StewMac Torrefied Maple Bass Neck Blank, Plain Unfigured Grain

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About StewMac Torrefied Maple Bass Neck Blank, Plain

At last, figured maple stock with the stability needed for long-scale bass necks! Great for tone, and vintage golden color, too.Our StewMac Bass Guitar Neck Blank is a planed, unprofiled torrefied maple neck blank for bolt-on neck construction.Ready for bandsawing and shaping in your shopIncludes sufficient wood for adding "ears" to the headstockFlatsawnDimensions: 15/16" x 4-1/2" x 35" (23.81mm x 114.30mm x 889mm)Plain unfigured grainTorrefaction: the advantages of vintage woodOne of the great things about a really old instrument is the way the wood has aged over decades. It becomes a little drier and denser, and much more dimensionally stable. And aging darkens the color beautifully. When they can get it, builders love to use wood salvaged from very old buildings, for example.The qualities of these rare aged woods are successfully recreated by heating wood in a low-oxygen environment using a kiln—a difficult process called Torrefaction. This torrefied wood has the color, dimensional stability and other advantages of those long-aged woods that are so hard to come by.