Arch Top Vault Electric Sonically graded boards in the

Sonically graded boards in the Pacific Rim Tonewoods Vault are required to meet the following specifications:    Density in the range of 350 - 500 kg/m3    Stiffness within 10% of mean and above    Q (damping) >= 150Of the wood that makes it to testing (about 50% of total production)

Density in the range of 350 - 500 kg/m3

and are therefore more consistent in all of their physical properties

depending on how the light hits them

this helps us to be much more accurate than what eyes only grading can do

Arch Top Vault Electric Sonically graded boards in theThe archtop guitar is unique in how it's built, and also in how we mill the wood for this guitar top set. We need a certain size log to capture two consecutive 1 cuts from the same block to yield a perfectly bookmatched set. Spruce is preferred by luthiers for the soundboard on archtops, both for its strength to weight ratio and ability to resonate. Not Actual Product. Images are representative of what will be shipped.