How do I store my Warmoth Body for my deployment?

[cv115505]

Greetings... kind of a general question here but I just got an unfinished Warmoth Jazz body... I thought I would be able to get the finish on it before I left for my deployment, but it didn't work out. Now, I'll be gone for about 6-7 months and I was wondering what the best method of storage would be so that the wood (swamp ash) will be in the same condition when I return... As it stand, I plan to just leave it sealed in the box that it came in... Basically, when I got it, I took it out to inspect it and resealed in the shipping box. Is this the right way to go about it? Is there something better I can do? Also, my wife will be home the whole time so is there anything she should do to care for it?

[cv115505]

For the record, Ive never done a build myself before and I really don't know much about carpentry or anything like that, so if this is a stupid question I apologize haha.

[pushifier]

You can clamp the body on a flat surface (like a table or workdesk); and get that seal of the body so it can breathe and store it a stable humity room

[SlingBass4]

It's not like it's going to warp Store it however you like in as dry and warm an environment as possible. Any moisture wicked from the wood is a good thing in a solid body

[__HM__]

It's a thick piece of wood, that's already pre-cut by a well-regarded company, which presumably means it's bone dry. Put it on the kitchen counter. Or on your bed. Or in the back seat of your car. Shouldn't matter too much.

[cv115505]

I'm just going to leave it in the box wrapped in the plastic and packing materials

[Ric5]

Keep it in a room out of the sun and where the humidity is fairly constant. Cover it to keep the dust off of it ... I let bass bodies lay around my basement until I am ready to use them ... no special storage at all.

Necks are the real problem ... bodies don't warp and develop s curves ...