Sitka spruce
2018-03-24 11:05:09
On average, the Sitka spruce trees that provided the soundboards for zen-on guitars lived to be at least 400 years old. It all began when a tiny little Sitka spruce seed sprouted in the diverse, wild, untouched forest of southeast Alaska. The spruce tree reached the 200-foot mark by the 1860s when the United States bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. Then one day in the early 21st century, the mighty spruce tree met its demise, most likely during a storm. Unprotected, it could no longer resist the elements and its life came to an end. After it had fallen, Brent Cole rescued it and kept it from returning to the soil.
zen-on is proud to source our Sitka spruce from Alaska Specialty Woods. Get to know them better and learn a little bit more about how they find fallen or standing dead Sitka spruce trees.
“Being a good steward by protecting our corner of the world, the Southeast Alaska rainforest, is one of my most important principles in our business. I am absolutely thrilled to be working with a company that shares my passion. zen-on guitar gets it.”
