Koa in Flames-Completed...

[Great Ape]

Flame Koa on chambered Mahogany
                                                          Ivoroid binding
                                                          Rosewood on Maple Tele neck
                                                          6150 frets, 9 1/2" radius
                                                          American Standard 2-point trem
                                                          Vintage tuners
                                                          Duncan Alnico II Pro neck & middle
                                                          Duncan Custom P-90 bridge

I decided, at least for now, to stick with the full pickguard. I'm just an old blues guy, and most
of what I find appealing visually is usually pretty 'traditional', and those're the guitars I wind up playing, as well. I wanted to build an 'elegantly traditional' strat, and I love the results. No
surprise that it plays beautifully and sounds simply amazing. Thank you, Warmoth...

                  http://photobucket.com/koacompleted
   

 

[mero]

Very very classy and elegant,  the ivoroid binding matches perfectly with the koa top  :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

Nice job! That has to be a very satisfying guitar to play.

 

[anorakDan]

Beautiful guitar! You should be proud. I still love the Tele headstock!

 

[Patriot54]

Is that whammy bar longer than normal? If so, where did you get it?

 

[greywolf]

Nicely done!

 

[Great Ape]

Thank, guys, I appreciate it....yes, the whammy bar is longer than usual--but not by choice(man, NOTHIN' gets by you guys!)--the arm supplied with the bridge seemed to have incorrect threading for some reason. I had a bunch of arms from over the years and just used one that fit--I'd prefer that it be shorter than usual, not longer, so I'll keep lookin', but I have no idea where this is from originally...and, had I known better at the time I
ordered the body, I would have done a vintage 6-hole route and used a Bladerunner trem as I did
on my recent red strat build...
                                http://photobucket.com/redintheface