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Morning all,
How sensitive do you think a solidbody electric is to the cold?
The reason I ask is that I'm thinking about posting one. I've done this plenty of times before and found that with a hard case and an external box and some liberal wrapping, its really not a problem unless you're really unlucky.
But now I'm wondering about the dropping temperatures and whether its better to wait until the spring, when things start to warm up a bit.
Its a guitar I have at my parents place that I'd like to play over the winter, but its tricky to transport it myself, so ideally I'd like to post.
I could wait - its not a massive hardship..... what would you do?
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shouldn't be too much off an issue but be prepared to wipe it down as soon as you open it up and always keep the pack of silca in the case if you can. Quite often guitars turn up from cold warehouses, depots and vans and as soon as they are unpacked condensation starts to form on them. Probably best practice to let it all get up to ambient temperature before unpacking to prevent this but who has that kind of will power?
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humidity drops are the big killers. Try not to post on Thursday/Friday. Airtight seal if poss. Worry more if it's cold and dry or snowing
Don't open box for 2-3 hours after getting indoors
Very dodgy for hollowbodies and acoustics.
I kept 2 guitars in a cold hidey hole when I lived somewhere scary in my youth. My ESP vintage copy strat (still my #1) was fine. The neck of my Casio 510 was destroyed though, and they were Japanese-made