Proper Guitar Storage and care for Electric Guitars
So, now that I have amassed a nice little collection of guitars.
I was wondering what are some of the ways to keep your investments and prize possessions in great shape.
I have 2 basses out in stands and 2 guitar guitars out in stands and my Gibson LP is kept in the case and the rest are in gig bags.
I am going to put the Peavey T-40 back in the case since I never play it anymore and as my first real bass I want to keep it in the same great shape it is in now.
I plan on buying a tweed guitar case to keep my Paisley Strat in and buying a case to Keep my American Special Strat HSS in as well.
So for the axes kept in cases is there anything I should be doing to make sure they stay in mint pristine condition?
The guitars I keep in stands or gig bags is there anything I should be doing to make sure they stay in mint pristine condition?
Recently I had my no pick guard black strat modded out a little. I changed the pick up covers to black and switched the tone and volume knobs to black rounded profile metal knobs and pickup selector also was changed to black. Looks really cool (pics to come shortly) but my tech said the neck felt a little dry to him while he was putting on new strings. This guitar is kept on a stand 100% of the time since it by far my most played guitar also the neck is maple.
Do I need to get a humidifier for my room with my axes out on stands?
I also thought about getting those small plastic humidifier tubes used inside of cases for acoustics guitars for my electric guitars in cases & gig bags or is a small room humidifier enough?
I wipe off all of my guitars before or after every use.
I polish them every 3 months or so with guitar polish. Wipe down the strings and even wipe down the fret board with cloth placed under the strings and go in a motion like I was polishing shoes once or twice a week if I am playing a certain guitar a lot. I use the fret dressing on my rosewood necks every time I restring them. Can that be done more often while the strings are still on?
I live in Southern California near the Angeles National Forest and the beginning of what is called the high desert area of So Cal. So it is a very dry & very hot area in summer and warm/cool area in winter but humidity is very low year round accept on rainy days. It is 17 to 18% humidity today.
any ideas? Does anyone use a room humidifier they would recommend?
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Maxi...................
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Guitars: 2010 American Special HSS Strat, 2010 CIC Squire CV ThinLine Tele, & 2006 MIM FSR Strat.
Basses: 1979 Peavey T-40, 2007 Ibanez SR 500, 2013 Ibanez SR375F, 2013 CIJ Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee VI, & 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee Metro V
Amps: Mesa Boogie BASS STRATEGY:Eight:88, Aguliar DB 4X12, Augilar DB 751, Genz Benz CTR500-210T/Focus 1X15 CAB, Fender Hot Rod Deville 410, VHT Deliverance 60/VHT 2X12 fat Bottom Cab, & VOX DA20
Effects: Boss ME-25, MXR Custom Baddass 78, MXR Custom Baddass modified O.D., Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator, MXR Phase 90, MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe/Octave Deluxe/Bass Compressor/Envelope Filter/, Way Huge Pork Loin