custom shop woods (Korina)

[Chromatic]

I've read alot about Korina as a tonewood and would like to use it on my custom rhoads project. Jackson Custom Shop offers this wood... but... there are 2 kinds of Korina...

people who get their customs and also the Jackson CS never specify what Korina is used.

White Korina - Black Korina

what Korina does Jackson CS use on their guitars?

what is the difference between white and black Korina?

which would be better to use on my Rhoads if such difference is real?

thankyou

P.S (I'll post some porn of my white RR1 with Bare Knuckle Pickups tomorrow)

[Jason slsh]

Just a wild guess at the wood. But If it were black, I would imagine that it would not get any kind of paint. So the CS jackson's would be white. IDK I can imagine a lovely translucent black Korina though. With just a clear coat. ohhh!! Yeah

[scotty]

I don't know about the wood but have you seen this? Not a Jackson but it is 24 fret if you you are in to that.

[Jason slsh]

thats just what i was thinking. Good one.
F@cking beautiful.

[ADR]

scotty: Is that a fresh CS piece? Cause it has the smaller Charvel logo like my new refinished logo on my San Dimas. Are they all that size now or cause its a CS piece?

[xenophobe]

That's just strange....

[Chromatic]

nice pic

but I was actually just asking for Korina as a tonewood. Difference between white and black.

The guitar in the front will have solid painting, only the neck (neck with no paint at all and oiled) and back (trans black finish) will let the Korina show.

I read somwhere that black korina isn't a good neck choice... so maybe the Jackson CS builds with white Korina only?

[scotty]

Maybe this will help. http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/option..._bodywoods.cfm

[Chromatic]

Maybe this will help. http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/option..._bodywoods.cfm

thanks for the link

well... white is medium-heavy and black is medium and both mark the same "tone o meter" and sound like mahogany but with more mids.

so they... sound exactly the same ? maybe white Korina sounds much more full because of its heavier body...

interesting thing is that White Korina can be used as Neck and Body

black can only be used for body...

so when someone orders a Korina neck and body... they are actually ordering White Korina guitars. Funny coincidence is that white Korina was used for flying Vs

[Chrisb]

Same tone, Black Korina (Black Limba) is more porous and doesn't take finish quite as well. Its also much easier to come by these days. White Korina (used on the old Gibson Explorers etc) is often more because of its rarity in comparison to black korina. I'd recommend White Korina only if you are going for a transparent back with a maple cap or something like that. They sound identical to me tonally. Both very much like Mahogany..a little bit closer to Koa because it does have more top end punch than mahogany.

[Chromatic]

Same tone, Black Korina (Black Limba) is more porous and doesn't take finish quite as well. Its also much easier to come by these days. White Korina (used on the old Gibson Explorers etc) is often more because of its rarity in comparison to black korina. I'd recommend White Korina only if you are going for a transparent back with a maple cap or something like that. They sound identical to me tonally. Both very much like Mahogany..a little bit closer to Koa because it does have more top end punch than mahogany.

awesome!! the response I was looking for! thanks man!

but there is only 1 more question left... who can confirm what Korina does Jackson CS offer? Because they don't specify it. So if I order I can say "white Korina body and neck"? or simply Korina? I bet my money that they use white Korina because of the finishes I've seen.

[danastas]

During a workshop last year, a couple of guys in the Jackson shop specifically mentioned that White Korina is now the rarest of woods they deal in. I suspect 95% of the Korina guitars on the market (not just Jackson) are black limba. And so, if Jackson's view is that it's incredibly rare, you can expect to pay up big time for it.

That's the question right there. Is it worth it?

If you specified "Korina" I bet you'd get black limba. If you wanted white limba, you'd have to specify.

[dobieboy]

The wood in that picture looks like Koa...

[vultures]

I don't know about the wood but have you seen this? Not a Jackson but it is 24 fret if you you are in to that.

Nice guitar, but $1,950 for a bolt on?

[danastas]

Nice guitar, but $1,950 for a bolt on?

I never understand why people make a big deal about bolt-ons.

The entire Charvel line is bolt-on.

The Jackson PC1s are bolt-on.

Fender Strats are bolt-on.

Recently, I had a guy begging me to take a neck through back because he was not keen at all on the transfer of sound fro0m neck to body.