Queensland Maple Acoustic Guitar Back & Sides Set #42 Highly Figured 1st Grade

  

Queensland Maple has been used for many years in the Australian guitar industry. We have found that this local timber also works very well in classical guitars. The timber is lightweight, resonant and easy to work with, making it ideal for the backs and sides of acoustic guitars as well as necks and electric guitar bodies. Many of the Queensland Maple pieces we stock exhibit beautiful figuring, which gives a finished instrument a stunning look - Back & sides to build an acoustic or classical guitar - Quartersawn first grade with nice colour - Highly figured - Photo in darker shade is photographed with alcohol applied to surface to replicate finished colour - Individually photographed - the set in the photo is the set you will receive 2 x Back halves, minimum 620mm x 220mm x 4mm (24 7/16" x 8 11/16" x 3/16).

2 x Sides minimum 900mm x 136mm x 2.5mm (35 7/16" x 5 3/8" x 3/32). Quality - We have the highest quality sets of Queensland Maple available, these sets are quartersawn with straight grain with lots of evenly spread figure and a good tap tone. Look - Back and side sets have a diagonal flamy figure which changes depending on the direction you look at it. Colour is generally a pinky orange but can have grey hues.

Sound - It is a light weight crisp timber like Honduras Mahogany, but the sound is more suitable for classical guitars than Mahogany. Both Spruce and Cedar soundboards give a good result with a Queensland Maple back and sides.

Price - The price is very reasonable when compared to other tonewoods of its quality and beauty, because Queensland Maple is a local timber we can supply premium sets at a reasonable price. Availability/Renewability - Good quality Queensland Maple is beginning to become scarce as less of the timber is being cut each year.

Our sets come from naturally grown trees. There are plantations of Queensland maple but the timber is quite plain and not as stable as old growth timber.