Description
Quarter sawn, book matched pair, nice clean Kauri Pine with lovely delicate grain markings.
Dry and ready to use.
Kauri Pine (Agathis spp.) is known for making good acoustic guitar soundboards for several reasons:
- Resonance: Kauri Pine is prized for its excellent resonance properties. Its wood has a good balance of stiffness and flexibility, which allows it to vibrate effectively when the strings of the guitar are plucked. This vibration is crucial for producing a rich, warm, and well-sustained tone.
- Density: Kauri typically has a relatively low density compared to many other wood species used for soundboards, such as Sitka spruce. Lower density wood can produce a more responsive soundboard that is easier to set into motion when the strings are played, contributing to the guitar’s overall tone.
- Sustain: The combination of the timbers’ density and elasticity results in excellent sustain. Sustain is the ability of a guitar to continue producing sound after the initial attack, and Kauri Pine helps prolong the note, giving a more pleasing and expressive sound.
- Warm Tone: The wood tends to produce a warm and mellow tone, which is highly desirable for acoustic guitars. This tonal quality is particularly favoured in fingerstyle and folk music genres.
- Aging: Like many tonewoods, Kauri Pine tends to improve with age. As the wood matures, it can become even more resonant and develop a more complex and refined tone over time.
- Appearance: Kauri has a beautiful, tight grain pattern and a light colour that many luthiers and players find visually appealing, adding to the overall aesthetics of the guitar.
David from Australian Guitar Timbers mills all his logs, which sit in strip and air dry for at least two years before being cut into blocks. The timber is placed in a solar or electric kiln and dried further to between eight and ten percent moisture content. Nearly all of David’s logs are sourced locally here in Queensland except for the Tasmanian timbers. Rather than trees being sent to be chipped they are saved and collected to be repurposed. Australian Guitar Timbers sustainably collect wood and love that they can convert the timber into a much-loved instrument part.
