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What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:56 pm
by Benjy
This past spring on a trip to Hawaii I was able to visit a wood shop that had a huge supply of Koa! I was able to sort through his stash and pick out a cool back and side set (that I could afford)! I am going to build a "d" style. I am basically a flat picker/rhythm style player. I was thinking about a Adirondack spruce top.
What do you guys think would be a good option?
Re: What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:24 pm
by johnnparchem
Koa! but the Adirondack spruce would be great as well.
Re: What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:54 am
by rcnewcomb
Another vote for a Koa top. In 1981 I bought my wife a Martin D-25K2 that has a Koa top, back, and sides. It has matured nicely.
Re: What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:44 am
by tippie53
I love Koa but to me they are thin Good looking and ok but red spruce to me sounds better on koa
Re: What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:33 am
by John J
I did a cedar top w/Koa on a 00 awhile back. Very warm.
Re: What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:12 am
by Diane Kauffmds
Most Koa guitars that I've seen, and the one I owned, had koa. But I like the idea of cedar. It depends on what sound your looking for.
Re: What top for a KOA back and sides?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:35 pm
by Bob Gleason
Redwood is worth looking at. I use it on all my koa B/S ukes and guitars that don't have a koa top. I do make some koa top guitars. Very pretty, but I consider them dangerous in terms of longevity. Koa is very strange in terms of stability and resistance to string tension over time. Still, nice if you can get away with it!--Bob