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Old 03-14-2019, 07:19 AM
redir redir is offline
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I've been baking wood for some time now, nothing new. But it's NOT torrefaction. I'm building two guitars now with torrified tops. Someone just recently on another forum summed it up perfectly when he said, it feel like you are handling driftwood. It's a very different thing. It's hard on your edge tools and very crack prone. I am using torrified bracing on these guitars too. I have some brace wood that is going on 40 years old now and it looks the same with it's deep rich yellow/orange patina but they 'feel' different. It's not really an 'aging' process imho but it does something. I'll find out soon enough how it sounds on a finished guitar.
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