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good Koa looks like this
an actual gibson version
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http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/StormshadowGuitars/SS0004_Top_zpsp7beilra.jpg
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/StormshadowGuitars/SS0031_Top2_zps9vl758h6.jpg
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/StormshadowGuitars/SS0036-Front_zpsr9dkfwyx.jpg
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/StormshadowGuitars/SS0032_Front_zpsanjds6ct.jpg
Also the Wildkat appears to be a carved koa top glued to a routed-out body, rather than 5-ply laminate.
but it as far as Epi's go, quality and veneer vs top aside, I think these are some of the best looking guitars they've made
The word "top" alone does not tell you anything about thickness
look at the epiphone korina models as another example. All just veneer for the look of korina.... Edit: apparently not all
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http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/70586/fs-suhr-modern-guitar-guitar-dealer-select-edition-12-oh-wow#latest
I agree with Wez, as Koa goes, I think the Epi's have some pretty ordinary tops, that barely look like Koa.
From the Epi website:
"The Epiphone Ltd. Ed. Wildkat KOA’s innovative design has a similar profile to renowned Epiphone archtops but is made smaller for easier travel. The Wildkat KOA features a solid KOA top and a Mahogany body in a beautiful Natural finish that’s computer-routed to create a perfectly tuned acoustic guitar-like body but with a “center block” just like the Sheraton II PRO and ES-335."
In general though, it's right to be suspicious about how low-end guitars based on expensive instruments are described, but they tend to do it by omitting things (like not mentioning the word "top" in the models that have a top of sort of wood under a maple veneer, or saying "mahogany body" when they mean a body made of many pieces of mahogany glued together and hidden under a back veneer).
i looked at the korina ones again earlier and it seems some were veneer over another wood , some were veneer over multiple blocks of korina, some were proper 2-piece body blanks. I assume they were all made at different times and price points
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