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Has anyone used either the plain or flamed torrefied maple from Stew Mac and do they have a picture with the finish so I can see how dark it gets?

I used some roasted maple to make some laminated neck blanks. It is darker than what Stewmac is selling, but I don't know if torrefied and roasted are the same process with different names, or just different. I can post a picture if you like.

Alex

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I'm really curious about StewMac's stuff.

Whatever stew mac sells you more likely can find elsewhere cheaper. I'd shop around. Everyone's jumping on the torrefied wood rave.

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I'm no expert, but I've been reading up on this after seeing lots of torrefied wood guitars at NAAM. "Roasting" is non-specific, but implies just cooking something in an oven. It can drive off moisture and darken wood. Torrefaction is done in a special kiln, with a controlled low-oxygen atmosphere. After all the moisture and volatiles in the wood a driven off, a small amount of water is re-introduced, at least in tonewoods. It's not a DIY process.

I was shown a full sized body blank of torrefied saplele, it felt like it weighed as much as balsa wood.

I asked a couple of builders where they were getting it, but they wouldn't say.

David we had a set here not from Stewmac but from our supplier and it looked like walnut. Sold it in one day. We will be carrying a full line of spruce and we will probably try walnut and maple.

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