It's seven years since I first purchased soundboard materials from Alaska speciality woods. The quality of their materials is top class, with tightly packed growth rings, the straightest of grain and perfectly quarter sawn sections.
The exceptionally slow rate of growth as attested to by the tightness of the growth rings indicates a rate of as little as one inch in 25 years; providing a highly desirable stiffness to thickness ratio.
Compare this to similar material of European origin, where typical growth rate per inch of as few as seven years per Inch is common, the exceptional quality of the Alaskan material should be obvious.
To conclude, it is great to deal with people who are passionate about what they do.
Thanks to Brent and family.
Phil Cully
Luthier
Ireland