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Anybody else who lives on the coast get this problem?

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Bassman18

Sep 23, 2009
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Sydney, Australia
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I currently live in Sydney City, but i travel down to Wollongong ( On the East Coast of New South Wales) regularly as thats where i keep the majority of my gear/ have a few regular gigs.
For a while now, i've found all the hardware on my basses shows signs of oxidising, but one of them is less then 10 months old! I figured its because of the salty air and humidity/ weather conditions around here?
I've tried cleaning them regularly but its hard to keep up with when in the city studying and working.

Does anybody else who lives on the coast have this problem?
 
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Bassman18 said:
I currently live in Sydney City, but i travel down to Wollongong ( On the East Coast of New South Wales) regularly as thats where i keep the majority of my gear/ have a few regular gigs.
For a while now, i've found all the hardware on my basses shows signs of oxidising, but one of them is less then 10 months old! I figured its because of the salty air and humidity/ weather conditions around here?
I've tried cleaning them regularly but its hard to keep up with when in the city studying and working.

Does anybody else who lives on the coast have this problem?
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Not now. But when I was in Florida it was a problem. It's the sea breeze bringing in salt water in the air. It just reeks havoc with anything metal! I don't know what the answer is. Seal gear in large plastic baggies? My solution was to leave Florida for Ohio. [a freshwater lake doesn't do it. It's the salt that is the killer]
 
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bassbenj said:
Not now. But when I was in Florida it was a problem. It's the sea breeze bringing in salt water in the air. It just reeks havoc with anything metal! I don't know what the answer is. Seal gear in large plastic baggies? My solution was to leave Florida for Ohio. [a freshwater lake doesn't do it. It's the salt that is the killer]
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This is a problem with living on the coast.
Along with trying to keep instruments in their cases,
wipe them down with a dry cheesecloth often.
You may also find in time, the moisture affecting the neck.
Check truss adjustments often too.
I have used a product called Dr. Ducks Axe Wax (contains no wax!) everywhere on my basses & guitars & it seems to help.
I don't know if you can get it in Aus..
 

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