custom shop woods (Korina)

[toejam]

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

That's cheap for a Custom Shop piece.

[Chrisb]

1950 for a koa bodied custom? Thats dirt cheap my friend.

[Nazgul]

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

You try playing a bolt-on RR . It's IMPOSSIBLE to reach higher frets.

Otherwise...cool. I've never seen a Charvel RR before (except for that Avenger which I heard is a POS).

[Super_shredder]

i can reach the uper frets on my rr the fret access is excellent

[Venomboy]

My Black Limba Moser 10:



This guitar is fairly heavy.

Neal told me that mahogany can be really heavy or really light. Depends on where it's from.

As for what it sounds like, it sounds like a guitar

[Chromatic]

It seems that I'll have to specify "White Korina". The only downside is its rarity... Jackson will rape me with the price.

[Sanctuary]

And my White Korina Moser 10. She's pretty light. Go figure...



Before anyone anal posts, yes the headstock-cap is black limba.

[Mario8672]

My Black Limba Moser 10:



This guitar is fairly heavy.

Neal told me that mahogany can be really heavy or really light. Depends on where it's from.

As for what it sounds like, it sounds like a guitar

Nice, Bich FTW :rock:

[HiOctane]

Black vs. white korina

I don't claim to be authoritative on this topic, but these statements are based on my personal experience.

I'm pretty sure the Jackson Custom Shop uses only white korina- which they often refer to as "optical" or "trans" grade. This is the best korina visually and is suitable for natural finishes- like the Gibson V and Explorers which were mentioned. Some of the other white korina that they acquire is fine tonally, but might have some streaking, so they use this for guitars with opaque finishes or dark trans. finishes. I believe they refer to this as "paint" grade.

It's my understanding that they don't get in any (or very little) black korina, but that they are/were looking into offering it as an option.

I agree with what was said about black and white korina being the same tonally, and generally similar to mahogany with added mids and a tad of brightness. Probably putting it between mahogany and koa tone-wise. Also, both are very striking visually- particularly black korina.

I have used white korina in bolt-on and neck-thru guitars with excellent results. One of the best woods out there, in my opinion.

Someone mentioned that black korina is not used for necks? I'm not disputing this, but there are guitars on the market that use this wood for necks, just like white korina and mahogany. I'd like to hear more about why black korina isn't suitable for necks?