One of the rarest, most sought after rosewoods in the World, Brazilian Rosewood is renowned for its acoustic properties and elegant, colorfully patterned grain. Planer skip or sander skip may be present. These pieces are hand sanded. Brazilian Rosewood works and glues well. This is very old material that is bone dry. This set has a Gibson J200 template drawn. There are some checks present on the center. It has a minor 1/32" bow. Must be able to work with!