Parker Fly Select Koa Ltd. Edition Guitar
At $10,000, the Parker Fly Select Koa costs a lot more than your average guitar - but then this one is far from average. The beautifully crafted instrument (above) is limited to only 25 signed and numbered pieces, and is handmade by master luthier Ken Parker from a single piece of Koa, a rare, indigenous hardwood native to Hawaii. The wood is golden brown in color with dark streaks and a lustrous sheen, and the fittings are all gold-plated. Koa, used by the ancient Hawaiians to build dugout canoes, is a "tonewood," with recognized and consistent acoustic qualities prized by musicians. Just the thing for that custom-made crocodile guitar case from Hermès you've been eyeing.
[via JustLuxe]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
C.S. Jan 9th 2009 10:03PM
"Koa, used by the ancient Hawaiians to build dugout canoes, is a 'tonewood,' with recognized and consistent acoustic qualities prized by musicians."
Except it's not an acoustic guitar. It's electric. The wood isn't going to make much of a difference to the sound one way or the other.
Chris Johnson Jan 11th 2009 8:32AM
Parker's are already one of the world's premium guitar brands, and this beauty
certainly puts them in the league of Alembic and others. For those that love staring into the depth and history of a beautiful piece of wood, or for those that KNOW that the wood effects the tone (one piece of wood at that), this appears to be a grand slam!