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03-22-2013, 12:27 PM
| | | | How do you humidify your bass?
Hi guys, Winter is over but there is still cold outside and heaters running inside the house. I wonder how other people humidify their instruments? I usually take all my five basses in the bathroom and keep them there with door closed while I take a shower..  sounds funny but it does the trick. How about you? |
03-22-2013, 12:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Columbus OH | | | CHANGE in humidity affects my basses in that it affects the action.
Sticking your basses in the bathroom while you shower will do nothing to the wood and is a total waste of your time.
If you want to do them well, keep a humidifier on your house system so the humidity stays CONSTANT.
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03-22-2013, 12:48 PM
| | | | Whatever beer gets spilled on my bass is the extent of my humidifying procedure. |
03-22-2013, 01:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Perry County, PA | | | pee on it |
03-22-2013, 01:35 PM
| | | | I built a giant humidor for my basses, and it has the additional benefit of keeping my cigars fresh! |
03-22-2013, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: West Des Moines, Iowa | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FourtyOneHz  I built a giant humidor for my basses, and it has the additional benefit of keeping my cigars fresh! | ^ This guy knows how to live life.  |
03-22-2013, 02:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL | | | I moved to South Florida.
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03-22-2013, 02:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | I keep the door to the music room closed and keep a humidifier running all winter.
Unfortunately, I don't smoke cigars so I can't take advantage of the two-for-one deal.
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03-22-2013, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by FloridaSam Whatever beer gets spilled on my bass is the extent of my humidifying procedure. | Best "humidity" answer, EVAR !!!
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03-22-2013, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by MCS4 I moved to South Florida. | That'll do it for sure. |
03-22-2013, 02:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Neenah, WI | | | Yikes!
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Originally Posted by mitzache Hi guys, Winter is over but there is still cold outside and heaters running inside the house. I wonder how other people humidify their instruments? I usually take all my five basses in the bathroom and keep them there with door closed while I take a shower.. sounds funny but it does the trick. How about you? | Doesn't that just make them... umm... wet? As someone else stated, it's the changes in humidity that affect the wood. Your shower routine is more likely to create problems with metal and electrical component corrosion than solve any "dry wood" problems. Anyway, the wood is most likely sealed, 20 minutes in a very humid room is probably a bad idea.
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03-22-2013, 02:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MCS4 I moved to South Florida. | Oh man! That's what I was going to say! |
03-22-2013, 02:59 PM
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03-22-2013, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Lo-E I keep the door to the music room closed and keep a humidifier running all winter.
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Humidifiers in cases can be problematic.
Then a dehumidifier to keep your basses groovy in the summer. |
03-22-2013, 03:38 PM
| | | | I plumbed in a whole house humidifier to my furnace. Helps with chapped lips and dry noses. Easy to install and if you run a water line to it you never have to fill it.
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03-22-2013, 05:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: nyc | | | I spill beer on it at a gig. |
03-22-2013, 05:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Seattle | | | I live in Seattle. No additional humidity needed. |
03-22-2013, 10:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MCS4 Great minds, eh Bob? My rock/metal band has played a few shows in the Treasure Coast area recently (one of the guitarists works in Port St. Lucie). | Let me know when you come back! My office is in Port St. Lucie. |
03-22-2013, 11:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boulder Suburbia, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FloridaSam Whatever beer gets spilled on my bass is the extent of my humidifying procedure. | This... And I keep mine in my basement. Colorado is dry, anyway & not a ton of humidity fluctuation. |
03-22-2013, 11:38 PM
| | | | Sweat and drool.
No, but actually, I used to keep all my instruments near the windows during the winter, and seemed like the hardware reacted more than the wood. On two of them, the control knobs (all with set-screws) just popped off for no reason, and the edges of the frets just didn't feel right. I was concerned about my open-grain finished bass guitars, but this happened with my poly finished Fenders. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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