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Post by ss "Shane" on Mar 13, 2019 7:38:08 GMT -7
My buddy just received his new Les Paul from Sweetwater. I asked him to give me a review and he said he needed to let it acclimate for 24 hours first. Keep in mind, he’s mainly an acoustic picker and has several high dollar acoustics.
I know about letting the guitar stay in it’s case for about 10 minutes when bringing it inside and I’ve even heard about the 24 hour acclimate thing with acoustics, but is the 24 hour period nessessary with new Les Pauls?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 7:40:08 GMT -7
Ah, the internet! It never lets you down!
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Post by ss "Shane" on Mar 13, 2019 7:57:17 GMT -7
Ah, the internet! It never lets you down! LOL! Point well taken. All I know is every time I received a new electric guitar via mail I’ve opened it up and played it right away. I’ll keep doing this.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 7:59:08 GMT -7
Unless it's minus 27 and the guitar's been on the truck all weekend. Then maybe an hour or two might be good.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 10:23:41 GMT -7
If it’s a nitrocellulose finish you can get finish checking if a cold guitar’s brought up to room temp too quickly. Acoustic or electric—doesn’t matter, though acoustics are particuarly subject to checking.. If it’s a polyurethane finish I don’t think checking is an issue. We have cold winters here, so generally if I get a guitar delivered during the winter months I’ll let it come up to room temp gradually, although 24 hours seems a little excessive. I generally go overnight, or until the outside surface of the case no longer feels cold. In the warmer months, no need to wait—open her up and plug her in.
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Post by runninwiththerevil (Matthew) on Mar 24, 2019 18:27:11 GMT -7
I'm going to have a forced 24 hour plus. I'm traveling this week and my guitar will be here a couple days before I'm back. Looking really forward to the conference I'm going to be gone for, but it's killing me to think my new guitar will just be sitting back at home, all lonely in a box! Ha.
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Post by The Bad Poodle Experience on Mar 26, 2019 8:29:01 GMT -7
how did i miss this magical post?? lol
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Post by ss "Shane" on Mar 26, 2019 9:30:20 GMT -7
how did i miss this magical post?? lol Not sure lol. When I say “my buddy” in the OP it’s the truth. However, I’m never afraid to ask an off the wall question, even if it means receiving friendly ridacule lol.
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Post by Maddog on Mar 26, 2019 9:40:10 GMT -7
Shane....this time of year (assuming your bud resides in a moderate climate area as you and I) I'd say 2-3 hours max even if it came out of a hot Brown truck at the end of the day...
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Post by skydog958 on Apr 3, 2019 7:03:45 GMT -7
I've only heard of a 24 hour rule with regards to letting a neck settle in after a truss rod adjustment.
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Post by sharkboy on Apr 3, 2019 21:13:22 GMT -7
During winter and after cold transport it is a must with nitro and poly finishes to allow to slowly acclimate. I have an older Ric I purchased new that I was a little too anxious to open. It did cause checking.
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Post by John E. on Apr 4, 2019 12:24:40 GMT -7
I only do this with acoustics in the winter, since I've seen my buddies acoustic crack and it was a sad time. I've never had a problem with electrics though. Poly won't check but if it's a bolt neck I'd let it warm up just so the neck can expand back correctly in the pocket, not sure if that's a real issue but it seems plausible. I've owned many nitro finished guitars and only ever had one check on me, but that wasn't from shipping.
I left my first Les Paul in my car when I was in high school and, like any good Oklahoma weather happens, we had a surprise ice storm overnight and I couldn't get to my truck to get the guitar out since it was parked down the hill a little (if I went to it I'd get stuck at the bottom of the hill with no traction to get back up) so I finally got to it a day later and I brought it in and immediately took it out and started playing, and then I heard the cracking and looked down and it was all checked up. Sucks, but I guess it was gonna check sometime or another.
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