Page 1 - Selecting woods and gluing process

Selecting woods - Every instrument's construction begins with the selection of the finest woods, most of them air-dried for several years

The core, the most important part of the body, is carefully prepared using a multiple-hardwood construction to shape the sound of the instrument

Finished flamed maple laminated top core

Multi laminated body provides a broad range of tonal possibilities... here's a 3-piece body in Freijó...

...followed by a 4-piece body with Mahogany & Freijó...

...and here's a 7-piece body: Pau-Marfim, Cedro, Freijó & Peroba Rosa, with veneers

Wood blanks are glued together to form the body... with or...

... without veneered top