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Koa

One of the most visually stunning woods available, with golden hues and often with dramatic figure.

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Moon Spruce

Moon Spruce

Provides a sound rich in overtones, focused, full of nuance and tone color.

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Adirondack (Red) Spruce

Adirondack (Red) Spruce

Adirondack spruce has been the choice of bluegrass pickers for decades, and seems to add power to any guitar design.

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Bearclaw Sitka Spruce

Bearclaw Sitka Spruce

Strong, focused tone with strong fundamental — perfect for flatpicking styles.

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Blackwood

Blackwood

African blackwood is denser and harder than either ebony or Brazilian rosewood. It is perhaps the ultimate wood for power, clarity, punch, a

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Brazilian Rosewood

Brazilian Rosewood

Brazilian rosewood is highly desirable, exceptionally rare and heavily regulated.

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Bubinga

Bubinga

Bubinga has reddish and bronze-like colors, with a tone similar to Indian rosewood.

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Cocobolo

Cocobolo

Provides well-balanced tone with power, sustain and volume.

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Engelmann Spruce

Engelmann Spruce

Engelmann spruce is a silky pale spruce, similar in color to European spruce.

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European Spruce

European Spruce

Provides a sound rich in overtones, focused, full of nuance and tone color.

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Indian Rosewood

Indian Rosewood

Indian rosewood has been the standard rosewood choice for decades.

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Koa

Koa

One of the most visually stunning woods available, with golden hues and often with dramatic figure.

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Kauri

Kauri

From New Zealand, Kauri is salvaged from bogs where it has resided for millennia, without aging, in an anaerobic environment.

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Madagascan Rosewood

Madagascan Rosewood

It delivers crisp, bold tones, good sustain, and striking beauty.

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Maple

Maple

With a powerful fundamental and even harmonics, it is clear and present, but without pronounced peaks and valleys in the harmonic content.

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Mahogany

Mahogany

Balanced, resonant tone with notable sustain.

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Myrtlewood

Myrtlewood

Myrtlewood offers a strong fundamental with a powerful voice.

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Ovangkol

Ovangkol

Ovangkol is a plentiful wood, visually similar in tone to rosewood. The tone falls somewhere between Indian rosewood and koa, with the stren

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Port Orford Cedar

Port Orford Cedar

Highly aromatic wood, delivering a subtle but powerful tone.

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Redwood

Redwood

Bold, punchy, crisp tones, with rich, strong overtones.

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Sapele

Sapele

Strong visual presence and a bit more upper harmonic content and low-end clarity.

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Sitka Spruce

Sitka Spruce

It is strong, light, and gives an extended harmonic content and nearly equals the power of Adirondack.

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Striped Ebony

Striped Ebony

Striped Macassar ebony coloration is nearly black, with brown streaks.

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Walnut (Claro, Black)

Walnut (Claro, Black)

Walnut has a very even response curve and offers a strong, clear fundamental, with clear harmonics.

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Western Red Cedar

Western Red Cedar

It is softer than spruce, so it requires a careful and accurate touch, and it rewards with sweet, extended harmonic content.

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Ziricote

Ziricote

It is known for low dampening qualities, similar to most rosewoods, with rich basses and clear trebles.

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One of the most visually stunning woods available, with golden hues and often with dramatic figure.

Overview

Koa Tonewoods

One of the most visually stunning woods available, with golden hues and often with dramatic figure. Koa is characterized by a tone that is both clear and sweet. The voice grows over time, from sweet to sweeter. Clear and sweet. The wood “opens up” the more the instrument is played, expanding the midrange, for an even richer, sweeter tone over time. Due to its popularity, it is harder and harder to find top-quality koa. Limited supply has driven up prices in recent years, making koa expensive, and therefore rarely found in production guitars. Has the stiffness and clarity of rosewood, but with the warm, light tones of mahogany. Similar in weight and strength to black walnut. Colors range from brown to gold, with rich and varying grain, tending toward curl or flame figure in old-growth trees. Koa is a fast-growing tropical hardwood, native to the Hawaiian Islands. It requires up to 200 inches of annual rainfall. As a nitrogen fixing plant, it is perfect for growing in the young volcanic soil of the Islands

Koa Acoustic Guitars

Pursuit Exotic Concert CE

Pursuit Exotic Concert CE

Koa - Koa

Exotic King Koa Auditorium E

Exotic King Koa Auditorium E

Koa - Koa

Legacy Concert LTD

Legacy Concert LTD

Pursuit Exotic Concert CE

Pursuit Exotic Concert CE

Koa – Koa

Legacy Concerto E

Legacy Concerto E

Adirondack Spruce - Koa

Pursuit Exotic Concert E

Pursuit Exotic Concert E

Sitka Spruce - Koa

Pursuit Exotic Concert E

Pursuit Exotic Concert E

Sitka Spruce - Koa

Masterclass Dreadnought Carmel Burst E

Masterclass Dreadnought Carmel Burst E

Bearclaw Sitka Spruce – Koa

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