Guitar Tonewood page

Dear Olav,

About http://www.torvund.net/guitar/equipment/Guitar_Tonewood.asp
I just found your "Guitar Tonewood" page.Very interesting. There's an error in the page title (you wrote "gutiar" instead of "guitar".
May I please ask what your information source is for this page? Is it based on your own experience, on info found on the web or in a book?

Regards,
François (Brussels)

It is put together from many sources. I have learned about this from some books, magazine arcicles and websites. Every good guitar maker will tell you the kind of wood the various models are made from, guitarists tell about their preferences, etc. But I did not really know the difference between Engelman Spruce and Sitka Spruce, or what it really meant for the character if the body was rosewood or mahogany, if the top was cedar or spruce, etc. My personal experience goes into it, but I do not really have any in depth experience with all these various kinds of wood. I play acoustic steel string, and my guitars are all rosewood back and sides, and spruce top. Whenever I try guitars made from different wood or composite material, I prefer the rosewood/spruce guitar. But it may be only because this is what I am used to. And it is a matter of taste. One day I will buy a classical guitar, and from what I have learned from my own research on the issue, it will probably be a guitar with cedar top, which does not need as much time to be "broken in".

As most of what you can find on my site, it is something I wanted to know more about. If there is something I find interesting, I tend to think that there may be som others who would be interested as well. When having found at least some of the information I have been searching for, I often end up thinking that I wish someone had told me. Then I share what I have learned. (And I learn a lot from putting this information together.)