Description
Discover the superior tonal quality and crafting efficiency of our AA Non-Figured Sitka Spruce Archtop Wedge. Sourced from salvage-recovered old-growth timber for discerning luthiers, this tonewood offers exceptional acoustic properties and precision wedge-cut geometry, making it ideal for high-performance archtop guitar building and other carved-top instruments. Each Sitka Spruce Archtop Wedge is engineered for optimal sound projection, structural integrity, and material efficiency, ensuring your instruments possess remarkable depth and sustain.
Enhanced Resonance and Acoustic Performance
Experience the unparalleled acoustic brilliance provided by old-growth Sitka Spruce timber, naturally seasoned over centuries. This archtop tonewood delivers an exceptional stiffness-to-weight ratio crucial for superior projection and a broad dynamic range. The natural aging process imbues the wood fiber with enhanced resonant properties, yielding tonal clarity and richness often unmatched by plantation-grown alternatives. Crafted for optimal sound, this soundboard wood ensures your instruments possess remarkable depth, sustain, and crystalline voice characteristic of vintage instruments.
Technical Specifications
- Wood Species: Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
- Grade: AA Non-Figured
- Dimensions: Each 2-piece bookset measures minimum 23″ long × 9″ wide × 1⅛” thick (joining edge) tapering to approximately ⅜” (outside edge)
- Cut: Precision wedge-cut bookset, quartersawn for optimal grain orientation and material efficiency in carved-top instrument construction
- Source: 100% salvage-sourced old-growth timber from naturally fallen trees
- Key Advantage: Wedge-cut geometry matches archtop contours, enhancing structural performance and reducing waste during top carving
- Quantity Pricing: Price breaks available at 8 and 17 tops. Please specify instrument size in order comments
100% Old Growth Reclaimed Wood Guarantee
Every set originates from naturally fallen or salvage-recovered trees, never from clear-cutting operations. This sustainable approach preserves old-growth forests while providing luthiers access to reclaimed timber with centuries of natural seasoning and acoustic maturity. Our sourcing practices represent the environmental gold standard in tonewood production, ensuring both exceptional sound quality and ecological responsibility.
Quality and Durability Assurance
Alaska Specialty Woods’ 30+ years of expertise ensures each archtop wedge set meets rigorous structural and aesthetic standards. Our comprehensive grading system evaluates not just visual appearance, but critical factors including grain slope, fiber stiffness, and resonant properties essential to instrument tone. Professional luthiers worldwide rely on our consistent quality and attention to wood characteristics for their finest instruments. This tonewood selection process guarantees that every bookset delivers the acoustic performance and workability discerning builders demand.







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