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Sleeping with your bass

Jordan S.

Jordan S.

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Mar 25, 2012
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#1
I don't know about you guys, but I keep my bass in my bedroom, out of the case, ready to go whenever I get a spare minute, works great. However, I also sleep in said bedroom, with the window open at night. Temperatures at night might get down to 9 degrees (Celsius. It's also probably a bit warmer in my bedroom...), and the highest temperature during the day might be 20 degrees, maybe a bit over.

My question is, should I tuck my bass in beside me at night (or more appropriately, put it in its hard case), or will this type of temperature variance have little to no effect on the neck/wood?
 
#3
Ibanezsr500 said:
I don't know about you guys, but I keep my bass in my bedroom, out of the case, ready to go whenever I get a spare minute, works great. However, I also sleep in said bedroom, with the window open at night. Temperatures at night might get down to 9 degrees (Celsius. It's also probably a bit warmer in my bedroom...), and the highest temperature during the day might be 20 degrees, maybe a bit over.

My question is, should I tuck my bass in beside me at night (or more appropriately, put it in its hard case), or will this type of temperature variance have little to no effect on the neck/wood?
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It's always good to see that some on these boards do have a sense of humor.
Thanks for posting! :D
 
#4
I have 2 basses I'm committed to sleeping with. A Minarik that was custom made and given to me by the company (the bass in my vid below), and an engraved Sterling 5 HS that my wife gave me as a wedding present. Whenever I get a new bass I allow it to sleep with us for a few nights (on rare occasions weeks), as I love waking to the new bass's smile, but after that time, if it performed nicely it goes to the studio with the rest of the gang. And if it didn't perform nicely, it goes into the closet. And eventually gets sold.
 
#7
Well... seeing past the obvious humour of this, I just wanted to observe the following:

I live in Norway, a country with seasonal and even day-to-day changes in temperature and air humidity. We are talking temperature variations of up to 25 degrees Celcius at some days. Still, gigging musicians report that both guitars and amplifiers rest comfortably in cases in vehicles when on the road without any noticeable harm, even with the temperature changes. They are protected from the humidity changes, though. Most of the guitar/bass players I talk to list humidity as a much worse contributing factor than the temperature changes.

Personally, I adjust the truss rod on my instruments each late fall and spring. It seems like the colder and somewhat drier weather in the winter time cause changes to the tension balance of the neck.
 
#15
Wallace320 said:
and find yourself a girlfriend


Cheers,
Wallace

PS: no major issues to neck and body, but being a brown mahogany light satin finish, as your nick tend to suggest,
pay attention to the overall ageing of the thing.
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But remember, your bass will get you through times of no girlfriend; better than a girlfriend will get you through times of no bass.
 
#17
Sleeping with your bass, huh?

I guess if you could find a VERY open-minded and trustworthy luthier, I suppose you could have him do a "fleshlight" mod to your bass. ...Unless, of course, the existing 1/4" jack is sufficient for your ...needs.
 
#19
When I was 15 in 1984 I got my first bass , a Washburn Force 4, and I was so happy and excited to have it that I did indeed sleep with it in my bed. I left it in it's case, stood it up, and put couch pillows in front of it. I'm not quite sure how long I kept that arrangement, I always was an odd kid. I am happy to say that I still own the bass to this day.
 

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