Kora of the Month 10/22

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FLOATING BRIDGE
The Sky Away Kora design is the first to use a skin resonator without any dowels. This results in a modern look and improved sound for the Kora!
This is the first ever skinned Kora with a floating bridge (No need for three dowels)!

NECK
The neck is made using a CNC router from solid Zebrawood.

HANDLES
The Handles and joint are machined to perfection and comfort. The joint is made with African Mahogany and handles are made with Bolivian Rosewood.

HYBRID
With this Kora you'll have two instruments in one! Every instrument comes with a plywood back cover which fits in the back part of the resonator to give a closed Kora sound. This can be easily removed by hand resulting in an open sound.

BODY
The body of the Kora is made from a single wood log & skin and is 11" by 9" deep. The resulting sound gives superior resonance and volume!


BRIDGE
The bridge and bridge pad are also custom CNC'd from Mahogany and Bubinga.
The string separation on the bridge is a typical 9mm apart.

RANGE & STRINGS
The Kora range is 2 and 1/2 octaves and comes with quality nylon string and custom wound strings for lower bass notes.

PICKUP
This Kora comes with piezo pickup, volume knob, kill toggle switch, filter toggle switch, and 1/4" mono jack output.

TUNERS
Black closed machined head tuners

Custom Engraving

Custom engraving on Bubinga bridge