Woods

Since every piece of wood is unique you will not find 2 pieces that sound, weigh or look exactly the same. The only thing that is exactly the same on all of our woods is the heart and soul we put in to making a guitar out of it.

The Norwegian Wood Series are made entierly from woods that grow here in Norway. We have had surprisingly good experiences from a variety of custom building projects with using woods from Norway. Our goal with building the Norwegian Wood Series was to develop this further and to find out more about what distinctive tones were alive within our own domestic woods. Another bonus with using domestic woods is that we dont contribute to deforestation of rainforest.

Find your own tone

To really be able to compare the tone in the different woods all 8 guitars in the first series were built as similar as possible with the same necks and pickups. We thought that some of the woods would stick out soundwise as superior and that maybe others would turn out to be less fit for guitarbuilding. However, what this test showed us was a diversity of sound that few had imagined. It is really not a question of good or bad sound but rather a question of what kind of sound you are after. After hours of testing and demonstration among experienced guitarists it turns out that all the woods in the series has its own specific qualities that are perfered just as often as the others.

We have also used more well known woods like alder and basswood. Even though we knew these woods would sound great it turns out that the other woods are perfered just as often when people get the opportunity to compare the guitars up against each other. This shows that the way we experience sound is highly individual and that the choice of wood is a very important part of creating your own tone.

Nordic ash

Ash was the "yggdrasil" in norse mythology, the vikings world tree, which extended his crown throughout the earth. The first man Askr was created by Odin of a branch from an ash tree. It grows very big and is often used as a pride tree.

Alder

Alder comes in different variations and are considered a bad firewood. Something to think about if you want to set your guitar on fire.

Basswood

Basswood prefers the warmer hillsides both in the eastern and western parts of the country. The flowers prowides first class honey if there are bies around. It is also often used for woodcarving.

In the shape of a guitar it is a rich sounding wood with a wide range of overtones. Fat and crisp at the same time. Weight: 3523 gram.

Elm

The bark of the elm tree can be used to make bark bread. It grows as far north as to the polar circle, and it grows best in sunny hillsides where it wants dry good soil.

Walnut

The walnut tree originally comes from Asia and is not a natural part of the norwegian fauna. But because of the use of its nuts the tree has been spread out all over the world and is also grown some places here in Norway.

Aspen

A light demanding wood that grows all over the country. It is a very light weight an stable wood with a wide range of uses from wooden shoes to matches.