Spruce vs cedar tops, mahogany vs rosewood backs—how to balance tone, weight, and budget.
Craft Team
Date · 2025-02-12
Craftsmanship
Top woods decide projection and clarity. For consistent OEM batches, we focus on stable seasoning plus repeatable specs.
Spruce delivers brightness and headroom, great for pop and live gigs. Cedar sounds warmer and opens up faster—ideal for fingerstyle players.
Back and side woods shape overtones. Mahogany is mid-forward and light, rosewood is lush with deeper lows. Match them to your target market's taste.
We kiln-season every batch, then batch-match moisture and density before thickness sanding. That keeps tone consistent across large orders.
Stable tone starts with controlled wood—not luck.
If you want brighter stage projection, choose spruce plus rosewood. For lighter travel guitars, cedar plus mahogany keeps weight down.