Liikanen Guitars

Every serious luthier is seeking to use highest quality materials for building guitars.

The wood used for the guitartop is usually spruce or cedar (Western Red Cedar). For back/side we use different kind of rosewood. Every rosewood has their own, slightly different effect to the sound. Based on experience and working 5-8 guitars at a time we choose the best top and back combination for each guitar..

Guitarnecks we make of cedar (Cedro, Spanish cedar) This is a very stable wood, which gives the guitar a smooth, warm sound. The neck stiffness and mass has a big influence on the guitar sound. Thick and heavy ebony fretboard will enable us to increase the mass and to improve the sound. The intention is that the fingerboard and neck vibrates as little as possible so that most of the kinetic energy of the strings changes through the guitartop to a powerful guitartone.The frets of the fingerboard we glue with epoxy to the grooves, so that the neck will not get stressed.

Our guitars are all finished with traditional shellac polish. (French Polish).