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Many
People mistake Koa for
Korina... They are definitely not the same !
Koa comes from Hawaii and Korina comes from Africa. Koa has a
little more red in it than Korina, Korina wood is usually a
little lighter in weight.
Tonally, most people would agree
that Korina wins on an electric guitar & Koa wins on an acoustic. The problem
with that theory is, there are so few Korina Acoustic Guitars that this writer
thinks it would be hard to make that judgment. By Jan of 2008, I plan to build
several Korina Acoustic guitars, simply to see what the difference really is. In
my entire career I don't think I have ever encountered a Korina acoustic guitar
of any kind.
So if any brave
souls wish to get involved in my little Korina Acoustic discovery
project, Please let me know. Theoretically, Korina
should sound great! I have some moving and restructuring plans
for 2006 & 2007 so I am putting off this project for a little while.
As I said above if any one wants to get involved by ordering one of
the prototypes, I will of course give the guitar to them at a
greatly reduced price.
Ed Roman
May 2006
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Flamed Koa From Hell
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Koa Wood
Koa is a gorgeous wood with well defined curly and flamed grain
patterns as found in instrument quality Maple. It falls in the
middle of the tonal spectrum, giving the instrument a brightness of
tone without sacrificing warmth. It is slightly less round in tone
than the rosewoods. We have been building custom Koa guitars for
close to 20 years. |
Fender Stratocaster Koa Wood Conversion.
Back in the 90's I used to do hundreds of these
conversions.
Today I seem to be selling
Pearlcasters instead.
Custom BC Rich Guitars
Original Factory Made Koa BC Rich Bich
Steinberger Koa Wood Conversion This one has an LSR Birds-eye Maple neck
Raw Koa Wood
Unflamed Just Striped
Raw Chunk of Non Flame Koa Wood
Unsliced price in Hawaii
This piece will make 3 guitar bodies
Here is the same chunk of Koa getting ready to be sawed into 3 guitar Blanks
Striped Koa Custom Bass Made in Ed Roman's Custom Shop 1995
This Pearlcaster body is a magnificent piece of Solid
Hawaiian Flame Koa
In this photo there is only one coat of clear applied
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