Brazilian Walnut – Sawn – Guitar Body – 50×360×600

Imbuia (Brazilian Walnut) guitar body blank. 50×360×600mm. Dense, fragrant Brazilian hardwood with chocolate-brown heartwood and caramel streaks. Strat, Tele, Les Paul, double-cut profiles all template within the envelope. Sits between walnut and mahogany on the bench. From our oldest Brazilian stock. Sold per piece. Ships Australia-wide.

The most distinctive-smelling body timber on the bench

Imbuia (Ocotea porosa), also called Brazilian Walnut, milled to electric body dimensions. A dense southern-Brazilian hardwood with chocolate-brown heartwood, caramel streaks, and a warm spicy scent when worked. Heavier through the section than the everyday mahogany trade, with grain that ranges from straight to softly wavy depending on the cut.

From our oldest Brazilian stock. Dense, deeply figured, and rare enough on a workshop bench that most luthiers go their whole career without sawing one.

What you’d make with it at 50×360×600mm

• Single-piece electric body (Strat, Tele, Les Paul, double-cut profiles all template within the envelope)
• Carved-top body where the colour and figure carry the visual weight
• Bass body for a player who wants real mass and a darker tonal floor
• Hollow or chambered build where Imbuia’s density is balanced by routed cavities

Working notes

• Density: ~755 kg/m³. Expect a Les Paul-weight body or heavier.
• Hardness: ~4.6 kN Janka. Firm under the gouge, holds carved-top detail well.
• Grain: Straight to wavy, fine texture. Finishes near-glassy with minimal grain fill.
• Surface: Supplied rough-sawn. Dress one face true before templating.
• Working: Machines cleanly with carbide; carves under sharp gouges. Natural oils suit oil and lacquer finishes.
• Finishing: Oil deepens the chocolate tones. Rustins Danish oil for a hand-rubbed result; nitro or poly work well over a thin sanding-sealer base.

What luthiers say about it

The Brazilian guitar trade has long held Imbuia as a body timber that lands between walnut and mahogany: denser than mahogany, warmer than ash, with a midrange focus often compared to vintage rosewood-bodied archtops.

References. Species reference: Ocotea porosa — Wikipedia. Browse more: our Imbuia Brazilian Walnut stock.

Kiln dried and ready to work

All of our timber is kiln dried to Australian standards, so it arrives stable and ready to be worked.

Because timber is a natural product, not all stock is ready to send immediately. Occasionally we need to mill your timber to the size you’ve specified before dispatch.