Exactly. There are a couple of photos on there now with none of the "black lines" that make spalts so cool. My guess is that they would, by definition, use cheaper woods to make it cost effective, much in the same way that the flamed tops don't look the same quality as a Carvin, etc. Personally, I can't stand spalts that don't have much figuring. The bass below is from Rondo, and I don't like that level of spalting at all...
yeah, that's not spalt, that maple with some sharpie drawn lines lol...If the runs are going to be like this, don't even bother.
Really spalted maple is a strange wood ..if figures tend to be completely different from tree to tree on regular woods,imagine the quality diversity in this wood,whose figurings depends also on the figure of the decay..The super cool spalts we all GAS for are not for economy series...The mockups would look really good in person but IMO i think rondo can't pull spalt out this good for the usual pricings...Even with barebone specs..And don't forget the difficulty in finishing..more coats=more bucks
