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NEW GUINEA ROSEWOOD "Narra" pterocarpus indicus

New Guinea Rosewood is environmentally certified.

New Guinea Rosewood, Narra, pterocarpus indicus, palo de rosa de Nueva Guinea back and sides for acoustic guitar      New Guinea Rosewood, Narra, pterocarpus indicus, palissandro dell Nuova Guinea back and sides for acoustic guitar      New Guinea Rosewood, Narra, pterocarpus indicus, bois de rose de la Nouvelle-Guinee back and sides for acoustic guitar

BOTANY: Pterocarpus Indicus
SOURCE: Solomon Islands, Philippines, Malaysia, NewGuinea, Indonesia
COLOURS: Like Koa, golden tan to cinnamon brown, to deep brown red
CHARACTER: Mostly straight, can be interlocked or wavy grain, can be mottled. Moderately fine texture
COMPARES: Koa, only harder. Honduran Rosewood
TONAL: Good for fingerstyle playing

New Guinea Rosewood "Narra" is available as back and sides on any mid-range and premium ellis guitars.

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African Blackwood
Dalbergia Melanoxylon
African Ebony
Diospyros Crassiflora
African Wenge
Millettia Laurentii
Alaskan Yellow Cedar
Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis
Amazon Rosewood
Dalbergia Spruceana
Adirondack Spruce - Red
Picea Rubens
African Rosewood
Didelotia Africana
Ash Victorian, Australia
Eucalyptus Regnans
Bolivian Rosewood
Machaerium Scleroxylon
Brazilian Rosewood
Jacaranda, Rio Rosewood
Bubinga African
Didelotia Africana
Beefwood Australian
Grevillea Striata
Big Leaf Maple
Acer Pseudoplatanus
Black Acacia
Acacia Melanoxylon
Black Ebony
Diospyros Ebenun
Bocote
Cordia Gerascanthus
Holly Leaf Banksia Australian
Banksia Ilicifolia
Blue Gum Australian
Eucalyptus Saligna
California Walnut
Juglans California
California Laurel
Umbellularia Californica
Canadian Cypress
Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis
Cocobolo Rosewood
Dalbergia Retusa
Celery Top Pine
Phyllociadus Aspenifolius
Engelmann Spruce
Picea Englemannii
European Spruce
Picea Abies
European Maple
Acer Pseudoplanatus
Ebony
Diospyros
East Indian Rosewood
Dalbergia Latifolia
European Pear
Pyrus Communis
Granadillo
Platymiscium
German Spruce
Picea Abies
Honduran Mahogany
Swietenia Macrophylla
Honduran Rosewood
Dalbergia Stevensonii
Jarrah West Australian
Eucalyptus Marginata
Khaya Mahogany
Khaya Ivorensis
Koa Hawaiian
Acacia Koa
King Billy Pine Australian
Athrotaxis
Lacewood Australian
Grevillea Robusta
Lacewood
Roupala Brasiliensis
Macassar Ebony
Diospyros Celebica
Madagascar Ebony
Diospyros Perrieri
Machiche
Ionchocarpus Castillo
Madagascan Rosewood
Dalbergia Maritima
Monterey Cypress
Cupressus Macrocarpa
Marri Australian
Corymbia Calophylla
New Guinea Rosewood
Pterocarpus Indicus
Oregon Oak
Quercus Garryana
Oregon Myrtle
Umbellularia Californica
Pau Rosa
Aniba Duckei
Padouk - Padauk
Pterocarpus Soyauxii
Palo Escrito Rosewood
Dalbergia Paloescrito
Pau Ferro Morado
Machaerium Scleroxylon
Pernambuco
Guilandina Echinata
Pink Ivory
Rhamnus Zeyheri
Port Orford Cedar
Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana
Purpleheart
Peltogyne Paniculata
Queensland Maple
Flindersia Brayleyana
Redwood
Sequoia Sempervirens
Rock Maple
Acer Saccharum
Sapele Mahogany
Entandrophragma Cylindricum
Silky Oak Lacewood
Grevillea Robusta
Spanish Cypress
Cupressus Sempervirens
Snakewood
Piratinera Guianensis
Sitka Spruce
Picea Stichensis
Sheoak Australian
Casaurina Fraserana
Tasmanian Blackheart Sassafras
Atherosperma Moschatum
Tasmanian Sassafras
Atherosperma Moschatum
Tasmanian Ash
Eucalyptus Regnans
Tasmanian Myrtle
Nothofagus Cunninghamii
Tasmanian Blackwood
Acacia Melanoxylon
Tuart West Australian
Eucalyptus Gomphocephala
Wenge African
Millettia Laurentii
Woody Pear Australian
Xylomelum Pyriforme
Zebrawood
Microberlinia Brazzavillensis
Ziricote
Cordia Dodecandra

Types of Figure

mottled, fiddleback, blister, plum pudding,
marbled, pomelle, beeswing, flamed, quilted,
waterfall, birds eye, striped, bearclaw, curly

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.....as a quality Australian luthier of custom acoustic guitars Ellis Guitars and Stomp Boxes blends traditional old-fashioned hand craft with the latest technology to produce sweet sounding hand made and high end acoustic guitars. Steel string dreadnought, 00, 000, OM, cutaway, wood body and metal body resonator, classical nylon string model acoustic guitars and a custom wood stomp box are all hand crafted. Ellis Guitars uses a combination of international, traditional, exotic and Australian solid timbers renowned for acoustic and tonal qualities, such as New Guinea Rosewood, Narra, pterocarpus indicus, palo de rosa de Nueva Guinea, palissandra della Nuova Guinea, bois de rose de la Nouvelle-Guinee and Neu-Guinea rosenholz......
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