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Compiled by Harold
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Guitar Makers Tree of
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A Tree Species Map
showing only those tree species used in making guitars. |
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| Flowering
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Asterid |
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| These trees are most often
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Ericales |
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| construction of every
part of the guitar but |
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Sapotaceae |
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top sound plate. |
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Ebenaceae |
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D. celebica |
Macassar Ebony |
Asia (south eastern to
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D crassiflora |
Goboon Ebony |
Africa (western and
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D. mun |
Mun Ebony |
Asia (Laos) |
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D virginiana L. |
American Persimmon |
North America
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| Maple |
Mahogany |
Rosewood |
Ebony |
Koa |
Walnut |
Spruce |
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