Question, When Receiving a New PRS in Temps Between 20 to 35 Degrees How Long ???

[Macmutt]

Hey guys, well my New PRS is on the way but the temps here are a constant 20 to 35 degrees outside and when it arrives and I bring it into the house which is a constant 70 plus degrees, how long should I leave it in the box before unpacking it?

I don't want any drastic temp changes to cause any neck bowing or cracking....Please let me know, thanks.

 

[kes7u]

I don't know how conservative I am, but this is what I've done.

I leave it in the packing box until time to go to bed, and then remove the case from the box.

I then wait until the next day to remove the guitar from the case.

I live in chilly MN, and have had success with this.

Kevin

 

[Macmutt]

I don't know how conservative I am, but this is what I've done.

I leave it in the packing box until time to go to bed, and then remove the case from the box.

I then wait until the next day to remove the guitar from the case.

I live in chilly MN, and have had success with this.

Kevin

Ok, as tortuous as it will be to put it off another day, i'll keep it packaged up over night before opening, it won't be easy though.

 

[gball]

I might be crazy but I have never given it a thought. Plenty of times I had to take a cold, cold guitar that sat in a trailer overnight out of its case at a gig, sometimes in below-zero weather, and never had a problem. Maybe I've just been lucky.

 

[HANGAR18]

I'm under the impression that 24 hours is a fairly common practice before removing it from the case when there is that big of a difference iin temperature.
With my newest PRS, I was monitoring all the temperatures of all the places the guitar traveled by comparing the tracking information with the weather.com web site.
But in my case, we wound up seeing warmer temperatures here over the last 24 hours before it was delivered to the UPS store where I have a private mail box and so there was only about a 10 degree temperature difference and I skipped the 24 hour wait like I normally would have done.

 

[yankeebulldog]

I personally like the idea of having it held at a UPS or FedEx for most of the day so I'm not tempted to open it.

 

[tbp0701]

I've waited about 10-12 hours, a little longer with an acoustic, and have not had any issues. If I'm home I'll wait until the outside box is room temperature, then open the flaps. A while later the case should feel like it's room temperature, so I'll remove it from the box. Then I'll wait a while longer and make sure the case is acclimated to room temperature before opening it.

Or I suppose you could just wait 24 hours and open everything.

 

[halasghost]

I might be crazy but I have never given it a thought. Plenty of times I had to take a cold, cold guitar that sat in a trailer overnight out of its case at a gig, sometimes in below-zero weather, and never had a problem. Maybe I've just been lucky.

Waiting for it to "thaw" had never crossed my mind either-- I blame naivete, but I don't think I'm likely to change my way of thinking on this without a serious scolding.

 

[Steve B]

Grats on the new PRS Macmutt!

Which PRS did you end up going with?

 

[veinbuster]

If it arrived before noon, I would open it an hour before bed time, and risk staying up late. If it arrived later I would wait until the next day. You really don't want all of the condensation that will occur by opening while it is still cold.

 

[Macmutt]

Grats on the new PRS Macmutt!

Which PRS did you end up going with?

Hey Thanks, I got a PRS Custom 22 with a stop tail bridge.....The wait is utter agony.

 

[László]

I recently corresponded with PRS customer service, as I'm waiting to have a PS shipped to me, and they said leave it in the box 4-6 hours.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I might be crazy but I have never given it a thought. Plenty of times I had to take a cold, cold guitar that sat in a trailer overnight out of its case at a gig, sometimes in below-zero weather, and never had a problem. Maybe I've just been lucky.

+1

 

[AP515]

+1

+2

 

[Steve B]

Hey Thanks, I got a PRS Custom 22 with a stop tail bridge.....The wait is utter agony.

OUTSTANDING!!!

Post pics when you get it!

or shall we say...4-6hours after arrival

 

[Macmutt]

OUTSTANDING!!!

Post pics when you get it!

or shall we say...4-6hours after arrival

Will do......Thanks

 

[gush]

+1

I can't bring myself to leave guitars in a cold trailer, hot vehicle or open a case that has been in the cold.

-3

 

[watelessness]

When you take a guitar to a gig how long do you let it acclimate?

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I can't bring myself to leave guitars in a cold trailer, hot vehicle or open a case that has been in the cold.

-3

Sometimes you don't have a choice. I'm not sayin' that I prefer to do it or that I think leaving a guitar in the trunk of a car just 'cause you're lazy is a good idea, but if you're a touring musician (or have been) you do a ton of things that you wouldn't normally bring yourself to do.

When you take a guitar to a gig how long do you let it acclimate?

From load in to soundcheck.

 

[veinbuster]

When you take a guitar to a gig how long do you let it acclimate?

From load in to soundcheck.

And I always brought the instrument in first.
To be honest, it wasn't to acclimatize it, it was just because it was the easiest thing of value for someone to walk away with.