Tonewood for Guitar ^{Tops/Soundboards - German Spruce, European Spruce}

It was about seven years ago when my good friend and teacher, the world-renowned luthier Matthias Dammann and me, developed the idea of producing finest grade as well as master grade tops for acoustic guitars out of European Spruce,...

...In my opinion, giving luthiers holding the same high standards with their products as I do, the opportunity of being supplied with the best material available is gaining great importance in our times of mass production....

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A nice cross silk pattern (medullar rays!), for instance, reveals that the wood has been accurately split (no run outs) and quarter sawn. However, there is a variety of attributes influencing the sound (i.e. attack point, sustain and resonance)...

...wood’s stiffness (crossways/lengthways), the relation from exact weight to volume, its elasticity/hardness, rotation growth and the orientation of wood fibers. Unfortunately, these features...

...the knowledge about the wood’s physical and sound characteristics should also be there when splitting and sawing it. ...

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German Spruce (Picea excelsa, Picea abies) is probably the wood mostly rich in tradition concerning lutherie. The logs I use are obtained from selected regions in the Alps and the Bavarian Forest where they have grown in north-eastern slopes ...

... a tonewood featuring exceptional stiffness together with low weight and, furthermore, outstanding sound-forming factors. ...

...for building master grade guitars for Spanish and classic music as well as for high quality fingerstyle- and western-guitars.

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