Just like fire would.

[theCOOP]

Prop firewood could be made of plastic or something like that, since it doesn't have to burn and is going to be used over and over again. Sort of like that fake plastic sushi in sushi restaurant windows. Or those Antoniotsai mandolins that look really nice but don't make much of a sound.

My point exactly (plastic sushi). They've been making plastic firewood for decades for electric fireplaces.

But as purely a prop, real-wood prop firewood kept out of the elements would likely be more durable than realistically painted plastic firewood

[David Newton]

Oh, I spent plenty of time sorting through the lumber stack at Lowe's, picking out the piece of wood that I built this guitar of:

[allenhopkins]

Little bit of mando in the vid soundtrack...?

[k0k0peli]

Everything used to be artisanal. Everything. If something was made it was made by hand because The Machine Age had not yet arrived. Everything was custom-crafted. Interchangeable parts didn't. Didn't exist, I mean. Didn't interchange, either. Most people could not afford to buy crafted items so they made their own, whether or not they were any good at it. Or they did without.

Then came machines and Mass-Production and interchangeable parts and fairly low-cost products. Oh, but these products are soulless! Yes, but they mostly work, mostly don't fall apart, mostly fit the specifications, and mostly don't cost huge amounts. And if they do fall apart they can mostly be replaced fairly cheap.

I refer to manufactured items generally, not musical instruments specifically, but these fit the pattern too. Consider flageolets. These concert descendants of reed flutes were rather costly and nicely crafted artisan pieces. Then a guy named Clarke figured how to roll sheet steel on a roundish form and poke holes in it, and the pennywhistle was born. Yes, it cost a penny. The flageolet industry died away. You can still buy crafted flageolets. I think prices start at around US$500. I bought a plastic flageolet off eBay for two bucks shipped; it looks and feels like a soprano recorder without a thumbhole. And I don't fret about dropping it.

Everything used to be artisanal. Who wants to return to those times?

[Mark Gunter]

I wasn't able to watch John's rock man video without enabling a ton of ad javascripts, so I found this alternative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnyhE1KnHlA

Inspiring work there :p

[j. condino]

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