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Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by RS, Oct 28, 2001.

  1. Oct 28, 2001 #1
    RS

    RS

    Aug 27, 2000
    Cleveland, OH
    What wood, tonewise, does koa compare to? Ash? alder? other?
     
  2. Oct 28, 2001 #2
    VoodooChile

    VoodooChile

    Jun 2, 2001
    Pod 6, under the water
    koa. that's about it. koa resembles the sonic characteristics of koa surprisingly well. but i'm not saying i'm not a wood afficienado or anything so what do i know. there's probaly some freak wood in the middle of the amazon that sounds like koa and has a name with atleast 15 sylables that i can't pronounce.
     
  3. Oct 28, 2001 #3
    HeavyDuty

    HeavyDuty Supporting Curmudgeon Staff Member Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 26, 2000
    Central Texas
    From the Warmoth site:

     
  4. Oct 28, 2001 #4
    john turner

    john turner You don't want to do that. Trust me. Staff Member

    Mar 14, 2000
    atlanta ga
    koa is an awesome wood, good for the deep bass, but also surprisingly snappy high end to it. there is a wide diversity of colors available - it sorta has a directional coloration to it - from some pov's it looks a lot lighter than from others. both of these basses are koa...

    this one is flame koa, very very nice, gets very dark from certain povs...

    8strcls.jpg

    and this one is a figured koa, much darker...

    cnknumb61.jpg

    this second one looks light when i hold it upside down.
     
  5. Oct 28, 2001 #5
    Woodchuck

    Woodchuck

    Apr 21, 2000
    Atlanta (Grant Park!)
    Gallien Krueger for the last 12 years!
    The Victor Bailey sig is made of koa wood, and it had a nice snappy tone happening, but at the same time the lowend had a good deal of warmth.
     
  6. Oct 28, 2001 #6
    bassbrad

    bassbrad

    Aug 17, 2000
    Leander, TX (outside Austin)
    Koa has a warmth and brightness and beauty that no other wood has. I have an older Carvin bass, LB50Koa, that has a 2 piece koa body and 1 piece koa set in neck with an ebony fingerboard an passive electronix. That bass speaks like no other the lows are clear and punchy (never muddy) and people always think it is an active bass because it is so bright as well. By comparison I also have a bass that is the same model but is all maple body and neck with an ebony board and the lows are not as punchy and overall the bass is a little muted, still a good sounding bass but it dosen't have the same character.
     
  7. Oct 29, 2001 #7
    chump stain

    chump stain

    Oct 15, 2001
    Ferndale, Michigan USA
    how is koa for a neck wood, is it strong enough?

    I really like the look of the 2 peice koa neck with koa body carvin offers.
     
  8. Oct 29, 2001 #8
    count_funkula

    count_funkula

    Dec 13, 1999
    Greenville, Tx
    There is a recording on my web page called Noodle's Groove of my Carvin LB75. It has a Koa body, maple neck and ebony fretboard.
     
  9. Oct 29, 2001 #9
    count_funkula

    count_funkula

    Dec 13, 1999
    Greenville, Tx
    Unless your really weird and have my sorry web page bookmarked you might need this.

    http://www.geocities.com/goodmanje/Bass.html