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Compiled by Harold
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Guitar Makers Tree of
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www.dickert.ca |
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A Tree Species Map
showing only those tree species used in making guitars. |
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Plantae |
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All
green plants both in water |
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Cade |
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Angiosperms |
Eudicots |
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Spermatopsida |
Flowering land plants
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Seed-bearing plants. Including |
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known as Hardwoods |
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flowering plants and
conifers, etc. |
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These trees are most often
used in the |
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construction of every
part of the guitar but |
Magnoliids |
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the top sound plate. |
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Monocots |
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Bamboo, Palms, etc. |
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Conifers |
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Cone-bearing seed plants
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known as Softwoods. |
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Commonly used for
acoustic instrument top plates |
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