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Hi folks,

Anyone have a good source for some curly koa binding and head plate material?

Allied has some but it says it’s not great curl and is fairly expensive.

Brad


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I don’t know if they have bindings specifically but koa they have, might be worth a call..

http://www.notablewoods.com/woods/koa.html

I have searched all sources and haven’t found any. I miss it. I used it often.

Same here. Fortunately I purchased several guitars worth from Bob Gleason some years ago, I’ve got one set left I’ll use on a BRW 000 I have in progress. Bob doesn’t sell it anymore so I did a search and even ordered some from other places but haven’t been able to find any of the good stuff either.


Steve

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They got back to me. They have medium curl boards that can be cut to binding and head plates. Seems the higher quality stuff is hard to come by.


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I haven't searched for sources, but have you considered curly mango or curly Australian/Tasmanian blackwood as alternatives? They can look a lot like curly koa.

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Jason Moe
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Thanks Jason, I got some from Allied a while ago. It is not the quality of curl we are talking about and you can even see that from their photos.


Steve

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