David Burgess

Instrument wood? Is there good evidence for that or is it just a legend or supposition?

Is that from age, or might the wood have been light and lively to begin with?

Really valuable post from ctanzio. But I too doubt that a 10C increase in temperature halves the cooking time. In my experience, it hasn't. A lot depends on the amount of airflow and surface area exposure, since the amount of both will affect the oxidation rate, and oxidation of the resin majorly influences the color change. If you don't believe that, consider the color concentration improvement from concentrating all the color from a pale rosin into half its volume, alone. There would be little color change.

Years ago, Jargars were cottage industry produced stings. A bunch of different people wound them in their home workshops, so they varied a lot from one example to another. I don't know if this still applies or not.

Which hold their value better? French cars or German cars? How about wines?

I don't have an affinity for that scroll style, and hanging instruments from a music stand in a a mult-player setting is a recipe for disaster!

For me, it will generally be about several months after the varnish has reached a "plateau" state of drying, and also several months after the instrument has first been put under string tension. Prior to that, stuff changes, and I don't like to take someone's money for an instrument that will end up being too different from that which they originally liked and purchased.

Who has not been programmed to use of social media? What little kid has not been programmed to choose McDonalds?

Please support that claim if you are able (which I doubt).

Has he fiddled a lot with "tone improvements"? Various products can be targeted more to compulsive dinkers, than to people who just want to play at a high level.

In my opinion, a better tech for fitting curves is brain learning and memory. I think Don, much more high-tech than I, is saying basically the same thing (Don, please correct me if I am wrong).

I agree with Brad. The wood has been so heavily stained that it is no longer easy to tell what sort of wood it is. A view of the top might provide further insights.

Thanks, "not telling". That's beyond amazing! Just when I thought it couldn't possibly get any worse, it somehow managed to do so again and again.

I have attempted to withdraw that comment, because I confused David Lashof with someone with a similar sounding name. I endorse most of Jay Higgs educational resource recommendations, except that I would put Strobel much further down the list.