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Andy Zimmerman
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Hi All
I am going to make a fingerstyle OM with some killer 5A Koa. It will be my
first cutaway. For my other OM, I love the cedar top...matched with
cocobolo....Amazing tone

I have both a cedar and lutz spruce top to choose from for this one....What
do you all think?
Would the darker look of cedar not look well matched with 5A Koa????
I know this is a personal question, but have any of you used Cedar with Koa
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Lutz with Koa Andy, i must admit that the red cedar - koa is tempting tho.
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I would go with the cedar/koa. Although I have never built with koa...I
have heard it is in the same tonal ballpark as mahogany. I personally
think that cedar/mahogany is one of the best wood combinations
available to a luthier - when it is well done, it is magical. I would think
cedar/koa would also be an incredible combination and also very
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All things considered, cedar.

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It depends on what you mean by "fingerstyle" playing. If you're talking Chet Atkins type fingerstyle, then spruce. If you're talking celtic or other more modern styles like Keaggy et al., then cedar is good. Redwood is even better.

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I also have one adi top????

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[QUOTE=azimmer1] I also have one adi top????[/QUOTE]

That's the one


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Adi....Love that stuff.

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Yeah, I didn't see Adi in the original email either. Time to go shopping.

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I know of several very experienced Luthiers(around 300 mark) who love cedar/koa guitars for light fingerstyle. I've done a Cedar/Myrtle, and a Cedar/EIR, and now the Bouzouki I just strung up is Cedar/Koa. Amazing sound, but I don't have a guitar in that wood combination to compare it to. But this thing is extremely light! Good luck!
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I'd use the Adi, Best top there is!IMHO

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