Roasted Alder

Ok, you are right , and I am wrong. I am an idiot, and you are smarter than everybody.

You win the internet.

 

Sure, a lot are on Prozac.

 

I think you are both mostly right though....the woods using on guitars are properly dried and ll never have serious issues....also the roasting does get rid of the sap in the wood,improves the look and makes it smell delicious...it doesnt hurt so the only question is if that is worth the extra dough...

For me i would definitely do it for the good looks and the smell.If i was particularly worried about stability i would get a multi-laminate neck.

 

Not trying to be a d1©k.

I'm just stating that a pre-dried plank of maple isn't going to make an 'unstable' body due to moisture, ever.

... Unless the curing oven was broken and nobody noticed I guess.

 

I was looking at a roasted alder body a few days ago. Not for anything other than the aesthetics. It's beautiful!!! It's an MJT body, link provided below.

Click the image to make it larger if you like.

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338148356&icep_item=392757477137

 

I have never seen alder look like that. It looks to be ash to me.

 

I'm certain that all the laws and nuances of
Guitar construction
Discussed by many here
Actually mean something to them...
However
I'm blessed with
No talent
A tin ear
And
A low budget
Thanks to the crash of 08...

Once in a great while I think it'd be nice to indulge myself with these concepts...

There must be a French or Greek word to address that DayDream

 

I was going to say the same thing. A really good Alder grain is comparable to a below average Ash grain. I am so disappointed Fender has dropped Ash. For opaque paint jobs who cares but that beautiful ash body with a transparent or clear finish, gone fuhevuh.

NC

 

I specifically was talking about Maple necks, and eliminating the need for finish. I said nothing about stabilizing bodies.

 

1st post says you're looking to buy a Roasted Alder body lol

 

Not me, I'm not the OP. I was only commenting.

 

There is no denying the fact that roasting wood makes it more brittle, “harder.” Seems at least likely to me that that change would have some affect on how the wood pieces of the guitar respond when vibrations are passed through them. And they do look great.

 

I did a crazy thing. I had bought a Stew Mac tele thinline body and I decided to "roast"(probably baked more like it) in the oven for several hours. the body shrunk a fraction but all is good. It is now the body I used to build a newly finished brass top tele partscaster. Sounds really good and looks good also.

 

What is a “nice stable body”?

 

I owned an Ancho Poblano Strat with a roasted body. The guitar was very light and sounded fantastic. How much of that had to do with roasting? I have no idea, but the CS Strat that I have now is lighter and sounds better, and wasn't roasted - just sorted for weight during the build process.

 

when im asked if i want it roasted or toasted i tell them no thanks i already am.

 

@The Strat Dude ,

I think that's the greatest video I've ever seen, next to the one they did about "Rainbows Flyin' Outta Unicorn Butts". Thanks for some comedic relief here! You too, @henderman !

Whew! I think we all have too much free time on our hands lately, huh?
Myself included. Think I'll get off this computer, and go play my Partscaster awhile........

 

What was the lead time?