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A Grade AA red spruce top sized for dreadnought acoustic guitars, sold unsanded so the builder shapes the final thickness and finish. Red spruce (Adirondack) is stiffer and stronger for its weight than Sitka, giving more headroom and a punchier, louder voice once braced. It suits builders and repairers replacing a top or starting a dreadnought build who want a traditional, responsive top wood. Against Sitka or Engelmann tops it demands more break-in and careful voicing, and the unsanded blank means more work before it is ready.
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Lowest price we've seen: $145.49 on Nov 11 at Stewmac. Tracked across 2 stores since Nov 11.
Builders who use StewMac tonewoods generally rate the red spruce tops as stiff, resonant and well quartered, with clean grain for the grade. Some note the blanks need real work to thickness and that red spruce takes longer to open up than Sitka.