Bocote Parlor — Adirondack Top — Parlor, Bocote
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Bocote Parlor — Adirondack Top

One of two parlors built in parallel with one variable isolated. Bocote back and sides paired with stiff Adirondack — articulation, separation, and the dark exotic midrange the wood is known for.

Specifications

Body
Parlor
Top
Adirondack spruce
Back & sides
Bocote
Neck
Spanish cedar with carbon fiber tube
Fretboard
Ebony
Bridge
Relieved ebony pyramid
Bracing
Forward shifted scalloped X (Adirondack)
Glue
Hide glue at brace-to-soundboard, Titebond elsewhere
Construction
Spanish heel
Year
2026

Why this build

Bocote is the Kashmir wood — dark, complex, authoritative, exotic in the midrange. A parlor body concentrates and focuses tonal character, which means the bracing and top choices have outsized effect. Adirondack on top maximizes articulation and clarity against the bocote's complex overtones.

Paired comparison

Built alongside Bocote Parlor — Bear Claw Sitka Top as a controlled comparison: identical bodies, identical bracing, identical construction. One variable — the top wood. A direct A/B between Adirondack stiffness and bear-claw Sitka stiffness on the same back and sides.