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woody b
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:56 am 
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Here's an all Koa guitar I just finished. It's the guitar in a build thread I have on the AGF. I was originally calling it a "Mini-Dread" but I've decided to call this size/shape a 00-D. That sounds......more sophisicated than Mini Dread.
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Here's a rough recording of it.
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Pat Hawley
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Nice looking guitar. Love the koa. I don't, however, see the connection between its shape and a dreadnought...

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Looks great Woody. Nice work!

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ChuckB
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Looks and sounds great, I really like the shape!

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that's really nice woody.
i like the finish.
is that varnish?
what kind?
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woody b
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alan stassforth wrote:
that's really nice woody.
i like the finish.
is that varnish?
what kind?


The finish is catalyzed urethane. (ML Campbell Euro Series). Varnish is my favorite finish though.

Pat Hawley wrote:
Nice looking guitar. Love the koa. I don't, however, see the connection between its shape and a dreadnought...

Cheers,
Pat


The "connection" is mostly in my head. eek eek I started with a dread template and took 1/2" off all the way around, making the lower bout 14 5/8". Then I broght the waist in some and rounded the shoulders. I also adjusted the length so I can put the bridge in a reasonable location with either a 12, 13, or 14 fret neck. The depth at the tail is 4 5/8" so that's kinda dread like too. Scale length is 24 5/8".

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Jeff Highland
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Looks Weissenbornish........not that theres anything wrong with that.
Great build, I like it very much.
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alan stassforth
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sounds great too!
how's that soundport sound?
does it help ya hear that gitar better?
nice balanced tone.
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Ken C
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Very nice, Woody! Someday, I am going to build a Koa. So how you liking the shape now you have it done and strung up?

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