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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: MrBump on January 13, 2009, 10:55:51 AM

Title: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: MrBump on January 13, 2009, 10:55:51 AM: ... anyone ever tried one? They look tasty...

Mark.
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: sgmypod on January 13, 2009, 11:02:48 AM: Yeah liked the neck..unique sounding wood...compared to say a normal strat..but definatly worth a try to see if you like
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: Will on January 13, 2009, 11:16:10 AM: I believe that its basswood with a koa veneer
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: sgmypod on January 13, 2009, 11:33:06 AM: ahh didn't know that
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: FernandoDuarte on January 13, 2009, 04:19:26 PM: I would buy Warmoth instead, easily...
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: MrBump on January 13, 2009, 05:17:24 PM: Warmoth comes in very expensive though... especially if you go for the nicer stuff.
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: FernandoDuarte on January 13, 2009, 07:08:14 PM: Quote from: MrBump on January 13, 2009, 05:17:24 PM
Warmoth comes in very expensive though... especially if you go for the nicer stuff.

Fender is too... :lol:
Not sure how much this one costs...
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: WezV on January 13, 2009, 07:52:49 PM: gotta say the fender two tone sunburst looks particularly nice over koa

i have some nice fiddleback tazmanian blackwood that would work particularly well in that style
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: Simon D on January 13, 2009, 09:03:46 PM: Quote from: Will on January 13, 2009, 11:16:10 AM
I believe that its basswood with a koa veneer

It is indeed. Made in Korea in the same factory as the Lite Ash Teles and Strats.
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: MrBump on January 13, 2009, 09:32:28 PM: Quote from: WezV on January 13, 2009, 07:52:49 PM
gotta say the fender two tone sunburst looks particularly nice over koa

i have some nice fiddleback tazmanian blackwood that would work particularly well in that style

Can you do me one for £500...?

:wink:
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: WezV on January 13, 2009, 09:33:41 PM: what... a strat body... sure ;)
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: sgmypod on January 13, 2009, 11:50:41 PM: after seeing work you did on Horseheads guitar can't wait to see what you do with this
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Post by: Jonny on January 14, 2009, 01:27:19 AM: Quote from: WezV on January 13, 2009, 09:33:41 PM
what... a strat body... sure ;)
If you did make Strat bodies on request, how long would it take? For a clear finished one, no fancy paintjob or anything.
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: WezV on January 14, 2009, 07:14:44 AM: i am not currently giving myself deadlines, i know it sounds arrogant but i still have another full time job, am setting up a new workshop and planning a wedding at the moment. also, finishing can sometimes create delays - especially when its done in nitro

probably about a month before finishing
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: WezV on January 14, 2009, 07:23:45 AM: found it!!

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/new/tazzy.jpg)

perfect size for a strat or tele!!
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: FernandoDuarte on January 16, 2009, 11:06:49 PM: Ops, lost the thread...

Amazing piece! :D
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: WezV on January 16, 2009, 11:12:29 PM: hard to photo though, the flame is pretty consistent across teh board but does have a tendency to disapear under a flash. I think this kind of tight even flame would really suit a telecaster with a black burst (doesnt need the amber in the middle really) and a simple 3-ply tele scratchplate... simple and teletastic but much more at the same time
Title: Re: Fender Koa Strat
Post by: FernandoDuarte on January 16, 2009, 11:41:22 PM: Noooo :cry: No pickguard, pleeeeease!
At most a very small burst, but I still think it needs to be 100% natural! :D

Quote from: WezV on January 16, 2009, 11:12:29 PM
hard to photo though, the flame is pretty consistent across teh board but does have a tendency to disapear under a flash.

Solve making it... :lol: Perhaps with that Macassar Ebony neck (I would think in Rosewood neck with that wood on fretboard, Esquire...)
A wood seller here from Brazil told me once "Want to have the figure popping on your face? Before you apply the first laquer coat, let it have some light, 1 or 2 hours, than apply the coat..."

Got a report of a painter doing it, with P.U., and get really impressed, will try it someday...

To the fear of it getting warped side guys, he told me to it that Bear Claw Spruce to acoustic guitar :lol:
He said it works alike when you put oil on a paper, it get transparent...