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From Dana’s Bench: How Torrefied Woods Benefit Bourgeois Guitars

Posted on January 2, 2023April 28, 2023 by Tom Adamowicz

02
Jan

The Vikings never reached the stony shores of Down East Maine. But one revolutionary wood-manipulating technology that helped them explore the North is impacting how we make guitars here in Lewiston. What is torrefied wood? Torrefied wood is wood changed chemically by intentional, controlled heat treatment. The nimble and seaworthy Viking ships that raided the […]

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Understanding Tonewoods

Posted on May 19, 2022April 28, 2023 by Tom Adamowicz

19
May

Watching Dana Bourgeois select the tonewoods for a future guitar is like watching a great chef gather the ingredients for the meal of a lifetime. Dana and his team flex and tap each piece to hear its inherent musical tones. They scratch the wood and inhale the pungent scent of mahogany or rosewood as the […]

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