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Roasted Bodies: What Do You Think?
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You can compare here: Roasted, Torrefied & Thermally Modified Tonewoods | American Specialty Hardwoods
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And there it is.
Also, if you're not using a $100k autoclave, then why are you charging $25k p/bass?
If you're saving a boatload by roasting your parts in a scrap oven,....in a chicken coop,....couldn't ya throw the customer a bone?
Even more valuable if Dom Delauise and Don Rickles were doing some of the roasting.
Sorry, I’m in the middle of doing things and was going to go back and edit. More labor, more process, more cost. Check warmoth for ballpark differences.
Roasted Bodies: What Do You Think?
I want to try one.
I'm planning my 1st Warmoth build using a roasted body & neck.
I want to try one.
I'm planning my 1st Warmoth build using a roasted body & neck.
Did you get the one with the Rick-els Sound option?
I am always late with he current TB bass fads that I may be able to get a roasted neck 10 years from now. Something Cort offers that someone wants to pass on. Double bass builders, have they caught on?
I believe you only roast / torrify raw lumber as there would be shrinkage in the process and that shrinkage would not be uniform as it would depend on the nature of the grain. I was getting at - if you drill pilot holes to big you might get less bite than you would with standard wood or too small and there is more risk of splits. Some luthiers don't like roasted lumber, others love it.
From what I've seen here, roasted wood acts a lot like vintage wood.
IMHO the roasting is simulating decades of aging and drying.
IMHO the roasting is simulating decades of aging and drying.
+1 Spot on.
In fact, the structural changes that occur naturally in wood, and are present in older instruments are pretty similar to what happens in the heat tempering process. The necks are particularly telling. Both my actual ‘62 Jazz and the Sadowsky with the roasted neck hardly respond at all to humidity swings, staying nearly in tune no matter what happens.
I have one roasted quarter sawn maple neck made by Musikraft.
What had happened was, one night I had a little too much wine and lost my mind which led to me buying something on the internet. Next thing I knew, I had ordered this P bass neck and I'd splurged extravagantly, on top of the extravagance, for this option. It was $10! It was nuts.
What had happened was, one night I had a little too much wine and lost my mind which led to me buying something on the internet. Next thing I knew, I had ordered this P bass neck and I'd splurged extravagantly, on top of the extravagance, for this option. It was $10! It was nuts.
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If you believe it’s worthwhile from the perspective of its sound and feel, then you should get one.
If you haven’t knowingly heard or tried one then you should do that before spending your money.
If you haven’t heard a difference when you’ve heard others playing one then you should probably not get one. After all, if you don’t hear a difference then there may not be enough difference to inspire you. Absent inspiration, why would you buy one?
Best (if cynical) advice: do what you want to do if you feel there’s a benefit.
Ok, so I'll offer this up:
For anyone curious, you are welcome to stop by my shop for a bit of roasting nerdiness. You can check out:
1) my bracketed test examples of time and heat using a low tech process that almost any small builder can do
2) purchased wood that was done with a more complex (yet still small scale) sealed environment with forced nitrogen
3) directly compare them to sets done in a very expensive commercial setup that processes tens of thousands of board foot per moth.
Tactile, in person direct results for your curiosity. We can also cut, break, sand, and plane them. That is where I notice the most. (!!!)
After all that, then we can forget about the nerdiness and play a few tunes and get in some laughter....most folks seem to forget about that...
For anyone curious, you are welcome to stop by my shop for a bit of roasting nerdiness. You can check out:
1) my bracketed test examples of time and heat using a low tech process that almost any small builder can do
2) purchased wood that was done with a more complex (yet still small scale) sealed environment with forced nitrogen
3) directly compare them to sets done in a very expensive commercial setup that processes tens of thousands of board foot per moth.
Tactile, in person direct results for your curiosity. We can also cut, break, sand, and plane them. That is where I notice the most. (!!!)
After all that, then we can forget about the nerdiness and play a few tunes and get in some laughter....most folks seem to forget about that...
It's only later in life watching those did I realize Angie Dickinson was drop dead gorgeous.
Ok this is awesome. I may try to take you up on this next Spring!
Yeah, cuz it was roasted by Sammy Davis Jr, Don Rickles, Ed McMahon and Foster Brooks.
