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what about a dark roast to unroasted fade fretboard?
oh no, now that I've said it, is Jeff contractually obligated to create it?
Curious as to what a luthier's take is on the "dark roast". I'm not sure if Kiesel's roast is actually a stain or really a roast, but is heating the wood to that color bad for the structural integrity? I feel like we'd see more maple roasted to that color otherwise - maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.
Curious as to what a luthier's take is on the "dark roast". I'm not sure if Kiesel's roast is actually a stain or really a roast, but is heating the wood to that color bad for the structural integrity? I feel like we'd see more maple roasted to that color otherwise - maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.
According to John Suhr:Curious as to what a luthier's take is on the "dark roast". I'm not sure if Kiesel's roast is actually a stain or really a roast, but is heating the wood to that color bad for the structural integrity? I feel like we'd see more maple roasted to that color otherwise - maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/30371337/The more the roast the more the benefit, I have been offered a very light roast which just looked like aged wood but I didn't like it because it didn't really have the same benefits. Like more dimensionally stable. The Vulcanized is the darkest chocolate brown but is also very brittle to work with, hard to refret. There is a happy medium most people use in the light chocolate range. Still OK to work with, very stable. But remember this is a patented process, torrefaction, with patented ovens yet there are people I'm sure selling the stuff that made up their own process.
Roasted plain maple necks and fretboards are now free. If you call in (not on the web, only by calling at least for now) you can select light, medium, or darker coloring.
Flamed, birdseye, quilted will continue to be an upcharge for roasted options.
As for "if roasted is free, why would anyone get unroasted?", a couple reasons could be:
1) Aesthetics (unroasted is generally still lighter in color, and maybe preferable on some builds..including my own in-the-oven (pun intended) SH6, with a plain maple and purpleheart 5-piece neck).
2) They don't currently roast wood long enough for any neck through except the standard scale headless
3) They currently don't offer any of their multi-piece necks in roasted maple. No 3, 5 or 7 piece necks are available with any roasted maple
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regarding why choose non-roasted: I've had only one guitar with a roasted neck, and it was expensive. It showed up and was riddled with deadspots. I think it was the G note wouldn't sustain anywhere on the neck. I immediately called the builder who replaced the neck with normal maple and fixed the problem.
Was it because the neck was roasted? I dunno, but that was just awful and I sure won't buy another guitar with a roasted neck without playing it first.
Was it because the neck was roasted? I dunno
I suddenly remembered this comic, and it's quite fitting.
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Anyone have thoughts on the Delos versus Charvel DK22? Similar price points when you spec the Kiesel like the Charvel. Compound radius on the Charvel though is tempting.
Anyone have thoughts on the Delos versus Charvel DK22? Similar price points when you spec the Kiesel like the Charvel. Compound radius on the Charvel though is tempting.
Anyone have thoughts on the Delos versus Charvel DK22? Similar price points when you spec the Kiesel like the Charvel. Compound radius on the Charvel though is tempting.