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Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher
I have the pleasure of building a Koa Piņa parlor guitar for TomB'sox. Tom visited my studio in January and we picked out woods and I got to watch him play (and hear his daughter sing) and had a great talk about comfort, tones and expectations.
Piņa means "little pineapple" so a Koa parlor certainly seems right, doesn't it?
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I love flamed maple, flamed mahogany...but no wood I have seen has the beauty of flamed Koa. Some examples of flamed walnut and mango come close, but Koa is the champ in my book.
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Hope you enjoy the ride
Mark
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Beautiful wood from a beautiful corner of the Earth.
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Martin 00-18G; Waterloo WL-S; Furch: V1 OOM-SR, Green G-SR, Blue OM-CM; Tahoe Guitar Co.: OM (Adi/Hog), 000-12 (Carp/FG Mahog), 00-12 (Carp/Sinker Mahog), 00-14 (Adi/Ovangkol);
In the night you hide from the madman
You're longing to be
But it all comes out on the inside
Eventually
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