Black Walnut Body Blank TOP- WT0629-2U 

Classic Beauty 3/4 inch thick, Can be resawn into Two Bookmatched tops

21/20 x 15.8 x 3/4+" - 2pc Not-Glued, Edges Joined ready to glue

Perfect compliment for Mahogany, Alder, Basswood or just about any back wood. Walnut, adds a hint of brightness.

Note: The wood was wiped with Naptha to show what it would look like with a clear finish. This does not hurt the wood, its not permanent and will not affect its tone or workability

 Enough room for any size neck pocket and even a set neck. Large enough for most standard body shapes like Les Pauls, Strats, Teles, SG, Jems and RG, Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Epiphone, Schecter, ESP, LTD, Adonis Andromeda

Rough cut, still needs your creativity, shaping and final sanding

   Juglans regia/nigra  Black Walnut. Claro Walnut  H=3.5, M=3, B=4.1, S=3.8, O=3, T=4
Walnut is exactly the right color for a guitar. Even the plain stuff is pretty, and figured walnut is a favorite wood. You may find tints of red, gray or purple. It machines wonderfully, bends like a dream (except the unpredictable fiddleback samples), & is easy to find. Walnut is an excellent tonewood falling sonically between the warm dark sounds of East Indian Rosewood and the bright bell-like ring of Maple. Both Black Walnut and Claro Walnut are used, and many sets contain fantastic flamed figure, occasionally with strongly contrasting sap wood for a beautiful overall look. Walnut is also found in South America, Africa. The looks and characteristics of all of them vary somewhat.
                               
It is hard to find an alternative to maple though tonally, many have had similar results with Californian (Claro) walnut.(Juglans California) Walnut is primarily dark gray in color and can also exhibit dramatic figuring. This rich brown colored wood offers a sound that falls somewhere between Indian Rosewood and Mahogany. It gives the woody sound of Mahogany, but also adds some of the bottom end of Rosewood. Less color to both bass and treble than mahogany. A little more pronounced mids but still with good depth and overtones. Has a spicy aroma.   

Some are markedly less enthused about the tonal properties of most of the claro walnut instruments though they acknowledge that it's often quite visually attractive. I have found Black Walnut superior tonally and inferior in appearance - to draw a picture with a blunt pen.   It works as easily or more so than any other wood used in building. Black walnut is similarly tonally balanced to koa, but is a bit sparser harmonically, "cleaner-sounding," with fewer harmonics. Black walnut also tends to be louder and more projective than koa, so that in combination with its simpler tonal profile makes it a fine choice for instruments used when playing with other instruments - it "cuts" well.

Black Walnut is softer and less dense than rosewood and mahogany but is still very resonant. This wood has proven itself as a tonewood with large manufacturers and custom builders alike. Similar in density and grain structure to Hawaiian Koa. Black Walnut yields excellent balance with tonal characteristics that fall between Mahogany and Rosewood. The trebles have a unique earthy tone which records very distinctively. Often recommended for a flatpicked sound and mellow fingerstyle playing. With its rich brown color and occasional steaks. Black Walnut has a stripy appearance somewhat like Indian Rosewood. 

The sapwood of black walnut is nearly white, while the heartwood is light brown to dark, chocolate brown, often with a purplish cast and darker streaks. The wood is heavy, hard, and stiff and has high shock resistance. Black walnut is straight grained and easily worked with hand tools and by machine. It finishes beautifully and holds paint and stain exceptionally well. It also glues and polishes well.
 
Walnut Is dark brown in color with a lot of figure and flame. An all-walnut guitar provides rich and warm bass with plenty of crispness on the mid and treble side. Walnut offers high value for money, with the beauty and visual impact of an all Koa guitar, but at a much lower price. Walnut Is a dark brown, highly figured specialty wood which is grown in a wide variety of locations. It provides the bright woodiness of mahogany when played lightly and much of the power of rosewood when you dig in. When properly braced, a walnut backed guitar can have a unique warmth and tonal depth.