NBD! (WARNING: Tom Petty content...)

[biguglyman]

...and so, the wait begins.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

Love Petty, no warning needed.

This wait is indeed the hardest part.

 

[swagbotbilly]

Nitro finish? Otherwise... no wait needed

 

[biguglyman]

Nitro finish? Otherwise... no wait needed

The sticker on the box says "wait", so I wait. The candy from the other package was frozen!

 

[WI Short Scaler]

The sticker on the box says "wait", so I wait. The candy from the other package was frozen!

Everybody has an opinion on the wait thing. Winter time, I wait, as you are doing. But if temps outside are the about the same as inside I'm opening.

 

[dalkowski]

All I know is, Tom Waits for no one.

 

[2112]

Congratulations, Ope, on running down a dream... shows what can be done when you won't back down.

 

[scuzzy]

If you are in Maine, and the candy is frozen, this is one of the few I would also wait. Even poly can split with a dramatic temp shift

 

[songwriter21]

...and so, the wait begins.
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That's a lame, misguided label (Sweetwater). It's mainly for acoustics, and yes, nitro finishes. The sticker is a guideline, not gospel. Modern, solidbody instruments aren't made of balsa wood, so just set it up and play. If the neck moves later on, adjust it.

 

[B-Mac]

...and so, the wait begins.
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Nobody here is giving you a money back guarantee on their 'don't wait advice', so I'd wait. (kinda weighty)

 

[mikewalker]

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

Congratulations, Ope, on running down a dream... shows what can be done when you won't back down.

C’mon, you’re wreckin’ me with these references and you don’t know how it feels!

 

[Killing Floor]

That's a lame, misguided label (Sweetwater). It's mainly for acoustics, and yes, nitro finishes. The sticker is a guideline, not gospel. Modern, solidbody instruments aren't made of balsa wood, so just set it up and play. If the neck moves later on, adjust it.

I have seen a custom Hamer ruined in less than a minute. Cold to warm you better wait. It’s not the wood type. It’s the condensation, some of which can form beneath the finish it it’s a sudden change and the guitar is really cold. Especially if it’s new there’s an increased chance the wood isn't as dry as it should be.

 

[Dust2Dust]

at thread title

 

[Dust2Dust]

I always wait too. Since they don't put those "Wait labels" on in the summertime, to me, it means they put them on for a reason in the winter.

Safe than sorry

 

[Killing Floor]

C’mon, you’re wreckin’ me with these references and you don’t know how it feels!

There’s something good coming

 

[WG Plum]

Don't do me like that, what'd you get?

 

[Chrisk-K]

Another man falls into the SW nonsense.

 

[soulstew]

That's a lame, misguided label (Sweetwater). It's mainly for acoustics, and yes, nitro finishes. The sticker is a guideline, not gospel. Modern, solidbody instruments aren't made of balsa wood, so just set it up and play. If the neck moves later on, adjust it.

I had my first new bass, a 74 Precision with the usual thick poly, that came from a cold Minnesota band trailer to a warm venue and the finish cracked and checked in several places within a minute or so of opening the case. Your profile doesn't say what part of the country you're in, but you might not have experienced the kind of cold of places like Maine, Minnesota, and where I live now, in North Dakota. I had a a 1/2 case of wine delivered a few weeks ago and it had frozen enough to push out 4 of the 6 corks. If there was a bass on that UPS truck I definitely would have let it warm up for several hours.

 

[6-3-2]

I honestly thought it was gonna be one of the Tom Hamilton G&L basses LOL