Aye, I guess I'm just spoiled. Too much time spent around ridiculously over-priced Hawaiian Koa-wood basses and guitars... Honestly, the texture looks nearly identical to my Schecter 5-string neck-through-body bass here. But I can see how it kinda looks leathery. Not glossy enough, really... I'll work on the wood look, then! This case will go into production in about a month, if things contract properly. All I have left to do is the rescaling and sizing portions of the shell, to mate with the interior frame, which I'm working on as we speak... Probably render it up in Maya so I can use some of it's features, for the brochure/website, but I like this Bryce version just fine for my own tastes.