http://www.waldenguitars.com/news_2009_Madera.html

2010 一月起，Walden公司開始讓客戶選擇購買FSC認證木材所製作的吉他！

Madera系列吉他產品，有了可以確認誠實的採購木材來源自於負責任的森林。

不過目前製作樂器的FSC木材原料還算缺乏，希望音樂愛好者能夠在樂器的選擇上能夠更多要求木材來源。

還有，FSC系列吉他彈起來是跟一般吉他一樣的好聽！

The Madera Line: Walden provides musicians with Green acoustic guitars

Portland, Oregon, USA, (Nov. 2009) - The Madera line of 100% FSC-Pure certified wood guitars: Joining the fight to conserve the world’s wood resources.

Beginning January 2010, WALDEN will enable guitarists to make purchasing decisions that benefit our environment and take part in reducing the overconsumption of world resources. Its all-solid wood MADERA line will be built with 100% FSC-Pure certified tonewoods such as Sitka spruce, Western Red cedar, and South American “True” mahogany. With an FSC Chain-of-Custody (“COC”) certification, all woods on the MADERA are tracked from forest to finished instrument thereby guaranteeing its sustainable origins. With a target street price USD$999, the all-solid WALDEN MADERA is the most affordable sustainable wood guitar in the market.

“We all share the same world and we all need to do our part to be a part of the solution and ensure we live in a sustainable way,” says Jonathan Lee, Chief Designer behind Walden guitars. “Ecologically friendly products are in high demand but sustainable-wood acoustic guitars are rare and expensive. ‘Green acoustic guitars’ made by ethically run factories in Mainland China do not exist; until now. Obtaining certification and building with FSC-Pure materials is the only way we can be sure that we are honestly obtaining woods from responsible sources. However, these sources are rare at this time. It is my hope that demand for these instruments will aid in certifying more forests around the world and make sustainable living commonplace.”

WALDEN chose the name MADERA for its association with the Spanish word for “wood.” Guitars in this line can be easily recognized by a distinctive headstock embellishment shaped like the Chinese character “木” meaning wood. At the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention, WALDEN will present five acoustic guitars in the MADERA line with Dreadnought and Grand Auditorium models in natural and sunburst finishes as well as a classical guitar.

For more information on the MADERA steel-string guitars, click here. To learn about MADERA classical guitars, click here.