Acoustic Guitar Parts Working Together Give Your Guitar Its Unique VoiceMost pickers don't realize how many acoustic guitar parts there are in an acoustic guitar. All these parts intricately work together to give each individual guitar its unique voice. These have been researched and time-tested to optimize their particular function. Countless hours have gone into this research.
The majority of acoustic guitar parts are wood, such as, Sitka Spruce for soundboards, East Indian Rosewood for back and side sets, mahogany for necks, and ebony and rosewood for fingerboards and bridges. Each particular species of wood contributes its own unique characteristics to the guitar's look, feel and sound depending on factors such as density and stiffness. This wood comes from all over the world.
Availability of the wood is also a major factor. Bone, macarta, a man-made material, and brass are used for saddles and nuts. Other metals are used in truss rods, tuners and strings. High pressure laminates (HPL), plastics, and composite materials are being used these days.
Many manufacturers are using raw materials that are renewable and buying old growth deadwood that is harvested from national parks by conscientous suppliers. Alaska Specialty Woods, a supplier of fine Sitka Spruce soundboards is one such suplier.
The owners, Brent Cole and his family are dedicated to harvesting dead old growth Sitka in Southeast Alaska for acoustic soundboards. They process some 50,000 sets annually.
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Acoustic Guitar Body
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Workability of the wood plays a major role in building such as bendibility, machinability, ease of cutting and finishing.
Guitar builders and players are more in tune presently with the effects of using natural materials on the enviroment -long term effects like deforestaion and poor land management.
