Chris' Design Notes

Our Future in Custom Guitars
I have been working on a very "big idea” for our company related to custom guitars.  Now to be clear, I do not intend to start building our own guitars.  Instead I plan to partner with iconic guitar brands (who already have the guitar building part nailed) and customize their guitars.   In this model, Thalia will become a guitar “hot rod” shop.  We will start with stock guitars and upgrade them to our customer’s spec or to our own limited-edition vision. 
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Introduction of Three Koa Colors!

I am excited today to announce 3 New Stained Colors of our very popular AAA Curly Hawaiian Koa capos.  There are several reasons why we are making this move.  First, I love Curly Hawaiian Koa.  Its natural color can range from golden yellow to dark chocolate in color.  It can also get so figured, curly and beautiful that it can blow your mind with its beauty.  Second, we have a Hawaiian Koa Reforestation Commitment as it relates to Hawaiian Koa and thus we can ensure its sustainability and regrowth. 

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Developing New Hawaiian Koa Stain Colors & Finishes

One of the ways that we plan to expand the proliferation of Hawaiian Koa across our product portfolio is with the introduction of color.  So this week I thought I would share some of the experiments that we are doing with regards to Hawaiian Koa staining & finishing.  Here are some of the colors that we are playing with...

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