Holy Moly you see the KOA on Taylor Swifts axe the Grammys!

[King Guitar]

Dont have a pic but it was the sickest KOA wood Taylor Custom acoustic guitar I have ever seen. Man Liberace would of been proud

 

[LedZep77]

Yep, I saw it. Definitely a beautiful guitar!

 

[yngzaklynch]

Didn't see it but I've played koa Taylors and they are sweet. When it came time to buy my own I opted for the 914C but they were a real close 2nd.

 

[scottosan]

I love koa, this is my Melancon Custom Artist

 

[King Guitar]

I own several really nice KOA guitars too but let me tell you what I have never seen anything remotely like the KOA freakshow of wood that was on the Grammy Taylor Swift guitar. It was insane. I am sure a pic will turn up by tomorrow.

 

[bill]

My first great guitar was a all Koa 1927 018 K Martin I picked up for $100. The really old Martins did not have the Martin logo on the headstock so the guy at the music store said it wasn't a Martin. Been playing Martins ever since. My current is a 1968 D-18 hog.

 

[thiswaythatway]

I like the way Koa looks, but hate the way it sounds. Well, judging from the Suhr i owned.

 

[scottosan]

I like the way Koa looks, but hate the way it sounds. Well, judging from the Suhr i owned.

Did that guitar have hollow chambers?

 

[thiswaythatway]

I like the way Koa looks, but hate the way it sounds. Well, judging from the Suhr i owned.

Did that guitar have hollow chambers?

No, it was solid.

 

[scottosan]

I like the way Koa looks, but hate the way it sounds. Well, judging from the Suhr i owned.

Did that guitar have hollow chambers?

No, it was solid.

The reason I ask is from Tom Anderson's site-

Koa Top on Mahogany - Cobra
The Koa gives a beautiful, rich, clarity to the guitar's sound. Because of this clarity we recommend its use with hollow chambered guitars.

 

[yngzaklynch]

Was it this Taylor Presentation series guitar?

 

[thiswaythatway]

I like the way Koa looks, but hate the way it sounds. Well, judging from the Suhr i owned.

Did that guitar have hollow chambers?

No, it was solid.

The reason I ask is from Tom Anderson's site-

Koa Top on Mahogany - Cobra
The Koa gives a beautiful, rich, clarity to the guitar's sound. Because of this clarity we recommend its use with hollow chambered guitars.

There was a thread on an Anderson forum where someone was asking about the tone of a solid Koa bodied Anderson guitar, with a Pau Ferro neck and fretboard. Tom's description of the tone was DEAD ON to what my Koa Suhr sounded like. He described it as a sharp, cutting, bright guitar. But, not a sweet, smooth, or rich sounding tone. I read a lot of comparison to Mahoganey for Koa, and to me, it has more in common with solid maple. Sounds nothing like Mahoganey IMHO.

 

[yngzaklynch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvcesIjnl28

 

[scottosan]

I like the way Koa looks, but hate the way it sounds. Well, judging from the Suhr i owned.

Did that guitar have hollow chambers?

No, it was solid.

The reason I ask is from Tom Anderson's site-

Koa Top on Mahogany - Cobra
The Koa gives a beautiful, rich, clarity to the guitar's sound. Because of this clarity we recommend its use with hollow chambered guitars.

There was a thread on an Anderson forum where someone was asking about the tone of a solid Koa bodied Anderson guitar, with a Pau Ferro neck and fretboard. Tom's description of the tone was DEAD ON to what my Koa Suhr sounded like. He described it as a sharp, cutting, bright guitar. But, not a sweet, smooth, or rich sounding tone. I read a lot of comparison to Mahoganey for Koa, and to me, it has more in common with solid maple. Sounds nothing like Mahoganey IMHO.

ahhh, I misunderstood. I was thinking that the had a koa top on a solid mohagany body, but yours was solid koa. My Carvin is solid maple and I assuse it would be similar in tone. It's not a real toneful guitar, kind of sharp and nuetral, not a lot of distinct character. Though I like it for really high gain stuff

 

[Mudder]

I wonder how much the pickups play in the koa tone? Because I've heard some great sounding koa guitars, most often with p90s.