Upgrade? The dude burned his bass!

[dbsfgyd1]

IMHO the seller needs more oxygen to his brain.

Hilarious!

 

[Space Pickle]

No, you're missing it. The smoke was free!

I never thought I would encounter "works on contingency? No, money down!" in real life.

 

[J Wilson]

Smokin' !

 

[icefly]

The poplar wood sounds much better after you light it on fire as it condenses slightly and gets the oxygen out.

 

[Bajo Clarkko]

My uncle has been smoking Salmon and Sturgeon for about 50 years now. It's quite tasty. Never tried smoked Bass.

 

[JIO]

I don't understand how he can practically give it away, at such a bargain price.

It's better than new, now.

He re-soldered all the terrible work that Ibanez did, and everything.

It's always the "and everything" that costs you.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

"The poplar wood sounds much better after you light it on fire as it condenses slightly and gets the oxygen out."

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Hate to break it to you, but unless you hermetically seal the body in a vacuum, oxygen is going to get right back in the voids. Unless there's something I missed. Molecules are pesky things.

 

[JIO]

Hate to break it to you, but unless you hermetically seal the body in a vacuum, oxygen is going to get right back in the voids. Unless there's something I missed. Molecules are pesky things.

Hey, the guy "did his research"!

 

[GeorgesEric]

 

[swarfrat]

Some stupid with a flare gun...

 

[Chrisk-K]

The poplar wood sounds much better after you light it on fire as it condenses slightly and gets the oxygen out."

Didn't the body get the CO and the CO2 in return?

 

[covermego]

He failed to mention the handy-dandy bridge upgrade! I like how there is absolutely no need for the bottom right and left screws to be installed. Adds sooo much to the tone. I also like how he aged the jack plate by painting it black and sanding around the edges. If I didn't live so far away.........

 

[MIMike]

That bass is just begging for a flat black re-fin.
It would actually look…better than new?

 

[MVE]

Hate to break it to you, but unless you hermetically seal the body in a vacuum, oxygen is going to get right back in the voids. Unless there's something I missed. Molecules are pesky things.

Actually, the oxygen for the combustion comes mostly from the air around the wood. Heat and oxygen break the molecular bonds of the wood fibers (which is mostly sugar molecules C H & O) and turns them into carbon dioxide and water, both as gases that diffuse into air leaving ash of calcium compounds and other non combustible molecules.

However, just charing it a little is only going to do that to a few millimeters of the outside surface.

Further analysis and testing would likely be required make a conclusion that this actually affects, or in fact enhances, the timbre of the instrument.

Or you could just trust the word of some guy on the internet that burns his guitars…

 

[TomRice]

It would be better to attach a story about how it was nearly lost in the recent <pick one> California wildfire.

 

[_B_E_A_D_G_]

Lighting the bass on fire may not be the way to go, but one of my other hobbies is traditional archery and there is a whole folklore of fire hardening of wood for bow making, which supposedly makes the wood stronger and adds some moisture resistance - see for exemple: Bowyer's Corner-A Forgotten Ancient Technique

I don't know how much (if any) of it is true, but it seems that someone was crazy enough to try on an actual instrument.

 

[Ric5]

"The poplar wood sounds much better after you light it on fire as it condenses slightly and gets the oxygen out."

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that is a new feature in bass guitars ... Roasted bodies

 

[Marc DLarosa]

Give it a few years. One of the major brands, or custom builders will do this, charge an extra 500, and... they'll be all over TB/NBD threads.


Just sayin'...

 

[Lava]

I hear next years big thing will be Toasted Poplar

 

[ELG60]

One man's treasure is . . . Just about every other man's trash.