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Koa or walnut?

Koa
23
68%
Walnut
11
32%
 
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Unread post by juineaux » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:27 pm

praisedave wrote:
juineaux wrote:I picked koa because it ussauly looks better than walnut. Walnut can look really good or really bad, koa ussauly looks good unless its the brownish dull kind. From what I've seen Black acacia is a really popular alternative to both woods:

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its always best to choose guitars on looks :wink:

well, if you are spending a couple of grand on something it might as well look nice. Koa or walnut aren't really gonna sound all that different from a mahogany backed guitar. So for me, I guess it is about the looks for the most part.
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Unread post by Kahn » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:51 pm

Walnut always looks amazing.
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Unread post by mangold » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:34 pm

juineaux wrote:
praisedave wrote:
juineaux wrote:I picked koa because it ussauly looks better than walnut. Walnut can look really good or really bad, koa ussauly looks good unless its the brownish dull kind. From what I've seen Black acacia is a really popular alternative to both woods:

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its always best to choose guitars on looks :wink:

well, if you are spending a couple of grand on something it might as well look nice. Koa or walnut aren't really gonna sound all that different from a mahogany backed guitar. So for me, I guess it is about the looks for the most part.
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Unread post by juineaux » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:53 pm

praisedave wrote:
juineaux wrote:
praisedave wrote:
juineaux wrote:I picked koa because it ussauly looks better than walnut. Walnut can look really good or really bad, koa ussauly looks good unless its the brownish dull kind. From what I've seen Black acacia is a really popular alternative to both woods:

Image
its always best to choose guitars on looks :wink:

well, if you are spending a couple of grand on something it might as well look nice. Koa or walnut aren't really gonna sound all that different from a mahogany backed guitar. So for me, I guess it is about the looks for the most part.
i keed with you tom!
yea but I feel like such a shallow guitar buyer now....sorry washburn, come back to me.....
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