List of Wood Species
In order to give you an overview of the woods we carry by both their common scientific names, we have made this list. Not all these woods are in stock. Please refer to the regular product listing for current stock status.
List of Commonly Used Guitar Woods | ||
Common Name | Botanical Name | Source Country |
Adirondack (Red Spruce) | Picea rubens | Canada, USA |
African Blackwood | Dalbergia melanoxylon | Senegal, Mozambique |
African Mahogany | Khaya ivorensis | Gabon, Cameroon |
Alaskan Yellow Cedar | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | Canada, USA |
Alder | Alnus glutinosa | USA |
Alpine Spruce | Picea spp., Picea Excelsa, Picea Abies | Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France |
Amazon Rosewood | Dalbergia spruceana | Brazil |
Anigre | Pouteria spp | Africa |
Amboyna | Pterocarpus soyauxii | Gabon, Cameroon |
Basswood | Tilia americana | USA |
Bilwara | Albizia odoratissima | India |
Black Heart Sassafras | Atherosperma Moschatum | Australia |
Bigleaf Maple | Acer macrophyllum | USA |
Birdseye Maple | Acer saccharum | USA |
Black Acacia | Acacia melanoxylon | Australia |
Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | USA |
Bloodwood | Brosimum rubescens, Brosimum paraense | Brazil |
Bocote | Cordia gerascanthus | Mexico |
Boxwood | Buxus microphylla | Japan |
Brazilian Rosewood | Dalbergia nigra | Brazil |
Brazilian Tigerwood | Astronium graveolens | Brazil |
Bubinga | Guibourtia spp., Didelotia Africana, Guibourtia Demeusei | Gabon, Cameroon |
Buckeye Burl | Aesculus californica | USA |
California (Claro) Walnut | Juglans californica | USA |
Carpathian Spruce | Picea spp. | Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France |
Chechen | Metopium brownei | Mexico, Central America |
Cocobolo Rosewood | Dalbergia retusa | Mexico |
East Indian Rosewood | Dalbergia latifolia | India |
Ebony, African (Madagascar) | Diospyros spp. | Madagascar |
Engelmann Spruce | Picea engelmannii | Canada, USA |
European Maple | Acer pseudoplatanus | Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France |
German Spruce | Picea excelsa, P. abies | Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France |
Goncalo Alves | Astronium lecointei | Brazil |
Granadillo | Platymiscium spp. | Mexico |
Honduran Mahogany | Swietenia macrophylla | Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Bolivia |
Honduran Rosewood | Dalbergia Stevensonii | Guatemala |
Imbuia | Phoebe porosa | Brazil |
Ishpingo | Amburana cearensis | Peru |
Italian Spruce | Picea spp. | Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France |
Jatoba | Hymenaea courbaril | Brazil |
Kauri | Agathis Australis | Australia |
Khaya | Khaya ivorensis | Africa, multiple |
Koa | Acacia koa | USA |
Lacewood | Grevillea robusta | Australia |
Macacauba | Platymiscium pinnatum | Brazil, Peru |
Macassar Ebony | Diospyros celebica, Diospyros rumphii | Indonesia |
Machiche | Andira inermis | Peru, Bolivia, Brazil |
Manchinga | Brosimum alicastrum | Peru |
Madagascar Rosewood | Dalbergia baronii | Madagascar |
Mahogany | Swietenia macrophylla | Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico |
Malaysian Blackwood | Diospyros ebonasea | Malaysia |
Masur birch | Betula alba | Scandinavia |
Mayan Walnut | Lysiloma bahamensis | USA, Mexico |
Monkey Pod | Cassia marilandica | Indonesia |
Monterey Cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa or Cupressus macnabiana | Mexico |
Morado | Machaerium scleroxylon, Swartzia fistuloïdes, Machaerium villosum | Bolivia |
Narra | Pterocarpus indicus | Indonesia, Solomon Islands |
Oregon Myrtle | Umbellularia californica | USA |
Ovangkol | Guibourtia ehie, Guibourtia arnoldiana | Gabon, Cameroon, Angola |
Padauk | Pterocarpus soyauxii | Republic of Congo |
Palo Escrito | Dalbergia paloescrito | Mexico |
Pau Ferro/Morado | Machaerium scleroxylon, Swartzia fistuloïdes, Machaerium villosum, Caesalpinia ferrea | Brazil |
Paulownia | Paulownia tomentosa | USA |
Pau Rosa | Swartzia fistuloides, Bobfunnia fistuloides | Brazil |
Peruvian Walnut | Juglans neotropica | Columbia, Ecuador, Peru |
Pink Ivory | Berchemia zeyheri | Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa |
Poplar | Liriodendron tulipifera | USA |
Port Orford Cedar | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | USA |
Primavera | Cybistax Donnell-Smithii | Germany |
Pumaquiro | Aspidosperma macrocarpon | Peru |
Purple Heart | Peltogyne venosa | Brazil |
Red Mountain Cedar | Cedrela montana | Peru |
Redwood | Sequoia sempervirens | USA |
Rock Maple | Acer saccharum | USA |
Royal Blackwood | Peltogyne catingae | Brazil |
Sapele | Entandrophragma cylindricum | Republic of Congo |
Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | USA, Canada |
Sitka Spruce | Picea sitchensis | Canada, USA |
Snakewood | Piratinera guianensis | Suriname |
Southeast Asian Rosewood | Dalbergia bariensis | Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam |
Spanish Cedar | Cedrela odorata | Brazil |
Spanish Cypress | Cupressus Sempervirens | Spain, Italy |
Swamp Ash | Fraxinus Americana | USA |
Sycamore | Platanus racemosa, Platanus occidentalis, Acer pseudoplatanus | UK |
Thuja | Thuja plicata | USA |
Tintul | Tamarindus indica | Cameroon, Tanzania |
T’zalam | Lysiloma spp | Mexico |
Turkish Walnut | Juglans regia | Turkey |
Wenge | Millettia laurentii | Cameroon |
West African Ebony | Diospyros spp. | Cameroon |
Western Red Cedar | Thuja plicata | USA |
Zebrawood | Microberlinia brazzavillensis | Gabon, Cameroon |
Ziricote | Cordia dodecandra | Mexico, Belize, Guatemala |