Botanical Name: (Millettia laurentii) - Wenge's texture is rather coarse, straight grain, hard and heavy with a color range of dark brown to black with fine black veining. In 1983 this wood was first suggested to us as a guitar tonewood by maker Don Musser. Also known as Awoung, Dikela, Mibotu, Bokonge. Wenge grows in Tropical West Africa, Zaire, Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania.
Wenge wet with mineral spirits
to show the beautiful dark brown color.
