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