African Mahogany Set - Joined Back & Bent Sides for Dreadnought #101 - 1st Grade

In stock
SKU
TI-037-101
$338.00
Mahogany is widely used for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Mahogany is strong and stable with a bright, open tone. It can also be used to the top of a guitar to give it a bright, loud sound and warm, woody look. Khaya is an beautiful species of Mahogany from Africa. It is very similar to the traditional Honduran/Brazilian Mahogany in its look and sonic properties. It bends into sides well and is easy to work with. - Back & sides to build a Dreadnought-shaped acoustic guitar - Sides thicknessed to 2.2mm, bent to shape - Side depth 140mm - Back, joined and thicknessed to 2.7mm - Back 420mm wide x 545mm long - First grade, straight grained with nice colour - Individually photographed - the set in the photo is the set you will receive
Quality - Our African Mahogany (Khaya Ivorensis) sets have straight grain and are quartersawn with an even golden brown colour. Mahogany can come from many places throughout the world. However, traditionally Brazilian or Cuban Mahogany has become very hard to obtain in a good quality, African Mahogany has many of the same attributes as the South American wood.

Look - Mahogany is a rich brown/gold colour. The Khaya Mahogany which we sell is much closer in look to South American Mahogany than the the other African Mahogany also known as Sapele Mahogany. The grain, which has a reasonably average spacing, is very dark brown almost black. This grain is particularly open and will require filling before finishing.

Price - African mahogany is medium priced timber and is relatively inexpensive compared to some other similar timbers.

Availability/Renewability - African Mahogany is still widely available.
More Information
Species African Khaya Mahogany
Part of Instrument Back + Sides
For Instrument Acoustic Guitar