watelessness
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Which is more frustrating: waiting for delivery or for guitar to acclimate?
Which is more frustrating: waiting for delivery or for guitar to acclimate?
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Rachmaninoff
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I don't!
Where's the option for "Waiting for delivered & acclimated guitar to be rebuilt because it was painted wrong"?
I live in California, so acclimating has never really been an issue by the time the guitar is delivered. If it's delivered in the winter and it's been unusually cold I might wait a few hours. But that's easy compared to waiting for delivery.
I live in California, so acclimating has never really been an issue by the time the guitar is delivered. If it's delivered in the winter and it's been unusually cold I might wait a few hours. But that's easy compared to waiting for delivery.
Shauncho
Mr. Impatient
LOL
John Beef
Opaque
Yeah, we don't have an acclimation problem in Phoenix. Though, I have had some pickups delivered in July and the wax started to melt out of them while it was in the mailbox, so like many things in Phoenix, it's kind of the opposite of everywhere else.
walkerjerry
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It's Schroedinger's Guitar either way...
Core models are immune to quantum superposition.
Acclamation time? Pop that S.O.B. right open!!!! Cracks in the finish just makes the guitar sound better!!! I LOVE the popping and snapping noises I hear when I open the case in the dead of winter on a 10K Private stock!!! MUSIC TO MY EARS!!!!
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I have all my guitar deliveries held at the fedex/ups locations on my truck route( I drive tractor trailers locally for Old Dominion) I'll usually get them midway through my day and by that time they've been in a climate controlled building all day so no wait time. In the event I do have to wait, I take the case out and pop the latches and wait 45 minutes to an hour. Its not bad, Its the damn shipping time that gets too me lol.
11top
Cousin Eddie's cousin
I open on the back unheated porch, so the temp is the same as outside. I take a quick peak to see it the figure carved out. ;-)
iahawk36
Prince of Paisley
What is this "acclimation" that you speak of?
CVS
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Waiting for the guitar to arrive takes a lot of patience, especially if you are waiting for the guitar to be made for you........
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Grimr
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I usually just wait a couple of hours. IMHO I think guitars with Nitro finishes are more susceptible to extreme changes than poly finishes. However I really don't know. Have never experienced it with any of my guitars, nitro or otherwise but I have seen pictures and it can be ugly. 
Essentially, bringing a guitar (especially with a nitro finish) from a cold environment to a warm one, or into a cold air conditioned place on an extremely hot day, it's a good idea to allow the guitar to sit in the case for a while before opening the case. This allows the guitar to warm up gradually and prevents finish cracks and sudden changes to the setup.
If the guitar has been in the cold a long time, PRS says to wait 4-6 hours. You don't have to do that just going from car to gig, etc., but a lot of folks wait about 15 minutes to get the chill off.
Interestingly, for those who think this is all imaginary BS, Martin and other acoustic instrument makers often won't ship a guitar at all in extreme cold. They refer to this as a "cold hold." This is to prevent damage to the instrument from cold weather changes.
Most people use "acclimatize" to describe the process, but to acclimate is the same thing.
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