How long does a guitar take to reach room temp

tazz3

tazz3

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Ups just droped off my guitar its 47 out side and its 63 in the house how long beofre i can open it a few hoirs?? Msucians friend shiped it in one box tbise morons i called them and yelled at them lol
 
tazz3 said:
Ups just droped off my guitar its 47 out side and its 63 in the house how long beofre i can open it a few hoirs?? Msucians friend shiped it in one box tbise morons i called them and yelled at them lol
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Open it now, and let the guitar get acclimated not only to the temperature but the humidity too. Tune it up and play, but the guitar will take a day or two to fully adjust to its new enviroment. If you make a lot of adjustments now, you'll probably make more adjustments in a couple of days.
 
Yeah, just unbox it and leave it alone for at least a few hours.

DON'T try to adjust anything before a day or two, don't even think of messing with the truss rod or claw (if it is the case). If anything just tune it after a couple of hours and wait a day or two to begin setting it up. Wood ain't plastic...
 
Crap i just put it on the stand in my basement i wont tune it till tomorrow it was in the box for an hour it should be ok, like i said i wont tune it till like 10:00 to nite i dont mess with truss rods
 
nope i would leave it boxed a few hours first or it will be prone to drawing condensation.

Cold to warm by more that 20° or so is a more severe change compared to a milder humidity environmental change.

2 similar, yet different things.
 
Is it a Gibson? Nitro finish? If so, leave it in the box a day.

Otherwise 2 hours should be fine.

And yes, don't expect to adjust it perfectly for a couple of days as guitar acclimates to new humidity, average temp, etc.

P.
 
yes, and try not to worry so much.
I'd tune it and plug it in and play it, just to get a feel for it as is. I wouldn't expect it to be perfect.
Then I'd remove the old deads strings, oil the fret board
with Fret Doctor or Music Nomad's F1 and put a set of new strings on in the gauge that I prefer.

Then I'd check the intonation, to see how far off it is. If it's far, I'd adjust it, even knowing I'd have
to do it again after adjusting the action. If the action was super high, I'd lower the bridge to the clatter
point before checking the intonation... knowing I might be likely to do it all over again in a day or two.

These other guys are NOT wrong, but I could never let a new guitar sit there all naked and ready
without hittin' on her. Come on, baby, let's make some music. Lemme oil up yer neck here, how's that feel?
Lemme crank yer knobs... now yer singin'...

*shrugs ...cain't leave it alone, even if I should.
 
Col Mustard said:
yes, and try not to worry so much.
I'd tune it and plug it in and play it, just to get a feel for it as is. I wouldn't expect it to be perfect.
Then I'd remove the old deads strings, oil the fret board
with Fret Doctor or Music Nomad's F1 and put a set of new strings on in the gauge that I prefer.

Then I'd check the intonation, to see how far off it is. If it's far, I'd adjust it, even knowing I'd have
to do it again after adjusting the action. If the action was super high, I'd lower the bridge to the clatter
point before checking the intonation... knowing I might be likely to do it all over again in a day or two.

These other guys are NOT wrong, but I could never let a new guitar sit there all naked and ready
without hittin' on her. Come on, baby, let's make some music. Lemme oil up yer neck here, how's that feel?
Lemme crank yer knobs... now yer singin'...

*shrugs ...cain't leave it alone, even if I should.
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This is what I would do...climate change is not as critical on a solid body guitar...
 
I would tune it and play it----- dont touch or alter for set up or intonation or decking the trem or adjusting springs or any of that rot ---for a day or so--
 
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