Puka Paradise

Just another day in puka paradise!  Not a highly figured koa, but nice.  Double puka’s seem to work as well as the side concert sound hole design, although I can only speculate as to why.  I used Hawaiian Mango for binding accented with rope-style purfling.  I’ve been using a lot of the Mango binding lately because of it’s “woodsy” look.  There are Hawaiian Koa accents with a Vanuatu Maidou burl head stock front lamination.  Gotoh planetary tuners and PHD flourocarbon, low “G” strings.  Oh, the neck is curly Oregon Black Walnut with a Hawaiian Mango/Koa/Mango lamination.  I especially liked the neck.