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KoAlohas vs. Opios vs. Rebels
I impulsively somewhat stupidly sold my KSM-00c that I had only owned for a couple of months and had gotten at a great price in a moment of feeling like I wanted to explore other things. I kinda miss it.
I have solid hog teardrop soprano on order from Cripple Creek, similar to the one that sold in the market place a week or so ago, but that won't be ready for 10 weeks and I'd kinda like to have a regular bodied 12-fret to the body soprano anyway (my custom will be 14 to the body and size-wise somewhere in between a concert and soprano).
There are plenty of good options out there and I should probably just get an old Martin, but I already have two hog concerts and my since my custom will be hog I'm considering something different.
I know YogiTom and Baz love Rebels, but beyond that I haven't heard much on them. Particularly the sops.
I'd love to get anyone's experiences on how feel, tonality, volume, differ among koa KoAloha's, Opios, and Rebels.
Specifically, in addition to looking at the used KoAloha market, I'm thinking about a KSO-10s, a Rebel Double Creme sop, or a Rebel Double Cheese sop (I might just decide on a Martin or Martin copy or maybe I'll just for my custom to decide what else I want, but that is different can of worms)
Any and all experiences welcome.
(sorry if this has already been addressed. Couldn't find much on my searches)
I impulsively somewhat stupidly sold my KSM-00c that I had only owned for a couple of months and had gotten at a great price in a moment of feeling like I wanted to explore other things. I kinda miss it.
I have solid hog teardrop soprano on order from Cripple Creek, similar to the one that sold in the market place a week or so ago, but that won't be ready for 10 weeks and I'd kinda like to have a regular bodied 12-fret to the body soprano anyway (my custom will be 14 to the body and size-wise somewhere in between a concert and soprano).
There are plenty of good options out there and I should probably just get an old Martin, but I already have two hog concerts and my since my custom will be hog I'm considering something different.
I know YogiTom and Baz love Rebels, but beyond that I haven't heard much on them. Particularly the sops.
I'd love to get anyone's experiences on how feel, tonality, volume, differ among koa KoAloha's, Opios, and Rebels.
Specifically, in addition to looking at the used KoAloha market, I'm thinking about a KSO-10s, a Rebel Double Creme sop, or a Rebel Double Cheese sop (I might just decide on a Martin or Martin copy or maybe I'll just for my custom to decide what else I want, but that is different can of worms)
Any and all experiences welcome.
(sorry if this has already been addressed. Couldn't find much on my searches)
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