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Tanax

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I also wanted a Koa at first but it was too expensive for me. I think I've decided on a Bahama Blue Burst in Quilt after looking at this:

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I think the blue will make the rosewood pop and stand out really nicely as a contrast to the blue, just as it did with the green :)
 

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Solar look very "red" from the pics I can find. I'm not a fan of red guitars. Brown, honey, tobacco, etc. are fine. Heh, first world problems.
 

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BBB looks very dark. I have one, and you have to have very good light to actually see it's blue.
 

Tanax

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Koa would definitely be very cool! I know Misha had one made sometime ago.
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I love that guitar but keep in mind that his Koa was special made and has a different finish than the regular Koa's. I think his had a Cherry Burst veneer of some sort so it was the Koa finish (Island Burst currently) + a little Cherry Burst.
 

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Koa wins. Would have preferred chrome hardware. Gold hardware never lasts. But I think the koa, mahogany, rosewood combo will be sweet.
 

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I love that guitar but keep in mind that his Koa was special made and has a different finish than the regular Koa's. I think his had a Cherry Burst veneer of some sort so it was the Koa finish (Island Burst currently) + a little Cherry Burst.

I read through that guitar's NGD thread. According to his description, it is a standard Island Burst finish and Koa top, but it has a rosewood veneer in between the koa and alder back, so it has the brown perimeter around the figured top, as you would find on a Cherry Burst/Maple BFR. So the difference is not the finish, but the wood beneath the koa top.
 

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I read through that guitar's NGD thread. According to his description, it is a standard Island Burst finish and Koa top, but it has a rosewood veneer in between the koa and alder back, so it has the brown perimeter around the figured top, as you would find on a Cherry Burst/Maple BFR. So the difference is not the finish, but the wood beneath the koa top.

My bad. You are correct.
 

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I'd personally go for koa. Not only would it look killer but it would be really collectible as well. I'm considering one personally.
 

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Killer is 100% correct. So really the big difference would be the full mahogany body unlike the alder+mahogany that Misha has.
Benji makes a great point too! All that said, I'm a little biased, once you go Koa... You don't go back? Who am I kidding every MM is amazing! :)
 
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