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*The following hand select seasoned tonewoods are considered Exotics, and may carry an additional cost
*(depending upon availability)
Quilt Maple (for neck, *ornamental, top and back body plates only)
Flame Maple (for neck, *ornamental, top and back body plates only)
Purpleheart (top and back body plates and *ornamental wood only)
Rosewood's [a wide variety] (finger board and ornamental wood only)
Bocote (finger board and *ornamental wood only)
Cocobolo (finger board and *ornamental wood only)
Bloodwood (finger board and *ornamental wood only )
*What is "ornamental wood"?
These are woods that are often used as decorative enhancements on an instrument.
Examples are: pinstripes, tapered center stripes (as seen on the tops and backs of the Hollow model instruments), truss rod covers, control covers, tremolo covers, fingerboard binding, etc. etc...
You usually want these woods to be figured and/or colorful.
However, this is the "Custom Shop"; so any wood that may happen to be available can be used as ornamental wood. if you really want it!
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*The following hand select seasoned tonewoods may be used at no extra cost
*(depending upon availability)
Mahogany (used for body, neck, and top and back body plates only)
Ash (for body and/or top and back body plates only) more than one species of Ash may be available
Alder (for body and top and back body plates only)
 Maple {Non figured} (for neck, finger board, top and back body plates only)
Although I have found the above species of wood to be top quality for tone; other species may become standards in the future.
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Wood samples:
One way that you can get an EXACT idea of the look, feel, and color of the wood you choose, is if you order samples of the woods you would most like to be placed on your instrument.
These samples are actually quite nice!
I do the same quality of workmanship on the samples, as I do on the actual instruments. So all samples come with a fully polished Polymerized-Tung-Oil finish.
The samples can range from $25 plus shipping (for 1 piece of sanded /Polymerized-Tung-Oiled non exotic tonewood), on up to probably $150 plus shipping (a sample like this could probably have up to 6 or more wood pieces.)
These samples also make a nice souvenir to go with your instrument!
If you need to keep the wood sample price lower: I can also make samples where just the tops of the wood samples are sanded and Polymerized-Tung-Oiled and none of the pieces are glued together.
This will save quite a bit on labor, and is recommended if you need a quite a few samples to make up your mind.
***IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WOOD SAMPLES***
Please note that although I do offer these wood samples, there are many cases where if I were to remove a sample piece of wood from a piece seen on this site, that piece might then no longer be useable for an instrument because it would then be too small...
If this is the case (and unfortunately it often is) then I will -definitely- not be able to make a sample from that particular piece of wood. So please understand the possible potential of this when ordering samples.
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