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Location: SoCal | sorry, just had to post...Martin D25-K2, one of 40 parlor, and uke.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Tony
Interesting guitar, Koa was a Hawaiin fad some years ago, pretty wood, but not the best acoustically maybe Martin could make it sound good.
The Koa instrument that I should have bought in the 70's was a custom Dobro lap steel built by John Dopyro for a customer that renigged on picking it up that he had in his Escondido shop for around $250, it had a resonator and a pickup and was shaped like a Hawaiin lap guitar and sounded great acoustically and plugged in. He begged me to buy it as I still had some of my ability to play steel that I learned when I was playing with my brother at age 15 or 16. I was too poor to afford it and have regretted it ever since.
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Location: SoCal | always something that if we had a couple of extra dollars...like the new 1969 XKE in Pensacola...
as to the KOA, new in 1980; compared with the Martin spruce, it just called to me...can't ask for more.
the parlor is a Celeb...good, can't compare to the '97 Collector's. Uke and parlor are my wife's so they don't count against mine ;) :p ;) |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | "...koa...pretty wood, but not the best acoustically maybe Martin could make it sound good."
Martin's D-50 limited edition with flamed koa back and sides lists for $45,000. At that price, it damn well better sound good! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I had a dreadnot Martin Koa, D42K I think it was. Nice but it just didn't have it. Like driving a 6 cylinder Mercedes. I have always found that the smaller bodies work better with Koa or other woods. I've got a '31 O-18H Martin all koa and it sounds really good, a friend had a '27 OO-28K, good as well. Collings makes a C-10 and those in Koa are really responsive.
The picture is wonderful by the way. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Tony, how does that Koa top Celebrity sound plugged in? Does it have a real bright sound? |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Tony - cool picture! |
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Location: SoCal | Kim wrote the best line of the day:
Nice. Don't the sharp edges on the back of the Martin cut into you, though? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Just take some 80 grit to the edge, fix it right up. |
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KOA wood
