Hi, I apologize in advance, I'm sure this has been asked a zillion times, BUT I live in a climate that can be +40 (celsius) and -40. So where should I keep my bass when I'm not playing it? Large open room? Small room? Get a humidifier or not to? Decisions, decisions. Thanks
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Double Bass Storing
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As a general working template, your bass usually does best in the same range that you do- not too hot, not too cold and not excessively dry or humid. It sounds like you are stationed at McMurdo down south on the ice for the winter...
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so it's the arctic in the winter and the sun in summer!Assuming you have a fully carved or at least a hybrid bass, then certainly get a humidifier, preferably with humidity settings - if not get a separate humidity sensor.
If you have only a small humidifier or can only afford a small one, then put it and your bass into a small room - it may be easier to control the humidity that way.
Otherwise you don't want to subject your bass to wide and sudden swings in either temperature or humidity. So everything depends on the overall insulating properties of your house. If your insulation isn't too good and you have to depend on blasting your heater to keep comfortable when you're home - then when your out of the house at work, don't turn the heat way down. If your small room is an external room with a couple of windows or two outside walls, then maybe that isn't such a good room to use.
Generally I think the a bass can tolerate quite a bit of change, if it is kept gradual, and it doesn't keep jumping up and down.
If you have only a small humidifier or can only afford a small one, then put it and your bass into a small room - it may be easier to control the humidity that way.
Otherwise you don't want to subject your bass to wide and sudden swings in either temperature or humidity. So everything depends on the overall insulating properties of your house. If your insulation isn't too good and you have to depend on blasting your heater to keep comfortable when you're home - then when your out of the house at work, don't turn the heat way down. If your small room is an external room with a couple of windows or two outside walls, then maybe that isn't such a good room to use.
Generally I think the a bass can tolerate quite a bit of change, if it is kept gradual, and it doesn't keep jumping up and down.
I live in Alberta, so very similar. My furnace has a humidifier, I have it set at 30%.
Sometimes my bass (carved) goes out at night. Next week I'm taking it to the tropics (Medicine Hat) for a few days.
I don't mind adding a bit of moisture to the air, but the thing is, the dry outside air sucks that moisture right through the walls, where it hits the cold and freezes. Come spring, all that ice melts inside the walls and mold just loves it. And mold makes you sick. If you've got condensation & icy windows now then just wait until you turn on the humidifier.
I prefer to let my bass live in the climate it lives in.
Sometimes my bass (carved) goes out at night. Next week I'm taking it to the tropics (Medicine Hat) for a few days.
I don't mind adding a bit of moisture to the air, but the thing is, the dry outside air sucks that moisture right through the walls, where it hits the cold and freezes. Come spring, all that ice melts inside the walls and mold just loves it. And mold makes you sick. If you've got condensation & icy windows now then just wait until you turn on the humidifier.
I prefer to let my bass live in the climate it lives in.
