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Tony_in_NYC
PostPosted: 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.
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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!

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Alex Kleon
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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:]

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Looks stunning Tony. Congrats!

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[clap] [clap] Nice work Tony! Great looking choice of woods.

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Thanks guys.
Alex, the guitar sounds like this(Poor singing notwithstanding):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGLjdq0HkIs

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It never ceases to amaze me at the talent found in this forum ! Excellent work ! [clap]

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Kudos, that is a real beauty. Love Koa...

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Very stylish, Tony. Congrats! [:Y:]
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Where's my shades!!
Superb woods and work.

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Most excellent!
Why did I never build in koa?

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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.
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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

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Looks great Tony. Nice looking work. A Koa build is in the near future for me.

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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.

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very, very pretty!
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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!

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Excellent work Tony. A real stunner. I can't remember seeing an all Koa dread before.

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Wow Wow Wow!! That is some pretty Koa. Great job on the building and tasteful decoration! [clap]
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nice, Tony. But I still can't believe you put strap locks on it [xx(]
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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.

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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.

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My daughter Emma and I think you build a gorgeous guitar. duh Emma like the smilies bliss
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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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