As supplies of traditional instrument timbers diminish, many Australian instrument makers are
searching for replacement timbers from our native species.

The requirements of timbers to be used in musical instruments are very specific.
Generally, timbers must have a very fine, straight grain and be free of blemishes and sapwood.
They need to be very stable, and dried properly so that their pitch can be maintained.

Many Australian outback timbers meet these criteria and have the added advantage of
displaying an attractive figure and aroma.
Some of these species are suitable for particular instruments or instrument components,
depending on their acoustic, aesthetic and other features.

Already, a number of the outback timbers including mulga, gidgee, are being used to make guitar
and other stringed instruments, percussion and wind instruments.
flexible
FRETBOARDS

STANDARD &
CLASSICAL

SEVEN-EIGHT
or MULTISCALE

STD. BASS

FIVE STRING

SIX or BASS MULTISCALE

MANDOLIN or
UKULELE

BRIDGES

CLASSICAL

STEEL STRING

12 STRING

EXTRA LARGE

HEAD PLATES

STANDARD

LARGE

PLAIN_RINGED

$20—---$28


$28
——-$32


$28
——-$36

$32
——-$40


$34
—---$42


$12
——-$15



$10
——-$13

$12
——-$15

$15
——-$18

$17
—---$20



$8
———$12

$12
—---$16
SIZE

520 x 70 x 7


570 x 80 x 7


660 x 70 x 7

720 x 85 x 7


740 x 95 x 7


335 x 55 x 7



200 x 35 x 10

185 x 55 x 10

200 x 60 x 10

200 x 60 x 12



200 x 90 x 3

230 x 120 x 3
We can also custom cut to your sizes in stringed, wind and percussion instruments.