Koa Bariton

Precious wood with depth

We designed and built this stylish guitar for Bernd Kiltz from Gitarrenlehreronline.de. Bernd wanted a baritone guitar to complement his Koa 1 as a “bad sister” that would deliver plenty of punch at low tunings. For a standard B tuning with 11-gauge strings, we opted for a 27.5″ scale length. This means that the string gauge is not too large and the tension remains at a familiar level.
Visually, the choice here was also a premium koa top with an intensely flamed grain as a 5mm “drop top” (this means that the top is bent downwards and glued in the armrest area). The body is made of very light and extremely resonant red cedar, which Bernd already loved in his NH1.
Bernd chose a beautiful golden ebony fingerboard to contrast with the top, which was glued to a light cedro + maple laminated neck. We then added black ebony bindings and 24 shiny polished EVO frets.
Of course, we used gold hardware to match—Schaller contributed the ebony-winged tuners, and the fixed bridge came from Hipshot in the USA.
Last but not least, Andreas Kloppmann once again delighted us with his pickups: this time, the Sinner & Saint set was used – perfect for anyone looking for plenty of power with the best sound definition.