{"id":517,"count":14,"description":"<p><strong>Botanical Name: (<\/strong>&nbsp;Catalpa spp. C. speciosa and C.&nbsp;bignonioides<strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>There are a total of only eleven species worldwide, with only two species&mdash;Northern&nbsp;Catalpa&nbsp;and Southern Catalpa (C. speciosa and C.&nbsp;bignonioides, respectively)&mdash;native to North America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Very similar looking to White Oak, very resonant and responsive, clear fundamentals and crystalline trebles, not overtone-laden. Catalpa is a soft and light wood. Catalpa has been used in traditional Chinese instruments. Bruce Sexauer built a guitar of all Catalpa - top, back, sides and neck. He loves the wood.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Here is a link to the forum post on Catalpa:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umgf.com\/catalpa-a-one-wood-guitar-project-t103292.html\">Catalpa: a one wood guitar project - The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum (umgf.com)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>","link":"https:\/\/www.rctonewoods.com\/RCT_Store\/product-category\/back-side-domestic\/catalpa\/","name":"Catalpa","slug":"catalpa","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":469,"meta":[],"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctonewoods.com\/RCT_Store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctonewoods.com\/RCT_Store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctonewoods.com\/RCT_Store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctonewoods.com\/RCT_Store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/469"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctonewoods.com\/RCT_Store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}