McKnight Guitars wood selection and options.

Your choice of optimumly voiced soundboards.

Pacific Northwest Sitka Spruce, Western Redwood, high altitude Englemann Spruce, Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir, German or Alpine Spruce, Carpathian Spruce, and Appalachian Red Spruce.

We use hot hide glue on all top braces which allows string energy to transmit more efficiently than the more common white and yellow glues.

Your choice of select tonewoods.

Perfectly quartersawn domestic tonewoods include:

Wild Black Cherry, Curly Maple, Birds Eye Maple, Eastern Black Walnut, Figured Sycamore, Hickory, White Oak, & Osage Orange.

Imported Tonewoods:

East Indian Rosewood, Bolivian Rosewood, African Sapele Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany, African Crimson Paudauk, Hawaiian Koa, Madagascar Rosewood, & Brazilian Rosewood.

Osage Orange Hickory

Zircote OM

Black Acacia Slope Shouldered Dreadnaught

McKnight OM with "Waterfall" Bubinga back and sides.

Bindings:

We prefer to use ONLY hardwood bindings. Plastic bindings are synonymous with inexpensive assembly line guitars. We feel hardwood bindings offer better tone transmission of the top plate and more protection for your instrument. We use: Ebony, Curly Maple, Hickory, Cherry, Walnut, Ash, Koa, Bloodwood, and Bubinga.

Rosettes

Rosettes are made of exotic woods, with Green Abalone, or

Pearl rings, diamonds, or teardrop necklace styles.

Spalted Maple rosette with Green Abalone ring

Prices and Options

McKnight Guitars base price

Tonewoods

Rosette options

Binding & Purfling

Neck

Bridge

Fretboard

Amplification

Case

Sound Ports & Sunburst Finish

McKnight Guitars base price

Non refundable $500 deposit is required before starting any commissioned work.

$3250

"Imported" Tonewoods

East Indian Rosewood, African Sapele or Khya Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany, Padauk.

"Domestic" Tonewoods

Eastern Black Walnut, Wild Black Cherry, Hickory.

"Optional" Tonewoods

Curly Hard Maple (with premium high figure grain) or Western or Canadian Big Leaf Maple.	$175
Osage Orange	$150
Western Claro Walnut (with premium high figure grain).	$225
"Wild Grain" East Indian Rosewood	$250
Honduran Rosewood	$275
Cuban Mahogany or Cocobolo Rosewood	$300
Hawaiian Koa or Black Acacia (with premium high figure grain)	$350
Zircote, Quilted Gaboon or Striped Macassar Ebony	$375
High Figure African Bubinga	$400
Madagascar Rosewood (price varies with grades availability)	$450+
African Blackwood or Brazilian Rosewood (price varies with grades availability)	$1000+

Soundboards

Sitka Spruce, Western Red Cedar, Englemann Spruce	NC
Douglas Fir	$75
Red Wood	$100
German or Swiss Alpine Spruce or Carpathian Spruce	$200
Appalachian (Adirondac) Red Spruce or 1959 Sitka Spruce	$250

Rosette

Natural wood, herringbone or fiber rings.	NC
Mother of Pearl or Abalone rosette appointments	$75

Binding & Purfling

Wood top purflings: Herringbone, Chevron,Rope, or Multi-line	NC
Pearl top purfling inlay	$250
Pearl backstrip	$100
Pearl back purfling inlay	$250

Neck

Standard 1-11/16", 1-3/4", or 1-13/16"	NC
Custom widths available upon request	NC
Genuine Honduras Mahogany (one piece)	NC
Laminated neck of varying woods	$150

Bridge

East Indian Rosewood, Bolivian Rosewood (Pau Ferro), Ebony	NC
Standard 2-1/8", 2-1/4" or other string spacing available	NC
Bridge pins (Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood, plastic	NC
Vintage Bone bridge pins	$35
Vintage Bone nut & saddle	NC

Fretboard

East Indian Rosewood, Bolivian Rosewood )Pau Ferro), Ebony	NC
Bound fretboard	$50
Bound headstock	$50

Amplification

K & K Sound Pure Western pickup (full size or mini)	$115
K&K Sound Power Blend Pure trinity system (with internal microphone)	$350
K&K Sound Power Blend Pure trinity system (with no internal microphone)	$370
Other pick ups available upon request

Case

Deluxe Hard shell plywood case is included

Additional options

Side sound port	$50
Sunburst finish on top	$150
Sunburst on sides and back	$250

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