2nd Western Sheoak Tenor

Western Sheoak (Casuarina fraserana) The timber is a deep red/orange colour with an even and fine grain.
“Guitars with well quartered Sheoak backs have a lot of volume and projection, quite bright, but not as many overtones as blackwood I think, so a more woody, less metallic brightness. The guitars with Sheoak backs sawn on the rift, or the beautiful lace figured ones with grain going everywhere seem to make quieter, more polite sounding instruments” Jack Spira.