Koa!

Here is the Hawaiian Koa I got for my acoustic.
Just came in today.

The Spruce should look and sound amazing along with the Koa.

It will look much better after I get it finished.

Koa is a very rare wood and it costs a lot more than other varieties of wood you would use for a guitar. This is actually the first time I have ever worked with Koa, so it will definitely be a learning experience!
This guitar will not have a cutaway, but that's all I've really planned for how this guitar will look. I like to start the guitar before I plan it all, the look of the wood and the body usually will tell me what I need to do to it to make it unique.

I'm counting the hours for this guitar build... so far I've had 5 hours to stare at the wood wishing I had time to start on it this week.

I'll keep this blog updated with the progress!
-Chris

New Photos

I put some new photos of an acoustic we completed for a customer. (just in time for Christmas!) I must say that this has to be one of the best Christmas presents I've ever seen.

Here are a few photos of it:

Christmas present for a very lucky man.

Here are the position markers, the three others going up the neck you don't see in the photo are on the left side of the fingerboard. I tried to make them look like broken glass. (material used is Abalone Shell)

The Rosette is a "Crown of Thorns" I used Black Limba as the material for the inlay.

Black Limba Back/Sides

The Headstock on this guitar is my favorite part... it really is stunning.

There are more photos of it up on the website under the "Acoustic Gallery"(starting at page 5)

Hope you like it!
-Chris