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Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands
RE: Does very cold wheather (-20°C)... (in reply to athrane77)
Be carefull with the temperature, do not keep the guitar in a cartrunk. But more importand is the humidity. In a house with central heating, with temperature of -20 outside, the humidity will sure be below 40 or probably 30. So keep your guitar humidified, in the case. Play it and put it back in the case. Watch out for frets sticking out or more dome behind the bridge than usual.
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Joined: Jun. 1 2010
From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
RE: Does very cold wheather (-20°C)... (in reply to athrane77)
It's a reasonable thing to be concerned about. Years ago, I was jamming a lot with a friend of mine in the winter. I would travel to his place in my car, and then take the guitar (steel string) out of the case to soon while it was still cold. Eventually, the bindings started to separate at the waist. Not a catastrophic problem, but certainly avoidable.
So you want to avoid subjecting the guitar to drastic temperature and humidity changes ie don't be stupid like me and take your guitar from out of a cold car and bring it into a heated house and take it right out and start playing. Give it a chance to acclimate. This isn't always convenient, and the effect can be negated with a better quality case or even a climate case cover like the ones sold by Colorado Case or Small Dog cases.
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Joined: Sep. 29 2009
From: Back in Boston
RE: Does very cold wheather (-20°C)... (in reply to athrane77)
ditto on the humidity. there is an easy way to calculate how the relative humidity will change when air is warmed or cooled. i just looked at the weather channel site and in helsinki it is 23 degree F and the relative humidity is 39%. take that air and warm it to 65 degree F and do not add any additional moisture and the relative humidity will be 14% in the 65 degree room.
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
RE: Does very cold wheather (-20°C)... (in reply to athrane77)
Cold can mess it up. Humidity change does it faster. The combo of the two will seal the deal. Slow and gradual adjustments are ideal. I took my guitar out to Las Vegas where it is supposed to be dry right? Well in the cargo hold my guitar was SO COLD imagine a freezing glass of ice water and you carry it outside. That is what happened to my guitar, even in that dry environment. It soaks all the water out of the air and condenses. My poor guitar had no voice for a full day until it warmed up and dried out.
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