Amazon Rosewood

Amazon Rosewood bears a close resemblance to the Brazilian Rosewood. It is appropriate for the guitar fingerboards for its sound, hardness and durability. One of the most important characteristic is its strength and aesthetic that’s why Amazon Rosewood is one of the best options for your instrument.

In Maderas Barber we have high quality Amazon Rosewood fingerboards for Archtop guitars. Find out its tonal characteristic.

BOTANIC NAME: Dalbergia spruceana.

COMMON NAMES: Amazon Rosewood.

ORIGIN: Brazil.

DESCRIPTION: Density 1100 kg/m3. Amazon Rosewood tends to be an orange or reddish brown, with darker contrasting streaks. Lighter yellowish sapwood is clearly demarcated from heartwood. It has uniform, medium texture with open pores.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Amazon Rosewood can be fairly difficult to work on account of its density. It also needs to be glued with care ,as do most other true rosewoods.). It turns and finishes well, and can be polished to a high natural luster.

DRYING: Due to its density, it dries slowly. Risk of cracks.

USES: Guitar backs, sides and fingerboards. Xylophones.