Let me start off by saying there are two things I really love: Being outside and playing the bass.
I play my electric bass guitar outside quite often--usually on the front doorstep or on the back patio with my amp plugged into an outdoor outlet or something, and it's a really fun experience, but I'm not nearly as proficient on the EBG as I am on my upright.
I love my bass, first of all--she's not perfect, she's got some wolf notes and she's got imperfections, but I love her. I call her Martha and I joke with my friend that she's my high-school sweetheart. Now, one morning, when I was making breakfast and the family was starting to get up (namely the basset hound), I thought I'd go outside and sit with my dog on the back patio for a bit. We've had great weather for the past week or so in Pennsylvania (not much right now, just rain, but it was great earlier, I swear!), so it seemed like a good idea.
So here I was, outside, with my dog, on my patio and she really didn't seem to want to go pee, just sit and soak up the rays. Now, my basset likes the sound of my bass--she curls up around the endpin and won't move until I'm done playing, and I'd just got done making breakfast so the first thing I wanted to do after being fed was, of course, play.
Inside I went, and grabbed my bass, and hauled her outside to play for a bit. It wasn't extremely hot, and it wasn't cold--the humidity of the air wasn't much different than my house (probably a little more humid, though), and it was really quite enjoyable playing outside. I felt like I had an audience (in a basset hound and the other dogs that it feels like everybody in my neighborhood lets out at the same time), and it was great. I got a lot of practicing done and when I went back in, I felt like it was a good time playing.
My only question is, is this good for the bass? It's just a laminate, and it sounds better with a little humidity in it, but is this good for the structural stability of the bass and will it change the sound if I decide to play outside more often?
I play my electric bass guitar outside quite often--usually on the front doorstep or on the back patio with my amp plugged into an outdoor outlet or something, and it's a really fun experience, but I'm not nearly as proficient on the EBG as I am on my upright.
I love my bass, first of all--she's not perfect, she's got some wolf notes and she's got imperfections, but I love her. I call her Martha and I joke with my friend that she's my high-school sweetheart. Now, one morning, when I was making breakfast and the family was starting to get up (namely the basset hound), I thought I'd go outside and sit with my dog on the back patio for a bit. We've had great weather for the past week or so in Pennsylvania (not much right now, just rain, but it was great earlier, I swear!), so it seemed like a good idea.
So here I was, outside, with my dog, on my patio and she really didn't seem to want to go pee, just sit and soak up the rays. Now, my basset likes the sound of my bass--she curls up around the endpin and won't move until I'm done playing, and I'd just got done making breakfast so the first thing I wanted to do after being fed was, of course, play.
Inside I went, and grabbed my bass, and hauled her outside to play for a bit. It wasn't extremely hot, and it wasn't cold--the humidity of the air wasn't much different than my house (probably a little more humid, though), and it was really quite enjoyable playing outside. I felt like I had an audience (in a basset hound and the other dogs that it feels like everybody in my neighborhood lets out at the same time), and it was great. I got a lot of practicing done and when I went back in, I felt like it was a good time playing.
My only question is, is this good for the bass? It's just a laminate, and it sounds better with a little humidity in it, but is this good for the structural stability of the bass and will it change the sound if I decide to play outside more often?
