Instrument Gallery » Classic Steel String - Koru Series 100% New Zealand Native Wood - No. 76
Anneka Thwaites with her Singing Wood Guitar
Anneka Thwaites
Houhere (Lace bark)
Houhere produces a fine sounding guitar with its own distinctive sound, leaning to a more rounded bottom-endy tone.
Houhere was used for making paper in early times.
The Player
Eight different types of New Zealand native woods make up the inlay.
Side hole
Player's hole
Due to a Kasha bracing pattern the sound holes - top right and side - relate to the bracing design principle.
Matai and Rimu wood back
A face looking at you!
Headstock.
Stylised slot-style headstock with paua (abalone) inlays.