Thermo Wood

What is Thermo Wood?

“Thermo Wood” is a technique invented in Finland.

Adopting a unique high temperature with over 200 degrees Celsius, which usually burns wood, the wood get high stability because the hygroscopy decreases.

We has been innovated Thermo Wood to the musical instruments ahead of the world.
We met the technology of “Thermo Wood Treatment” and have been using it since the summer 2008 with big interest.
Thanks to cooperation with so many musicians and company concerned, we have received precious opinions and impressions.?
And we could release it at the Musical Instruments Fair at Tokyo in 2009.

We examined the “Thermo Wood treatment” for the various woods repeated the test.
We use the “Maple” for the neck material and “Alder” for the body material.

We use the “Thermo Wood” each model.

Feature

Each type of wood that undergoes thermo treatment transforms into a completely new material, offering unique tonal characteristics and enhanced stability.
Thermo wood produces instruments with exceptional dimensional stability and a distinctively rich, mellow tone.

However, as a trade-off, the wood may become slightly more brittle and less adhesive over time.
To prevent accidental damage, please handle your instrument with care—especially avoiding falls and impacts.

Wood material

Thermo Maple

The greatest benefit of thermo maple is its resistance to environmental changes like temperature and humidity.
This helps reduce the chance of warping or twisting, especially in necks.
While it doesn’t make neck movement impossible, it maintains a more stable condition than untreated maple over time.

Thermo Alder

The biggest advantage of thermo-treated alder for body wood is its reduction in weight.
Preferences for sound will vary by player, but in terms of live performance and ease of handling,
a lighter instrument is often a universally appreciated feature.

Sound

①Hard maple
②Light thermo maple
③Carbon
The three types were compared with the same pickup position, phrase, and technique.

It becomes calm tone that is aged and mellowed in sound.
You can play comfortably because it has a nice balance and unity of chord.
When you plugin the amplifier directly, you can experience the natural compression and the air feeling.

And also we think that it goes well with digital technology like digital AMP, digital pedal-effect and DAW plugin there days.
In the beginning of the completion of musical instruments, their sound tends to be hard.
So it might be a little difficult to handle.But the tone becomes adjusting because each part is calm by playing for a long time.
That is nice but you can decrease the difficulties of the using it from the beginning.

“Dark” and “Light”

We prepare 2 kinds of Thermo Wood material “Dark” and “Light” that are proceeded by the different temperatures.
In case of high temperature “Dark”, it is higher stability but it is rather fragile.
In case of low temperature “Light”, it is not higher stability than “Dark” but it is not so fragile with woods natural stickness.
At present, we use “Light” that is a nicer balance for the sound, weight and strength unless you have no request in order.

↓ See the blog for a more detailed explanation.