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ernie
 Post subject: Koa wood
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:18 pm 
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A while book on a previous thread I asked about koa wood suppliers ,Someone mentioned anamera ??? listing on e- bay I contacted him, he only sells resawn sets on e- bay .Was looking for a supplier who sold in board form. Prices at the local hdwd store are 40$ per BF for 1 in stock and 62$ for 2in .Anyone know of a reasonably priced supplier ????
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Mike Dotson
 Post subject: Re: Koa wood
PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:56 pm 
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There is no 'reasonably' priced Koa, it's all expensive, but there are some advertisers right here than sell at a fair price and I've been pretty happy with my eBay purchases.
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Tai Fu
 Post subject: Re: Koa wood
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If you want to buy good grade curly koa, I am afraid expensive resawn luthier set is all you're going to find. Those wood is so expensive.

$40 per board foot isn't such a bad price for plain koa, if you're going to resaw it yourself since even plain Koa guitar sets sells for about 100 dollars at LMI

A Guitar back/side generally takes up one board foot...

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 Post subject: Re: Koa wood
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For very good Koa, go to Bruce Creps at Notable Woods, Lopez Island, WA. He's one of the best suppliers around for Koa.
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 Post subject: Re: Koa wood
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For very good Koa, go to Bruce Creps at Notable Woods, Lopez Island, WA. He's one of the best suppliers around for Koa.
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+1 for Bruce at notablewoods.com.

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ernie
 Post subject: Re: Koa wood
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Thanks will check notable bliss
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TonyFrancis
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Steve at Hawaiian Hardwoods is one of the best, for the picky amongst us!
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Darrel Friesen
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Bob Gleason at Pegasus has nice stuff too as does Larry at Gallery Hardwoods.
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