Bocote Guitar Headstock Veneer - Mexican Rosewood - 200mm x 100mm
Bocote Guitar Headstock Veneer (Mexican Rosewood)
Transform your guitar builds with this stunning Bocote headstock veneer, prized by professional luthiers worldwide for its dramatic grain patterns, rich golden-brown colouration with distinctive dark streaking, and exceptional tonal properties. Hand-selected for premium quality, this exotic Mexican Rosewood combines extraordinary visual impact with superior performance.
Product Specifications
- Dimensions: 200mm x 100mm
- Thickness: Minimum 3mm+
- Species: Bocote (Cordia elaeagnoides) - Mexican Rosewood
- Grade: Premium select quality
- Origin: Sustainably sourced
Why Choose Bocote?
Bocote, also known as Mexican Rosewood, is one of the most visually striking tonewoods available, renowned for its dramatic grain patterns featuring bold dark brown to black streaks against a golden-yellow to medium brown background. This premium hardwood offers extraordinary visual impact with grain patterns that are truly unique to each piece, ranging from straight to highly figured with spectacular waterfall or spider-web patterns.
Bocote is exceptionally dense and stable, providing superior durability and excellent tonal characteristics with bright, clear highs and strong, resonant bass response. The wood's natural oils and tight grain structure ensure long-lasting stability whilst taking a magnificent high-gloss finish that showcases the dramatic grain to perfection.
Key Features
- Dramatic grain patterns with bold dark streaks on golden-brown background
- Unique waterfall or spider-web grain patterns - each piece one-of-a-kind
- Bright, clear highs with strong, resonant bass response
- Exceptionally dense and stable for superior durability
- Natural oils provide long-lasting stability
- Takes a magnificent high-gloss finish
- Exotic appearance highly sought after by discerning luthiers
- Hand-selected premium quality
Perfect For
- Acoustic and electric guitar headstock overlays requiring exotic aesthetics
- Custom luthier projects and high-end boutique builds
- Premium guitar construction where dramatic grain is desired
- High-end repairs and restorations
- Decorative inlays and luxury statement pieces
- Professional guitar building workshops
Each piece is carefully selected for exceptional grain patterns, consistent thickness, and premium quality, making it ideal for professional guitar building and repair work where extraordinary beauty and performance matter. UK supplier with fast dispatch.