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Originally Posted by JazzyLambert  I live in the tropics, right next to the beach in Queensland. Sometimes it is bone dry for months, but at the moment it is 85% humidity or more for day after day with temparetures over 30 deg C.
I own a Cort Artisan A4 neck through, which is a sweet bass with a super straight neck, and I have it set up with a very low action.
The problem is, that when I get my bass guitar set up just perfect, and then it gets humid and hot for days on end, something seems to shift, and I get buzzes in places that were previously ok.
Is there a cost effective way of deling with this?
I have thought about throwing one of those little sachets of crystals (used to keep food dry), into my bass case whenever the humidity gets high, what do you reckon? |
Just keep a set of allen wrenches handy is the cheapest and really about all you can do anyway. One for the truss rod and one for the bridge saddles.
It's the change in humidy or temp that really wreaks havoc.
I lived in one of the hottest and most humid places on planet Earth (central TX) for 30 years and I generally only had problems with my instruments during those short periods where the temp went below 80F. I'd usually have to tweak the truss rod when this happened.
I finally escaped from that hellish place and now live in a high desert area with low humidity and far less brutal hot seasons. But I have the same problem when the weather cools off or warms up. I usually have to tweak the rod on my basses a little to keep em on the edge.
So if you can't move to a more civilized climate (my recommendation), just live with it and keep wrenches handy.
LS
