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RaymundH
PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:28 pm 
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Check the two coco guitars posted here; http://woodquestions.blogspot.com/

No matter what your feelings are for flatsawn wood in guitars these are coooool!!!

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Zach Ehley
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You want Cocobolo zoot porn? :shock:


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Link Van Cleave
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Randolph
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Bring on the flat sawn !!! bliss bliss bliss
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ChuckH
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Here's a slab I got from Grant Goltz.

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Fred Tellier
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And my Cocobolo stash

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This is going to be my #5 guitar. Also some of Grant Goltz's Coco.
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Chris aka Sniggly
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Filippo - That bridge is awesome.

In my opinion, Cocobolo is the the up and coming rosewood. It's got the flash that almost no other woods have, isn't growing all over the place, and has the tone to boot.

I'm a collector. When I return from my day job today I'm going to post some good photos of some flashy stuff.

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MaxBishop
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Couldn't resist digging up a couple pics of my coco flamenca. I call her "la Morena". Great looking and sounding guitar. Just wish I wasn't allergic [xx(]

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Brock Poling
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Zach Ehley wrote:
You want Cocobolo zoot porn? :shock:



Wow, those are nice sets. I have a couple like that but not big enough for dreads.

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Chris Oliver
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What? You guys want to bust out Cocobolo Crack?

crack... nice...

Cocozilla in da house!!!!

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Edward Taylor
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Man I love Cocobolo, and I just bought my first set of it!
From Grant Goltz...


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Howard Klepper
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Couldn't resist digging up a couple pics of my coco flamenca. I call her "la Morena". Great looking and sounding guitar. Just wish I wasn't allergic [xx(]

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Nice headstock, Max.

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Steve Kinnaird
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+1 on the headstock, Max.

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Haans
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A little late, but just buffed my Rockler Coco special...

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Burton LeGeyt
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Beautiful stuff guys!

Haans, that guitar looks great! I also have some Rockler Coco, I snagged a bunch of baords like these for some fancy 4 pc backs when I feel worthy of them:

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Steve Sollod
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I love that coco capo... Does anyone know how to make these...?


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Jimmy Caldwell
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Haans wrote:
A little late, but just buffed my Rockler Coco special...

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Haans,

Did that wood really come from Rockler?????? Beautiful. Here's one from a few years back.

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SteveCourtright
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Oooh, a cocobolo thread:


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Christoph
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What? You guys want to bust out Cocobolo Crack?

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Filippo,

That is a beautiful guitar. Could we see a another picture of the Soundboard and the Headstock please...

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Howard Klepper
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Coco porn:

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The kind of coco I look for:

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Haans
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Yes, Jimmy, it really came from Rockler. I ran into two 7-1/2" boards that were pretty quartered and some 5" for the ribs.
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GregG
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Stuart Gort
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Meh..

...once you've seen one highly figured, totally beautiful, exquisitely finished chunk of cocobolo you've seen them all 8-)

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Alexandru Marian
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Shoot me but I don't like the look of the flatsawn guitar at all.

Zach's first set - now that is some awesome guitar zoot.

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