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If you can, keep it on a stand or a hanger not in the case - it will absorb natural vibrations from the room and follow humidity changes, and the sound will open up. Really...
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A few days in the open seems to have done it the world of good....
they rotate one around the store in Ivor Mairants, makes a big difference
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@ICBM keeps saying that I have to have a bloody Rickenbacker bass.
I categorically do not need a completely outdated anachronistic oddly shaped overpriced chunk of wood like that.
I have plenty of Precisions that fulfil that perfectly.
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They certainly do go to sleep. I keep all my guitars in cases (except my little L'Arrivee parlour which seems impervious to environmental change) so I just make sure to rotate which ones I practice on. As I've only got three flat tops (apart from little Larry) it means they're never more than 2 days away from being played.
Resonators go to sleep too (whether they are in a case or not), but there are specific things you can do to wake them up straight away rather than having to play them for any period of time.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
- hold it vertically by the headstock end of the neck and tap the body and coverplate all over with your fingertips to dislodge dust that may have settled
- then detune slightly...not so much that any of the strings go slack, just enough to be able to...
- .....pull each string in turn out of it's bridge slot, and then slide it across the saddle to let it snap itself back in
- retune
You could definitely hear a difference before and after.