How do i know if its made from Korina?

Brentrocks

Brentrocks

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There is a fella that I may be doing a trade with. He says this is a 2002 Korina Standard...but he doesn't have the certificate.

He claims it was custom built for his friend that was endorsed by HAMER....Rob Brewer from Unwritten Law

How do I verify that its korina?

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I'm officially calling dibs Brent.

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yes, what others have stated, you will have to find naked wood. not easy with black Hamers.

 
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Pull off the truss rod cover... should be some bare wood there but... Korina is usually hard to identify just by a small patch of bare wood.

Black or white limba but most of it is pretty yeller in appearance. It looks like mahogany but is blonde and sometimes has mineral streaks.

 
However, tell me how do you come to find those great guitars ever again?

Korina is lighter than mahogany. So tell us what it's worth weighting and someone can measure agains a mahogany Standard.

 
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gorch said:
Korina is lighter than mahogany. So tell us what it's worth weighting and someone can measure agains a mahogany Standard.
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That's a generalization that doesn't always prove true. I've got a mahogany Standard that comes in just a hair over 8lbs, and neither of mine weigh more than 8.5lbs. I've seen some of the Korina examples top 10lbs.

Call Kim Keller and see if he's able to look it up. I'd guess they have pretty good records for 2002.

 
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My korina Vector is super lightweight. My korina Standard may be the heaviest guitar I have ever played. Granted, it is a bigger hunk of wood,but there IS a big variation from one piece to another.

BTW, another (non-Hamer) semi-hollow has a korina neck and (chambered) korina body, spruce top and ebony board. Weighs under 5 pounds. May be lighter than my Parker.

 
One of the heavier Hamers I've picked up was a korina Standard from the limited run.

If the guitar is korina and Hamer, it's not what some call 'black korina' (which is not a real wood-it's the crap korina). Hamer rejected anything that was garbage and even a lot of good stuff.

If I had that guitar, no way in hell I'd trade it for any Heritage ever made.

 
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