Guitar archtop Spruce Top No. 373, AAA Grade

165.00€

Weight: 5.0 kg

Wood Cut In Year: 2025

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Aditional Information

Please check the additional picture to see the end grain

With this top you can build a 17″ archtop guitar

There is a set of two bookmatched, quartersawn halves. Each half is minimum 23″ x 9″ (600 mm x 230 mm) and tapers from approximately 0.43″ to 1.25″ at the joint edge (11 mm to 35 mm) thickness

Botanical name: Picea abies or Picea excelsa

Common name: European Spruce, Carpathian Spruce, German Spruce,  Pino Abeto

Average Dried Weight: 25 lbs/ft³ (405 kg/m³)

Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .32, .41

Janka Hardness: 380 lb_f (1,680 N)

Modulus of Rupture: 9,130 lb_f/in² (63.0 MPa)

Elastic Modulus: 1,406,000 lb_f/in² (9.70 GPa)

Crushing Strength: 5,150 lb_f/in² (35.5 MPa)

Shrinkage: Radial: 3.9%, Tangential: 8.2%, Volumetric: 12.9%, T/R Ratio: 2.1

Harvested in Carpathian Mountains