Which koa top to chose

sunshinewelly

Looking at getting a taylor gs mini koa and these 2 are top of my list. These are the actual tops etc

Number 1.

https://giggear.co.uk/buy/taylor-gs-mini-e-koa-acoustic-guitar#&gid=1&pid=7


Number 2 front and back 
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Sorry about the size of Web links 

Both online so won't have the chance to try them out 

Number 1 is nice but a bit plain 

WezV

2 for me.

koa is always better in the flesh 

Schnozz

2 for me as well, but either of those are nice (pretty close).

hobbio

I'd go for number 2.

sunshinewelly

Yes 2 seems to be a bit different 

Paul_C

Paul_C

sunshinewelly

How did you get the images imbedded 

Jez6345789

They need a bit of sunshine,  in general I like my Koa to look more golden than brown. 
Here mine topping up its tan. Great little guitars sound great but it is a bit of a cheese grater the way it came setup but I am scared to change it as I love the sound so much. 

ICBM

2 - not even close. It’s a nicer colour, more interesting and doesn’t look like the neck is collapsing the body, which is an unfortunate illusion of the grain ripple in the first one.

sunshinewelly

Cheers everyone. That reinforced my own view so number 2 is on its way