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Koa
is one of the most sought after woods in the instrument craft today
because of it's beauty and tonal responsiveness. From Hawaii, this wood is
in the Acacia family. It is available in many shades and contrasts. It
often is found to have unbelievable interlocking flame, and contrasting
figure. It is truly a sight to see! Koa is often used as a top wood as
well as on the back and sides of guitars. There is usually a slight
trade-off on tone for beauty when use for the top when compared to Sitka
or Engelmann Spruce, but many folks like the tone. When use for sides and
back and paired with an Engelmann top, the result is very striking. It's
tone is well balanced for fingerstyle instruments. It imparts sparkling
highs and wonderful sustain but has less bass than rosewood. |

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