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Definitely a vote. L to R: Quartersawn Maple, Indian Rosewood, Cherry
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Indian Rosewood gets my vote--I'd even throw african blackwood or macassar ebony into the mix as well...
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Think I would actually go for the Maple. An awesome contrast.
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Well y’all have been a big help. Anyone else?
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I like the cherry! But it all depends on the top: that cherry needs a nice light spruce to contrast against, but a cedar or redwood top would need darker or lighter. There, that cleared everything up.
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Curly Dark Koa?
Much as I hate to agree with Tom..I would go with the cherry, unless you have some dark, curly Koa around.
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I'm a fan of darker bindings so from those choices, IR gets my vote. Tucker's dark curly Koa suggestion is a good one too.
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Rosewood with cream colored purfling
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Christie's Tuners...
...amidst the binding question, can I back-up and ask about Christie's tuners...are those Gotohs?
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Exactly Bob. Just like on your Indonesian 00.
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Sweet!
Sweet! Loveliest instrument..esp the 'Silk-bracing' .. oops we aren't mentioning that publicslly are we?!
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Why the hate brother??? Can you just be gracious and admit when I am right???
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So the story is that we have a whole bunch of beautiful Koa in our shop, but for whatever reason, even though we have a stockpile of great wood, we haven’t had a Koa order in 10 years. We were going through our pile recently and I saw this set which I dubbed our “Ugly Koa.” As you can see, it’s not bad, but it doesn’t compare with our other sets.
I told Steve that I was going to build a straightforward 00 with it and sell it for the best offer I get. So, it’s not going to be a vote on every step, but I thought you could start it off as I build it quick. Last edited by nacluth; 04-17-2018 at 06:57 PM. |
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Ryan, ya never know. It might be a swan...
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