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Roasted maple neck on Sire D5--too roasted?
- Thread starter coloradoslim
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If I had to choose from the "regular" or yours... I would pick yours all day hahahaha for me it looks amazing, that is what I imagine when someone mentions a roasted maple. The gloss looks sick on that wood, IMO you were really lucky, I bet when they took it out for selling it someone said that bass would bring up a smile to the future owner, ngl it looks amazing. It might be a personal thing, but I have seen tons and tons of V5s and that one is a neck I would love to have!
Plus, I dont think it will have any damage at all...
Plus, I dont think it will have any damage at all...
As a self-admitted Fender Fanboi, that thing is absolutely stunning!
It's making me rethink a Squier CV 50s P purchase I'd like to make.
It's making me rethink a Squier CV 50s P purchase I'd like to make.
Roasted necks are a joke anyway. "oh here's some young, ungrown, unstable maple, we'll cook it in hopes that the neck doesn't warp before we ship it!" said all manufacturers selling you roasted necks. Do you see roasted necks on hi-end instruments? Sorry for you, OP but I would have avoid these
If I had my hopes set on something with less color variation, I'd return it. If you dig the character of the wood and you won't second guess keeping it, keep it. Personally, I think that neck should have landed in the B-stock pile. Not because it's a bad neck, but it's not consistent with the advertising. You obviously didn't get what you thought you would get, which speaks volumes.
LOL. Maybe you don't consider these to be high end?
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......or EBMM BFR?
I could go on, but suffice to say that there's plenty of high-end builders using torriefied wood in their builds.
I dunno man… there’ve been times many years ago that major party fouls had occurred purely because “somebody” was too roasted… not naming names… and most DEFINITELY wasn’t meeeeee…
Hmm yeah sorry man. You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Regarding @coloradoslim - did they post any pictures of the back of the neck? Pictures I've seen of the D5 show no skunk stripe, which means the fretboard is a separate piece of wood. Could be your neck color is consistent all the way down, it's just the fretboard that has a "fade".
Yeah, I guess if the rep says its okay... But still looks messed up I d send back, unless its great. visually kinda looks Messed up!
And the best basses ever made, were made with :
- roasted maple
- standard hard rock, full grown, maple
One answer only!
Teach me. Please? Why are the manufacturers roasting necks? Just why. gosh darn it
No grill marks? No smoke ring? It's not done yet! It needs at least another few hours in the smoker to be tender! Yeah, it looks a little dark. I always thought the purpose of roasting was to 1) remove as much internal humidity as possible for stability - kind of like an uber-kiln drying; and 2) to bring out the grain contrasts. It does appear that the neck is a little beyond both of those. How does it play?
Nope, that's not a "one answer only" question. Fodera uses maple and white oak for their necks, and I know they've used ash in the past. Michael Tobias often uses ash. Status and Modulus use carbon fiber. Sadowsky and many other top-tier bass builders use torrefied woods along with standard woods.
Ever heard of google? You ought to try it some time.
First link returned for a google search of "torrefied maple"
Sterling By Music Man also has some of these slightly darker roasted necks.
I like the way they look and feel, but the big drawback to me is that they still use the dark inlays or dots and side-dots for the roasted necks.
To me, that makes the inlays kinda hard to see - especially on a dark stage.
I like the way they look and feel, but the big drawback to me is that they still use the dark inlays or dots and side-dots for the roasted necks.
To me, that makes the inlays kinda hard to see - especially on a dark stage.
I am not discussing other woods used for necks, I'm comparing roasting maple and normal maple. My question is related to maple, not other essences
You were the one who questioned whether anyone has seen high end instruments with roasted necks.
After which some examples were provided to you, which pretty much settled it.
What you're doing now is moving the goal posts.
