:: Picea sitchensis

Sitka has a remarkable stiffness-to-weight ratio and is well suited to medium strings. It is often associated with volume, projection, clarity and sustain. These descriptions reflect Sitka's unwavering adherence to the fundamental of a note. It is slow to mature, but a good Sitka top is powerful from the start. Once mature, Sitka is brilliantly focused and slightly percussive with excellent separation, sustain and balance.