humidity

Is keeping a carved or hybrid in a little cooler environment ok if the humidity is tolerable for the instrument? Case in point; I have my hybrid...

Temps have been dropping a lot, and up til now my humidifier was doing an ok job of keeping at least that area of the room about 40%, but now it's...

Just wondering if anyone here has done this just to be sure humidity isn't dropping to low. Even having a humidifier with a humidistat, there's...

I don't play my MIM Fender Jazz bass much because I am partial to my Fender Musicmaster. It seems as though the fretboard on my jazz bass is dry...

Does anyone have an explanation for this?

Hi all, The jatoba fingerboard on my Ibanez SR675 has started to split (see picture). It used to be a faint hairline crack at the edge of the...

After retiring, I sold my SVT with two twin 8x10 cabs and downsized to an Ampeg SVT-7 Pro (Rev. C00) with two 500 watt cabs. One with a 12" and...

It’s been a rather chilly spring here, and the heat running has started to do a number on my instruments. I noticed several have mild fret sprout...

Okay more specifically... Not block inlays but the ones that just go all the way across the fret. Like a shallow dado (not totally set on ebony...

Living in Alabama I've gotten tired of fighting the humid summers and and dry indoor air in the winter. Can anybody suggest any composite or...

I've had this bass (new, fully carved, made in Italian style) since 2015, been playing it regularly since 2016. So far there's been no need to...

Hello everyone, first post here but frequent user of the site. I am a college student about to go on break with my Eastman Hybrid bass. This will...

My experience is mostly gathered as s guitar player during 40 years but also playing bass on/off. Recently focus has gone to bass playing. In...

Hi all, I'd like to know - have there ever been issues of basses cracking under pressure inside a flight case on an airplane, because of...

high humidity causes the neck to concave low humidity causes the neck to convex Taking out all string tension factors, is this universal?...

Santa Claus obliged my request for a new room humidifier by leaving this under the tree:...

With winter approaching the northern hemisphere, I'm just curious to read how the colder temps and lower humidity affects your wood-necked basses...

I'm moving from the Arizona desert to the Southern California coast. I'm concerned with such a huge change with my basses and with my gear. I've...

Just got in from a concert style gig where I played all acoustic, no amp. We were playing jazz, with a gypsy style guitar and clarinet. I have...

Like the title says... Has anyone here experienced all the tone and life getting sucked out of a good bass after exposure to sudden, drastic...

[ATTACH] If you own acoustic string instruments, better make sure you control the humidity in your studio. This cold weather brings arid air...

A question hit me yesterday: How much, if any, change in weight happens to my basses in relation to humidity changes? Here in Ohio, summer is...

So I keep my bass room at 50% all winter long. It's usually about 50% in that room in the summer time also. The question is if the humidity stays...

Hi, I am long time nickel plated strings player. Recently I found SS strings that I love but I have noticed one thing with them - at home they...

G'day all: Dumb question, but if you have a timber neck on a bass perfectly adjusted will the bass still slip in and out of tune with temperature...

For many years I've kept all my instruments in a basement room that was a little on the dry side but still around 40%, which was humid enough to...

So we had to evacuate from Irma and now it's time to head back home. Probably won't have power for a few weeks. Is it safe to leave my basses in...

Looking at getting my first (and most likely only) UB. Being lazy I guess I want something that is always going to be in prime playing condition...

Like many, I find in the Summer months here in the Northeast we play a lot of outdoor gigs. This past Saturday we played a festival and it was in...

I've got two basses and an electric guitar - all solid bodies. In the room where I store them, the temperature is between 20 and 25 C (68 to 77 F)...

Up for sale are 6 Planet Waves Humidity Packs. Two double pouches and two single pouches. $25 SHIPPED paypal Lower 48 NO trades [ATTACH]

My hands sweat a lot and the hardware on my basses gets rusty pretty fast (bridge and pickguard screws especially), and I was looking for a way to...

Hey guys, I know these humidity questions have been asked before, but I havent been able to find a solution. I am at school and keep my bass in a...

I have the opportunity to rent a shed and call it a studio. It's sufficiently far away that I'd need to store my bass there to make it worth it...

Winters here in Upstate New York are extremely dry and the Summers can be quite humid. In the past I've run a room-sized humidifier in my music...

Greetings, folks! In August, I purchased a new hybrid bass (with a very responsive and seemingly flexible top) and have recently noticed that the...

Hey all - I just moved all my gear into a new jam room in my apartment. It's about 60% humidity in this room, sometimes it gets up to 70%. I...

So, last night I had a band rehearsal and could NOT get enough treble from my cabs. Two SVT15's, one with a Beta, the other a Kappa 15a. Two...

Hi, I am looking for information on how different fingerboard wood would be affected from changes in humidity and temperature. For instance, my...

I am not sure if this is place to post this, but cannot find better subforum. I know that fully carved bases are very vulnerable to humidity...