Selection and Thicknessing Tone Woods

The process to select, cut, carve, shape, sand and finish a K2 guitar takes 4-6 months. The following pictures and text walk you through an overview of the process to build a K2 guitar. Click on thumbnails for a bigger image.

The first step is to select the back, side and top woods for your guitar. The most popular and proven woods for back and sides are: Indian Rosewood and Mahogany. There are many more beautiful woods to choose from, such as Ziricote, Koa, Walnut, and Machiche. These woods are more figured and typically require more time to work with.

The tone wood for the guitar top is typically made of spruce, and there are many types to choose from: sitka, engleman, adirondack, and bearclaw. We help guide your choice, based on the type of sound and look that you desire. Once the back, sides and top woods are chosen, the building process begins by thicknessing the wood to size. This is done using a safe-t-planer and a thickness sander.