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05-01-2016, 09:19 PM
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NGD from New Zealand - Benavides Guitar (Redwood/Koa Deep Body OM)
From time to time, I like to look at what guitar wood suppliers have to offer as I am a sucker for highly flamed or figured woods for a guitar build. So if I see something that I fancy and knowing that they won’t last long, I jump on it. Over the last 4 years, I managed to secure a set of Koa, a set of Madagscar Rosewood and a set of Macassar Ebony for the back and sides and a set of Redwood and Adirondack for the soundboard. I have them sent to Dave, in New Zealand, for safe keep and hopefully one day, we can commission some builds with the wood sets I acquired.
A new build started several months back and after much discussion, we decided to do a Deep Body OM with a Redwood and Koa combo. Dave was very happy with the wood acquired except for the Macassar Ebony so we decided to use the Macassar Ebony for decorative purposes and as such it was used as binding, rosette and headstock veneer for this build. Dave has been very easy to work with and his input into this build has been invaluable whilst working within my constraints. This is my 3rd build with Dave (I sold his 2nd build which is a 00 to someone who wanted it so bad after trying it out). The specs for the guitar are as follow: Body: Deep Body OM Top: Redwood Braces: Sitka Spruce with Hot Hide Glue Back and Sides: Koa Fingerboard: Ebony Binding on fingerboard, body, and headstock: Macassar Purfling: Maple Rosette: Macassar and maple rings Neck: Quilted Sapele Tuners: Gold Gotoh Mini 510 Fretwire: Evo Gold (Jumbo Size) Nut & Saddle: Bone Scale: 25.19” Bridge Pins: Tortoise with abalone dots        Finished pics to come later this week.
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05-01-2016, 11:31 PM
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Isn't it an interesting coincidence that I can see The Eye of Sauron in this New Zealand guitar back?
 Looks really beautiful!
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05-02-2016, 12:20 AM
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Very attractive and interesting woods...👍
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05-02-2016, 10:38 AM
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That is really a stunning back of koa!
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05-02-2016, 01:41 PM
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That's beautiful. I'm interested to hear your comments on the sound as this is a unique wood combination.
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05-02-2016, 05:06 PM
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05-02-2016, 05:14 PM
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Beautiful guitar. Very different.
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05-02-2016, 06:50 PM
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love it, beautiful woods...
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05-02-2016, 09:30 PM
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Very beautiful. Amazing wood sets. Congrats!
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05-08-2016, 07:57 AM
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05-11-2016, 07:55 PM
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95% complete - final polish touch up and action set up
       
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Keystone Mod D - German/ABW Doerr Mod D - Swiss/BRW Benavides D - Torrefied Adi/Madi RW Lindsay Marcus D - Sitka/Madi RW Gone But Not Forgotten Tom Sands Model S (Crystal) - Italian/Fiddleback Hog
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