a new koa soprano

I mentioned recently that while I was finishing up a few custom orders I had an extra soprano in the works. This soprano (#51), constructed of richly colored master grade koa, features an ebony fingerboard with MOP face and side markers, a Spanish cedar neck, rosewood body bindings, top purfling, a simple rosette, ebony pin bridge with snake wood pins, bone nut and saddle, and a scalloped ebony heel cap. . Its finished in a hand rubbed lacquer, fitted with Gotoh Deluxe friction tuners and strung with Savarez Alliance KF strings.

Like a nice cup of Black Cat Classic, it has a distinctive character, with a plucky bright voice, good loudness, intonation and playability. It features my latest (2012) evolution of sound board graduation style.