Cocobolo
The sixteenth hardest wood in the Timber tones range with a Janka hardness rating of 1140 lbf.
Cocobolo is a beautiful exotic tone-wood with red / orange and brown patterns.
The wood is obtained from the Dalbergia Retusa tree found mainly in Central America and can grow up to 70 ft high.
Our Cocobolo plectrums are manufactured from off cuts from musical instrument manufacturing.
Interesting Facts:
Cocobolo is used wherever aesthetic beauty or tone are important. Commonly used for gun grips, knife handles, cue sticks and musical instruments. Guitar manufacturers such as Alembic, Ibanez and Dean Guitars have all released high end guitars using Cocobolo, however more recently Cocobolo has been used for backs and sides of high end Acoustic guitars.
Cocobolo has very nice warm tones. It should add some depth to most Acoustic Guitars emphasising the lower and mid range frequencies. Cocobolo is the softest timber that we recommend for Acoustic Guitar. Although it adds some beautiful warm tones it must be noted that this comes with a trade off of a shorter than usual life.
Cocobolo is a beautiful exotic tone-wood with red / orange and brown patterns.
The wood is obtained from the Dalbergia Retusa tree found mainly in Central America and can grow up to 70 ft high.
Our Cocobolo plectrums are manufactured from off cuts from musical instrument manufacturing.
Interesting Facts:
Cocobolo is used wherever aesthetic beauty or tone are important. Commonly used for gun grips, knife handles, cue sticks and musical instruments. Guitar manufacturers such as Alembic, Ibanez and Dean Guitars have all released high end guitars using Cocobolo, however more recently Cocobolo has been used for backs and sides of high end Acoustic guitars.
Cocobolo has very nice warm tones. It should add some depth to most Acoustic Guitars emphasising the lower and mid range frequencies. Cocobolo is the softest timber that we recommend for Acoustic Guitar. Although it adds some beautiful warm tones it must be noted that this comes with a trade off of a shorter than usual life.