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08-08-2011, 12:24 PM
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Any tips for keeping pedalboard, bass, amp, and cabs safe from the heat, humidity, & theft at a weekend music festival?
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08-08-2011, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by wolffman Any tips for keeping pedalboard, bass, amp, and cabs safe from the heat, humidity, & theft at a weekend music festival?
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08-08-2011, 12:41 PM
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Beta Tester: Red Panda Labs | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Philadelphia PA | | | yeah- I'm probably going to go and check out some of the other bands too though- plan on leaving my gear locked in my car covered up- but that raises concerns of high temperatures…
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08-08-2011, 01:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | Temperatures shouldn't be an issue. You may have to make adjustments as needed to your basses. Try to park under a tree and leave your windows cracked a bit. It might be a good idea to get some silica gel packs and put those in your cases to reduce humidity.
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08-08-2011, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Honky Kong, ShangriLamma | | | Yeah, leave the windows cracked a bit so the thieves don't have to break your car window.
Rratajski offered great advice, if you can find someone willing to babysit the gear while you check out the scene.
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08-08-2011, 02:42 PM
| | | | I left the windows cracked a bit, put my rain coat and a tapestry over my gig bag to reduce the direct sunlight hitting it, had a silver reflector thing in my front window to also try and stop solar heating. I set my pedal board flat so that if the glue heated up the pedals wouldn't slide (learned about that at last year's festival, where pedal board was hung on the wall in the trailer- lots of pedals slid part-way off of their velcro strips, and once the temps are down the glue re-hardened in the new position- with the pedals partially slid off- a total pain.)
I also went by a couple times a day and rolled the windows down and ran the AC just to let the accumulated heat blow off. The last thing- get to your stage an hour ahead of time to give your axes some time to acclimate to the ambient temperature.
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08-08-2011, 02:54 PM
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08-09-2011, 07:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Philly Area | | | The instrument itself is the one I'd worry most about...depending on the setting, maybe leave the rest of the gear locked up and carry the bass around with you in a gig bag while you check out other bands...???
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08-09-2011, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by BINJ Limo tint | eventually... just got the car Quote:
Originally Posted by blastjv The instrument itself is the one I'd worry most about...depending on the setting, maybe leave the rest of the gear locked up and carry the bass around with you in a gig bag while you check out other bands...???
-JV | ahhh this is a good idea
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08-09-2011, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by gastric | ...thanks for that. might just go ahead and get lowjack for every piece of gear i own... |
08-10-2011, 03:18 PM
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