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The Koa Kahuna models from Tacoma are the best dreadnaught & OM guitars I can
recommend in it's price range. Kahuna in Hawaiian means something like "Fearless
Leader" or "Great One." The surf crowd adopted the phrase back in the 1950's
for referring to the coolest guy on the beach. I am told that "Huna" means King
and when you add the "Ka" prefix it adds an air of mysticism ala witch doctors
etc.
This totally solid wood, guitar sounds
absolutely fabulous. It is built with understated simplicity except of course
for the beautiful Hawaiian Koa back & sides and the beautiful abalone rosette.
It comes with a premium ebony fingerboard and fully bound neck. The all solid wood
body uses a master grade sitka spruce top with an optional 9 layer
real flame maple binding around the edges that separated the top and back from
the sides.
This guitar was originally a limited run but it proved so incredibly
successful that I begged Tacoma to offer it in the "V" Series line. After much
whining, sniveling and gnashing of teeth I was able to get Tacoma to continue
production.
Ed Roman |