Throughout history, the best guitarists have always been
associated with the best sounds. At the heart of their signature
tones lie a variety of high quality instruments built from the
best tonewoods in the world.
Now, suppose it were possible to mold wood - to enhance and
improve upon its acoustic properties to make it more consistent?
To create a new tone material in the process - in a controlled
environment where its every most subtle nuance could be
measured, monitored and fine tuned?
In Heinävaara, Finland, at the heart of our northern country's
vast timberland areas, a group of experienced guitar luthiers
and wood material experts have been doing extensive research and
experimentation for years, and have accomplished precisely this:
they have created a revolutionary new tonewood. |
What is flaxwood exactly?
Flaxwood is an innovative new tone
material that is created by breaking the grain structure of natural wood and
injection-molding it into shape together with an acoustically sensitive
binding agent.
Experienced luthiers and experts
possessing decades of knowledge in both traditional guitar
building and modern, advanced material technology put their
collective expertise together to create an alternative to
traditional tonewoods that near extinction. After years of
research, experiments and good, old-fashioned hard work,
Flaxwood Guitars has created a high quality, stable,
and ecologically friendly molded wood material that can stand up
to the high standards today's players have come to expect
of boutique instruments. Now, we proudly present the fruits of
our labor -- the new line of Flaxwood Guitars. |
What are flaxwood's benefits compared to
those of natural wood?
In so many words, acoustic
consistency and uniformly flawless quality. As it is rid of
irregularities in composition such as the grain and knots found in
traditional tonewoods, the acoustic response of flaxwood is such that it
resonates with equal force in all directions, and gives an even dynamic
response through a guitar's entire range. Flaxwood is also completely
unaffected by changes in humidity, making it a more reliable tone
material in changing conditions. Flaxwood is also an ecological
alternative to wood species used in traditional instrument building that
are slowly nearing extinction.
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