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By Darkstar860Re: Searching for a JBL K-120 Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:41 pm
"Without love in the dream
it will never come true"
I am not a fan of that top.
On tour '76 - '81
Clean & Sober since '87
Clean & Sober since '87
awsome thanks for the heads up I will order mine asap!
Looks awesome to me! That'd be a sweet Bobby guitar.
The cocobola top looks sweet. I even like how the graphite neck looks. It's going to be a sharp piece when it's done.
"Without love in the dream
it will never come true"
Can anyone tell me more about cocobola ?
What sound does the body have?
How does the neck play?
My most favorite guitar has an ebony fretboard and mahogany body. Love it!
My tele has a glossy maple neck and love it as well!
However, my Strat and Epi Dot both have rosewood fingerboards and I don't care for it at all.
Thoughts?
What sound does the body have?
How does the neck play?
My most favorite guitar has an ebony fretboard and mahogany body. Love it!
My tele has a glossy maple neck and love it as well!
However, my Strat and Epi Dot both have rosewood fingerboards and I don't care for it at all.
Thoughts?
Alembic's wood page is the best source of info if you can find it. Coco Bolo (or cocobolo or cocobola, there are many ways to spell it) is the same wood used for the top of Tiger & Rosebud. It's warm in tone, with an emphasis on low mids IIRC. It's also very heavy and oily, requires extra care to glue because of the oils, and the sawdust is a skin & respiratory irritant.
About fretboards - Rosewood is very warm, Ebony is brighter and tighter, and maple is even brighter and snappier than that. Rosewood is getting pretty scarce so there are a lot more substitutes out there than actual Rosewood these days which are sometimes mislabeled - Pau Ferro and Ziricote come to mind. Warmoth's site has great info on fretboard woods, and also make fantastic necks if you wanted to swap one onto your Strat or Epi.
About fretboards - Rosewood is very warm, Ebony is brighter and tighter, and maple is even brighter and snappier than that. Rosewood is getting pretty scarce so there are a lot more substitutes out there than actual Rosewood these days which are sometimes mislabeled - Pau Ferro and Ziricote come to mind. Warmoth's site has great info on fretboard woods, and also make fantastic necks if you wanted to swap one onto your Strat or Epi.