Hi Al and welcome to the OLF!
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For Koa in your size try these guys - they are great: http://www.volcanoguitarworks.com/index.php?id=14
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| Author: | Alexander [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
Hi everyone, i just joined yesterday, i'm going to start a weissenborn project from that "how to build a weissenborn" book and plans (when i buy it at the end of feb) by Terry Buddell but i really want to use highly figured Koa to get that old bright sound. I've had a look on google and it seems like you only really get it in large orders. Would anyone happen to know a place i can get enough highly figured koa for my project? Also i'm in England by the way. Al |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
Hi Al and welcome to the OLF! For Koa in your size try these guys - they are great: http://www.volcanoguitarworks.com/index.php?id=14 |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
I'd certainly try and get your wood from a source in the UK first due to the high cost of buying and shipping stuff from the US now, there are three I would call and ask: Joel at Tonewood Supplies, his site is linked above as he is a sponsor of this forum. David Dyke at Luthiers Supplies his site is http://www.luthierssupplies.co.uk/ Chris at Timberline his site is http://www.exotichardwoods.co.uk/. In each case I would call them up and see what they can do, most tonewood people only list a fraction of their wood on their websites, but would be happy to cut the wood for you if they have it in stock. There are a number of others you can try so check back later if these can't help you. Colin |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
Hi Alexander, welcome to the OLF. And let me congratulate you on your whereabouts...we vacationed in Yorkshire last year and simply loved it. Why, one of these days, Colin, Dave and I are all going to relocate to Yorkshire and spend our retirement building guitars. Till then, if you buy my plane ticket from Texas over to Yorkshire, I'll bring you a set of Koa for nada. Again, welcome! Steve |
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| Author: | Shane Neifer [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
One other source is Bruce Crepps at http://www.notablewoods.com/. He is not a sponsor here but is non the less a great guy to deal with and is one of the Koa Kings! Shane |
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| Author: | charliewood [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
Shanes right - Notable woods is one of the best kept secrets in tonewood great guy too! Cheers Charlie |
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| Author: | Dave Higham [ Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie from yorkshire's about to start a weissenborn. |
Hi Al, I don't know how new you are to this either, and I don't know where to buy koa. What I do know is that you're getting advice from some of the people whose word I respect the most on this forum. So, from one Yorkshireman to another, 'Tek 'eed lad!' ('Cos yer can allus tell a Yorkshireman, but yer can't tell 'im much!)  Oh, and there's valuable advice on the other Weissenborn thread. |
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