Ash – Swamp

Swamp Ash isn’t a single species. It’s the name for ash (Fraxinus) from trees growing with their roots in or near water, which produces the lightest, softest ash available.
The wood is pale with an open grain. It’s light and resonant yet stable, easy to work by hand or machine, and it steam-bends, sands, glues and stains well. Because ash gets denser further up the tree, the most sought-after boards come from the midsection down to the trunk.
Swamp Ash is best known as an electric guitar body wood. Players and builders value its crisp highs, tight lows and scooped mids, and steady worldwide demand makes it the most expensive of the ashes.
It’s also used for boxes, turnings and flooring. For a harder, more general-purpose ash, see White Ash.
Not listed in the CITES Appendices. The North American ashes sold as Swamp Ash are classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List because of the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that is killing ash trees across North America.
Why We Love This Wood
Crisp highs, tight lows and scooped mids. Electric guitar builders swear by it, and it's light and easy to work too.
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| Main Color Group | Yellow / White |
| Grain Pattern | Pronounced |
| Avg Dry Weight - LB/BF | 2.8 |
| Avg Dry Weight - KG/M3 | 500 |
| Janka Hardness - LBF | 850 |
| Janka Hardness - N | 3780 |
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