Koa over Ebony

People have complained for years that the prettiest wood is on the back of the instrument! I thought I would remedy that even with the difficulties that might produce. One doesn’t think of a hardwood as a good sound board, but with careful top graduation, one can make a Koa sound board sound fantastic. Then to drive that top further we used an ebony back. The results are fantastic.

• Top: Master Grade Koa

• Back & Sides: Macassar Ebony

• Binding: Curly Koa

• Fingerboard: Macassar Ebony

• FB Inlay: Sea Turtles

• Bridge: Ebony with bone tie block cover

• Rosette: Honu with Abalone

• Purfling: Paua Abalone

• Tuners: Rubner with Ebony buttons

• Sound Port: w/Koa binding

• Lower Bout: 9 1/4”

• Waist: 5 5/8”

• Upper Bout: 6 1/2”

• Depth: 2 7/8”

• Scale: 17”

• Nut: Width: 1 7/16”

• Bridge Spacing: 1 11/16”