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My #5 Koa Dread-- Many pics
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Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:56 am ]
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It took a while and there were some delays, a broken foot, a leaky roof in my shop, and a hurricane, but the big brother to the koa OM that I finished back in May is finally done! The two guitars were made with sequential cuts of Koa from the same log, which you will see at the end.
Here are the specifics:
Koa top, back and sides
Koa heel cap
Bloodwood bindings, head plate and tail wedge
Sperzel locking tuners in gold
Abalone rosette
black white black purfling all over the place
Curly maple neck with bloodwood stripe by KMG Guitars.

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This guitar is a commission for a guy whose last name starts with the letter M. I tried to inlay this "M" but I broke one of them after two horrendous attempts, and I only had two, so I sent it to VirgilGuitar. He did an excellent job with a one day turnaround. So special thanks to Virgil for helping me out. Here is the "M" in the bloodwood head plate veneer:
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And, here are the twins "together" for the first time!
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Thanks to VirgilGuitar for doing the inlay on the headstock for me! And thanks for looking everyone!

Tony
Author:  Alex Kleon [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:08 am ]
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WOW!! Stunning guitar, Tony. I love the look of the bloodwood binding on the FB, and the clean look of the FB without the fret dots. Too bad the siblings are going to be separated! What does the dread sound like?

Alex [:Y:] [clap] [:Y:]
Author:  jac68984 [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:39 am ]
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Looks stunning Tony. Congrats!
Author:  DannyV [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:50 am ]
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[clap] [clap] Nice work Tony! Great looking choice of woods.

Cheers,
Danny
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:18 am ]
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Thanks guys.
Alex, the guitar sounds like this(Poor singing notwithstanding):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGLjdq0HkIs
Author:  Mike Dotson [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:21 am ]
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Oooooooooooo! :shock:
Author:  WudWerkr [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:12 pm ]
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It never ceases to amaze me at the talent found in this forum ! Excellent work ! [clap]
Author:  SteveCourtright [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:13 pm ]
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Kudos, that is a real beauty. Love Koa...
Author:  Beth Mayer [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:55 pm ]
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Very stylish, Tony. Congrats! [:Y:]
Author:  Colin North [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:21 pm ]
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Where's my shades!!
Superb woods and work.
Author:  Chris Pile [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:28 pm ]
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Most excellent!
Why did I never build in koa?
Author:  ernie [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:49 pm ]
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Chris check the prices on e- bay for KOA, If you have access to resaw bandsaw , some deals can be found.
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:31 pm ]
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ernie wrote:
Chris check the prices on e- bay for KOA, If you have access to resaw bandsaw , some deals can be found.


Jeez Ernie! You were clearly looking at this thread, you took the time to post something, but you cant even say, "Hey man, nice guitar."
or something like that? Ouch. gaah

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I appreciate it and you are all very kind! Except for Ernie. He must have missed the pics of the guitar or something. laughing6-hehe
Author:  cwood8656 [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:12 am ]
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Looks great Tony. Nice looking work. A Koa build is in the near future for me.

Chris.
Author:  banjopicks [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:21 am ]
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Some of the guitars I see on this forum are just hard to stop looking at. wow7-eyes I can only hope to make one that good looking someday.
Author:  jstream [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:24 am ]
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very, very pretty!
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:41 am ]
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Filippo Morelli wrote:
What you can't see in these guitars is all the super secret Costa Guitars design features that make them sound RIDICULOUS. Of course, and no surprise, Tony is just showing us the bling - figuring we'll stair at all the pretty lights and not notice the proprietary stuff. Way to go Tony ... preying on our proclivities.

Filippo


Yep. I'm devious like that!

Thanks everyone. All of the kind words are very much appreciated!
Author:  jackwilliams [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:52 am ]
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Beautiful guitars !
Author:  Ken Franklin [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:10 am ]
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Excellent work Tony. A real stunner. I can't remember seeing an all Koa dread before.
Author:  Quine [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:28 pm ]
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Wow Wow Wow!! That is some pretty Koa. Great job on the building and tasteful decoration! [clap]
Author:  oval soundhole [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:38 pm ]
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nice, Tony. But I still can't believe you put strap locks on it [xx(]
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:26 pm ]
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oval soundhole wrote:
nice, Tony. But I still can't believe you put strap locks on it [xx(]


By request. And without the locks, they look like regular strap buttons.
Author:  theguitarwhisperer [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:34 pm ]
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What an ugly guitar. Seriously Tony, you should be embarrassed! I don't think you should use that Koa anymore, either. If you have any more of those sequential cuts, I think you should ship them to me, so that I can haul them down to the dump for yah.
Author:  Clinchriver [ Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:26 pm ]
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Tony
My daughter Emma and I think you build a gorgeous guitar. duh Emma like the smilies bliss
Author:  Jim_H [ Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:40 pm ]
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oval soundhole wrote:
nice, Tony. But I still can't believe you put strap locks on it [xx(]



Don't be silly. Why wouldn't you want to play it safe with a guitar that amazing?

Now, as to why he didn't take them off for the photos, well, that's another story for another day. :p
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