Spanish Cypress Back & Sides Set #10 1st Grade For Guitar/Luthier

  

This wonderful aromatic tonewood has been used in Europe for making many types of musical instruments for the past five centuries. It has become the most popular choice for the back and sides of flamenco guitars and is also used on classical guitars. Spanish Cypress is lightweight, stiff and brittle, it produces a quick, bright, dry tone with powerful projection. It has a light, creamy colour similar to wheat - Back & sides to build a classical or flamenco guitar - First grade, straight grained, quartersawn with even colour - Individually photographed - the set in the photo is the set you will receive. 2 x Back halves 554mm x 215mm x 2.8mm - 2 x Sides 800mm x 101mm x 2.7mm - 0.7kg.

Spanish Cypress (Cupressus Sempervirens) also known as Mediterranean Cypress, was one of the most popular body woods for building lutes, it was adopted for guitar construction during the 1800s. It was a used by Antonio De Torres for his less ornate classical guitars, many of these guitars are still surviving. From the 1900s onwards cypress became more and more used exclusively for Flamenco Guitars. Due to it's history and popularity, stocks of this timber have become very low, it is becoming hard to acquire and expensive.