Road Trip to Old Standard Wood

Took a road trip to Old Standard Wood Co. in Fulton, Missouri, to hand select some choice tone-woods. I finally met John and Jim in person, having dealt with them on the phone numerous times.

This ain't the Home Depot. They have stacks and stacks of top grade Adirondack Red Spruce and Red, Sugar, and Big Leaf Maple, carefully selected, milled and stacked, waiting to become musical instruments.

Jim showed me the different grades of Adirondack Spruce.

I then went through the stacks to select several really nice pieces, that will become the tops of some very special mandolins.