I just purchased some lovely Koa. This is my first experience with it. Turns out, Koa is much lighter than I thought!
As I begin contemplating my first build with an unfamiliar wood, I wonder if anybody has any tips, warnings, cautions.
Koa also seems softer than I thought, so I can see its utility as a soundboard, but what about back and sides, where stiffness seems more desirable. And yet I have played an all solid Koa uke and it was quite nice.
Thank you for any pointers!
As I begin contemplating my first build with an unfamiliar wood, I wonder if anybody has any tips, warnings, cautions.
Koa also seems softer than I thought, so I can see its utility as a soundboard, but what about back and sides, where stiffness seems more desirable. And yet I have played an all solid Koa uke and it was quite nice.
Thank you for any pointers!