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Post subject: Bringing her with me..........
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:23 pm
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Ok, so as i stated before i am a truck driver...i drive a dedicated route from Clovis,NM to New Orleans, LA. so the question is.....will the dramatic changes in elevation, and humidity, day to day, harm the guitar?? i know these things are sensitive to that sort of thing...I just took it with me first time and i loved having it with me! now i actually look forward to down time!! I would just like to hear what you guys think, I could always go out and buy a squire bullet to take with me, and leave the fender at home..but i would prefer to stick with one guitar.


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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:17 am
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It is very important to use your truss rod to set the proper amount of relief throughout the year, especially with a new guitar. This will help your neck to "set in" properly. The longer you leave a neck out of adjustment, the more likely it is to "set in" that way.

That said, If you had a hot wet summer and now it's cooler and drier, weather CAN make a difference. Each neck is an individual -- some move a lot with seasonal changes, others don't.

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Keep her in the case when not playing her and try to keep the temp inside your truck constant.

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If you can prop the case open just a couple of inches for an hour or two before taking the guitar out to play it will allow it to adjust gradually to the temperature and humidity of wherever you find yourself that day. It is sudden changes that hurt instruments: anything we can do to ease that suddeness is good.

After all, a touring musician's guitar has to be able to cope with being taken out of the case in a different location every day, doesn't it? You are just a hard touring player.

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I am sure you will have few problems, just keep in the case when travelling and check the neck before playing. You may have to make slight adjustments, just like you do for weather changes


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I saw a live performance from SRV the other day on youtube, and he was standing on his neck while holding his guitar up a little from the ground. I couldn't believe it. For sure that neck got bent, right? Maybe his tech was very busy after each show he put on. A great performance, but damn!


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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:53 am
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Ok, so as i stated before i am a truck driver...i drive a dedicated route from Clovis,NM to New Orleans, LA. so the question is.....will the dramatic changes in elevation, and humidity, day to day, harm the guitar?? i know these things are sensitive to that sort of thing...I just took it with me first time and i loved having it with me! now i actually look forward to down time!! I would just like to hear what you guys think, I could always go out and buy a squire bullet to take with me, and leave the fender at home..but i would prefer to stick with one guitar.


I've heard a lot of stories about the things temperatures and humidity and what it can do to guitars. Of course hearing all this got me worried about what might happen with my guitars.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. The temperatures here are probably optimal for temperatures, since they seem to want it in the 70's F. And the humidity here is anywhere from 50%-70%.

Now......I have a home in the Sierra Mountains which is a big change. In the summer.....it is usually from high 80's F to 100F. And in the winter, it can go down below freezing. The altitude there is 4,000 feet. The humidity in the summer is about 25%-33% most of the time.

I've heard stories about how the frets can end up sticking out of the sides of the neck....due to the wood shrinking in low humidity. Since I play my guitars in the mountains a lot.....I was worried about that. But so far (four years), I haven't had any problems with my guitars in the low humidity. You mentioned that you change elevation a lot, don't know how high.......but at 4,000 ft. I've had no problems.

I usually leave at least one guitar in the mountains during the spring summer and fall. But once winter hits, I take all guitars back to the San Francisco Area, due to the snow and freezing temperatures in the mountains, and in the house (when I'm gone) during winter. When I take a guitar to the mountains in the winter, of course the guitar has been in my truck (with the heater going) during the trip. Then I walk out of the the truck and into the cold house, which at times can be below freezing. For that....I keep the guitar in it's case, take it into the house.......warm up the house to at least 70 degrees F, And let the guitar slowly warm up in the case. If you don't......I hear that the finish can crack (from rapid temp change), something called alligatoring). Once my guitar has warmed up for some time.....I slowly crack open the case to let a little air in.....and then I'm ready to play.

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