Podcast 81: Dana Bourgeois on Torrefied Guitar Woods

Call it whatever you like: torrefaction, thermo-cured, roasted or
baked. Fact of the matter is that acoustic guitar companies are
flocking to a process where woods are put in a specialized,
oxygen-free kiln and essentially cooked, resulting in a stiffer,
drier end product (not unlike the woods found in a 60 or 70 year
old guitar). 


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