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Double Bass Cold to the touch?

Plywood, hybrid, fully carved, an old aluminum, or carbon fiber?????

In general, wooden instruments like the same climate we do- not too hot or cold, medium humidity. But....work with what you have. I have a customer who keeps his 1936 Martin guitar outside in the tool shed under the stairs in the mountains of western North Carolina- you can imagine what that thing looks like and how much seasonal variation it gets in the setup....