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Guitars and the beach
« on: July 23, 2010, 05:47:34 pm »
We're headed to Galveston (weather permitting) next week, and I was thinking of taking my acoustic with me (it's a maple topped guitar).  I have reservations because in my mind's eye I see strings breaking, the neck warping, etc.  I wasn't planning on taking it to the beach itself, just leaving it in the beach house.  Am I being paranoid?  
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2010, 06:09:45 pm »
You are worried about having your guitar in a house that happens to be near the beach?
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2010, 06:15:25 pm »
In an environment with salty air, high humidity, and yes, near (actually on) the beach.
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2010, 07:20:06 pm »
Just wipe it down when you get home. I know you can do it because I once saw the Beach Boys doing it. I think.
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2010, 08:31:16 pm »
Quote from: PeteM on July 23, 2010, 06:15:25 pm
In an environment with salty air, high humidity, and yes, near (actually on) the beach.

What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2010, 09:11:38 pm »
Quote from: PeteM on July 23, 2010, 05:47:34 pm
We're headed to Galveston (weather permitting) next week, and I was thinking of taking my acoustic with me (it's a maple topped guitar).  I have reservations because in my mind's eye I see strings breaking, the neck warping, etc.  I wasn't planning on taking it to the beach itself, just leaving it in the beach house.  Am I being paranoid?  

Yes. If you lived on the beach and let the guitar sit on a stand rather than snug in a good case for years and years you'd surely notice the weather's effects over time. But for a week? Hell no. That said I brought a $300 Takamine with me to Panama and left all my good stuff in my Houston place that is terminally about 60 degrees and dry.
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2010, 09:41:22 pm »
Your guitar will be fine.  They even *sell* guitars in places like Galveston.  I take mine to the beach itself.  I have numerous friends in Florida who gig on the beach several times a week.  If you constantly take it back and forth between Hawai'i and Arizona, you'll notice some effects, but a week at a beach house in Galveston...don't worry about it.
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2010, 09:51:18 pm »
Thanks Chuck and Hudson, that's what I was looking for.  My guitars don't ever leave the house so I was a bit worried (especially with a fairly thin maple top), but I fancy me chances now.  Thanks again.
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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2010, 10:33:56 pm »
Quote from: PeteM on July 23, 2010, 09:51:18 pm
Thanks Chuck and Hudson, that's what I was looking for.  My guitars don't ever leave the house so I was a bit worried (especially with a fairly thin maple top), but I fancy me chances now.  Thanks again.

If you're concerned, let up the tension on the strings a bit when you travel, then tune up once you get there.  You'll need to anyway.  You don't need to worry about breaking strings or your neck, but if it gives you peace of mind...
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2010, 11:24:56 pm »
Elvis did it in a movie once, didn't he?

If so, then it's probably okay.
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Re: Guitars and the beach
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2010, 06:26:19 am »
Forget what Chuck, Hudson, myself, even Gizzmo, said earlier.  What you really need is to get a guitar designed to be used around water.
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« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2010, 09:14:14 am »
Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on July 24, 2010, 06:26:19 am
Forget what Chuck, Hudson, myself, even Gizzmo, said earlier.  What you really need is to get a guitar designed to be used around water.


A friend of mine in Florida got one of these, just for playing at beach parties and bars
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« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2010, 05:58:16 pm »
I always thought relatively high humidity was good for guitars, like cigars, or skin.  Isn't it the trip to the desert that you're supposed to worry about?
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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2010, 09:02:13 pm »
Quote from: NeilT on July 26, 2010, 05:58:16 pm
I always thought relatively high humidity was good for guitars, like cigars, or skin.  Isn't it the trip to the desert that you're supposed to worry about?

You worry about rapid changes in humidity.  But overall, yeah, you'd prefer it to be humid than dry.
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