ビッグリーフカエデは、ワシントン州の工場周辺の半径 500 マイルに生育しています。メイプルの木材は主にバックとサイドに使用され、ギターのサウンドのスプルースを引き立て、独特の風情を与えています。フィギュアド・メイプルはその美しさで製作者たちに高く評価されており、見つけるのがますます難しくなってきています。これが、パシフィック・リム・トーンウッズがスカジットとその周囲の渓谷でフィギュアド・カエデの繁殖と栽培に取り組んでおり、将来にわたって美しいカエデが残るようにしている理由の 1 つです。

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Redwood grows in a narrow geographic corridor along the Pacific coastline of California and southwest Oregon. Known for their soaring height, redwood trees are some of the tallest in the world, and can live for thousands of years.

The rich color of redwood comes from minerals found in the surrounding soil and water. As a tonewood, redwood has a grain pattern and sonic quality that is distinctive from other guitar wood. While straight grain redwood is beautiful on its own, figured redwood is less common, making the wood more desirable for electric guitars or mandolin tops. Another variant, mottled redwood, has an understated wave to it, and is more suitable for luthiers building acoustic guitars.

Only 5% of the original old-growth coast redwood forests that once flourished on the Pacific Coast are still standing. We salvage our redwood for guitar makers – from sites that were once logged in the 50s and 60s. The redwood currently in our Vault is around 900-1000 years old, and was found partially submerged in a creek in Northern California.