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Tonewood info

Ukulele Tonewood Info
​We have made links available to a very useful Tonewood Data Source website of the various tonewoods used in musical instruments for informative purposes**. 
**Please note the following as quoted from the publisher of  Tonewoodsdatasource.weebly.com - 
"Begun as a private project, I was asked to make this available to others. For my own use, attribution was not a particular concern - which of course I regret now. If you see something you said or a photo or yours is in there, please first allow me the opportunity to properly credit it - or to remove it if you object.
Much of what has been said is highly subjective. We can post your experiences as well. My own are limited enough that they are best kept to myself. Two pieces of wood may exhibit very different characteristics; this is part of what makes wood so fascinating. And two luthiers may have differing opinions, based upon the wood they use, their techniques in handling it, and the level of their expertise. The more information that is gathered, the easier it will be to draw conclusions which help us all."

Tonewoods List & Pics


Tonewoods List

Applies to lists below
An  *  designates wood used for tops & double.
And  **  is  for woods used both for tops and back & sides.

Tonewood Pics

A-B | C-G | H-L | M | N-P | R-T | V-Z

 A-B

Acacia (see Koa)
*Adirondack Red Spruce
African Blackwood
Afzelia  (Makamong)
Alder
Angelique
Ash
Australian Blackwood  (Black Acacia)
Balsamo
Basswood
Bastogne Walnut
Big Leaf Maple
Birch
Black Acacia
Black Ebony
Black-Hearted Sassafras
Black Limba  (Korina)
Black Locust  (Acacia)
Bloodwood
Blue Spruce
Bocote
Bois D’Rose   (Pallisander)
Brazilean Rosewood
Bubingam   (African Rosewood)
*Bunya
Butternut   (White Walnut)


R-T

Red Myrtle   (Tasmlanian Tiger Myrtle, Myrtle Beech - thart's funny)
*Redwood (Sinker)
Sapele
Silver Oak   (Silky Oak)
Sitka Spruce
Snakewood   (Letterwood, Lacewood, Amourette)
**Spanish Cypress
Striped Ebony
Sycamore
Tamarind
Tasmanian Blackwood   (Black Acacia)
Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle
Tulipwood

C-G

Camatillo
Cedro
Cha Chen
Cherry
Claro Walnut
Cocobolo (Granadillo)
Cuban Mahogany
**Cypress
*Douglas Fir
East Indian Rosewood
Elm
*Englemann Spruce (Italian, Alpine, European, Silver)
Flamewood
Franquette Walnut
Gidgee
Goncalo Alves  (Tigerwood, South American Zebrawood)
Grenadillo


V-Z

Vanuatu Blackwood
Walnut (Claro, Black)
Wenge
*White Pine
*Western Larch 
*Western Red Cedar
Western Sheoak
*Yellow Cedar (Canadian Cypress)
Yellow Heart   (Pau Amarello)
Yew
Zebrawood
Ziracote

H-L

Hickory
**Honduran Mahogany
Honduran Rosewood
*Huon Pine    
Imbuya (Imbuia, Brazilian Walnut)
Indian Rosewood
Ipe  (Brazilian Walnut)
Jacaranda   (Indonesian Rosewood)
Jarrah
Jatoba   (Brazilian Cherry)
Kauri
*King Billy Pine
**Koa (non-Hawaiian aka Acacia)
Lacewood   (Leopardwood)
Lapacho
Laurel
Leopardwood
Limba
*Lutz Spruce

M

Macacauba
Macassar Ebony
Machiche
Madagascar Rosewood
Madrone  (Strawberry Tree)
**Mahogany 
Makore   (African Cherry, Douka, Baku, Cherry Mahogany)
Malaysian Blackwood
Mango
Maple (Birdseye, Curly,Flamed)
Meranti
Mesquite
Monkeypod   (Rain Tree)
**Monteray Cypress
Morado
Mountain Ash
Movingui   (African Satinwood)
Myrtle   (Pepperwood, Bay Laurel)

N-P

Narra   (Amboyna, Angsana)
Oak
Olivewood
Osage Orange   (Bois D'Arc)
Ovankol   (Shedua)
Paduak
Palo Escrito   (Mexican Rosewood)
Pau Ferro   (Morado, Bolivian Rosewood)
Pau Rosa
Pear
Perambuco   (Brazilwood)
Persimmon
Peruvian Wlanut
Pistachio
**Port Orford Cedar
Primavera   (Spring or Paradise Wood)
Purpleheart

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