Sitka - Traditional Tonewood Size:Dreadnought both for its strength-to-weight ratio

both for its strength-to-weight ratio and ability to resonate

AA – color bands and compression rings allowed

We offer 3 grades with ranges of color variegation and figure

Koa grading structure:AAAA – highest quality

AAAA – our best soundboard visually

Sitka - Traditional Tonewood Size:Dreadnought both for its strength-to-weight ratioAt Pacific Rim Tonewoods, we personally select all of our spruce logs. We split those logs into guitar top blocks, focusing on maximizing quality while minimizing any twist that a log might have. The sawyer then cuts the blocks into quartered boards, locking in the radial stiffness. From here the boards are air dried, then finished over a period of 3 4 weeks in our dehumidification kiln, to a final moisture content of 8. 5%. The boards are then resawn