to Koa. When used for backboard and ribs, Higuerilla imparts a generally bright tone with good clarity. The long open pores will require moderate filling prior to finishing.

Our highest grade Higuerilla is called “Sacha Rosewood”. This tropical hardwood from Peru is not a rosewood species but closely resembles a rosewood in color, density, and lutherie quality.