New Englanders - Humidity

[divebomb]

So, what's the head count on this board for players from New England, and how bad did the humidity affect your Jackson this past summer? I have to admit that the neck on my SL2HT was affected more so than either my two USA Strats, Japanese Charvel, or Taylor acoustic.

Sort of bothers me but I am well aware that every piece of wood is different even among identical models. To top it off, the humidity is still fairly high right now too. Gonna wait a bit before I tweak the truss rod.

[shreddermon]

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Upstate NY, but no real problems this year.

I did have a strange one happen with a new custom Charvie I got in May. A few weeks after receiving it, the fret ends went sharp to the touch. I say "went" because, strangely, they weren't that way when I received the guitar.

I'm thinking it was the humidity because - sure enough - a few weeks later, the fret ends went back in and were smooth to the neck again. Maybe there was just an adjustment period where the guitar went "whoa, I want that nice SoCal environment again"? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] Then it eventually accepted reality that I wasn't gonna let that killer guitar go anywhere, and it was stuck here. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

No truss adjustments necessary or anything, though.

[paulbag]

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My Death Angel needs it's first tweakings. Humidity sucks.

[~K~]

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A few of my charvels move consistently with the change in seasons ...

[Mr. Poon]

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The SL1 and the SG made it through unscathed, but the Ovation needs a bit of tweaking. Nothing major, though. The room where I play is in the basement so it stays pretty cool down there all summer.

[kmanick]

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all of mine moved a bit at the beginning of the summer, so I went to Home depot and got a big ass Dehumidifier and ran it all summer. My basement is finished and that's where I store my stuff (my jam room) so it stays cooler down there anyway and once I started running the dehumidifier they actualyy all moved back, so they good. My GMW may need a little tweak but the rest of mine are ok.
A Dehumidifier is a great investment if you live in Mass.

[gtrbuyer]

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I have several big movers that need neck adjustments every season..sucks but overall most are stable (my pointies are real stable)

[BLOOD SPLATTER]

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all of mine moved a bit at the beginning of the summer, so I went to Home depot and got a big ass Dehumidifier and ran it all summer. My basement is finished and that's where I store my stuff (my jam room) so it stays cooler down there anyway and once I started running the dehumidifier they actualyy all moved back, so they good. My GMW may need a little tweak but the rest of mine are ok.
A Dehumidifier is a great investment if you live in Mass.

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<font color="orange"> "cough"....cases...."cough" </font> [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] <font color="orange"> !! </font>

[~K~]

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hmm ..still move in the cases too bro ..they have to come put sometime and get hit with the humidity difference

[BLOOD SPLATTER]

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<font color="orange"> True but,mine are always cased & I never have much problem(if at any all)so....works for me bro!! </font>

[thetroy]

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Mine move a bunch, it's annoying as hell. I'm thinking about selling them and getting Parkers for that reason.

[~K~]

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Mine move a bunch, it's annoying as hell. I'm thinking about selling them and getting Parkers for that reason.

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Heh ..Parkers are made in Massachusetts even

[kmanick]

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<font color="orange"> True but,mine are always cased & I never have much problem(if at any all)so....works for me bro!! </font>

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Mine are always cased to Chuck. Remember Kristina is on the
Loose in my house. I never even leave them out on a stand for a minute.
If I'm not playing it, it's in the case, other wise, she will grab it and do what ever a 3 year old will do to a guitar! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Chrisb]

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Mine are always on my 3 stand, but I have a dehumdifier in the guitar area and it stays pretty consistently cool there.

I do have one guitar I keep at work for practice purposes (the warmoth) and that one I have to adjust every so often because I do like to sit outside near the terrace overlooking river and practice.

[paulbag]

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I always keep em in their coffins. Doesn't matter the humidity still gets there. Keeping them in their cases is a good practice though. For all those little "accidents" that can and eventually do happen. If not just for the finish alone.