Question Roasted Maple Neck option

[Tollywood]

I'm in new england, so I run the humidifier in the winter to compensate for the dry heat in my house.

 

[kestrou]

I'm in new england, so I run the humidifier in the winter to compensate for the dry heat in my house.

I installed an "AprilAire" system that humidifies the air coming out of the furnace - it's GREAT!

Kevin

 

[Kenji20022]

Well, from your description of florida, it is just humid. Where I live it goes from around %90 in the summer to around %20 in the winter. I believe that it is climate change that makes you have to adjust your truss rod, not just whether you are at an extreme of climate. I have also heard from some techs that dryness is worse than humidity. The "dangerous" extremes are above %90 and below either %30 or %20.

Yeah definitely not dangerous, I would rather move than live here if it meant risking my guitars haha

 

[Siddius]

I just moved my gear out to a studio that will be getting climate control very soon, but my apartment is badly so insolated it becomes worrisome. Right now, as a student who is paying rent on two locations, I can only afford dirt cheap rent, so I live a bit out of town in a basement-like cabin out in the woods. Last winter we literally had to seal our back door and all of our windows shut for about 4 months! I am running a dehumidifier all summer and a humidifier (or 2) all winter. I will stubbornly never go back to a finished neck, but atmospheric resistance does matter to me - it gives me a little peace of mind.


Side note- It is absolutely beautiful where I live for about 8 months out of the year! Dogs and cats can run free outside, the doors can be left open, and I have a great view of indiana forests

 

[Stratty316]

I'm in Vegas and have a very dry climate to deal with. I think it's easier to add humidity than to take it away.


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[Siddius]

Gersh Dernit!!!! As much as I love talking about this stuff and hearing people's opinions on neck stability, this thread was supposed to be geared towards the industry!



ehhh, any talk on the EBMM forum is worthwhile. Good folks, good opinions
Sorry if mine come off as strong at times

 

[Wahoonc]

In a small apartment, shouldn't be too difficult to keep the humidity between ~30-35 f, which should be perfect.

As far as the industry is concerned, it is probably much like any other consideration: supply and demand curve translated. It is an additional manufacturing expense, which if offered generally would involve numerous neck profiles etc., which if you run the permutations with color and pups etc can start to look administratively burdensome. And not to speak for the company, but I would be hesitant of adding the additional manufacturing step right now given the lead time on current orders--and people's reactions to those times. However, it also seems to me that most people who want a roasted neck are able to get one. I don't really have a balloon in the race, but that's my take.

 

[DrKev]

I missed my train change on the way to a guitar lesson tonight. Had my head in the clouds thinking about a Silhouette Special in Morse Blue Burst with a roasted maple neck and rosewood board. All thanks to this thread.

 

[Eric O'Reilly]

I love the ebmm necks, i wish i had one! I do have a sterling ax40d that i stripped the neck down to bare wood and oiled it and it feels much smoother than the rough ebmm necks that i love in the store, ive tried rougher sandpaper and gets it a little rougher but when i rub the oil in after, it becomes smooth again, kinda a satin unfinihed wood feel, you can feel the grain and the oil made the grain pop nice visually, but it still does not feel identical to the ebmm neck, but close! Much closer than it was.

 

[sundar]

I had a standard morse, morse with the roasted maple neck (PDN 2012) and all rosewood morse. I found the all rosewood the smoothest and easiest to play off the 3. Personally, I think it mostly boils down to player preference for the necks.

I live in California and didn't have to do anything special when it came to caring between the 3 different guitars.

To add to the derail though - but I do miss the SS frets from the PDN 2012 model.