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Topic: re: Heating Pad for Steel in Transit |
Bill Nauman
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Cresco,Pa,USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2004 11:38 am |
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I am about to try a med heating pad from http://www.smithdrug.com/DME/im080005.htm
inside a plastic bag to keep some heat inside my steel case. Has anyone done this before? Only an hour to the show but no heat in the back of the truck carrying the equipment. Bill in Pa |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Dec 2004 1:30 pm
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| I've never done that, but I have wrapped the case in a blanket or quilt to keep the guitar semi-warm. The killer is air flow. If you're carrying in the back of an open pickup, then nothing will keep it warm for long. But if you have a cap on the truck, or it's in a car trunk, wrap the case with a blanket before it leaves the house and it won't get cold for an hour or so. |
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Gene H. Brown
From:
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Posted 3 Dec 2004 3:30 pm
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Hey Bill,
Didn't you learn anything from me? Get yourself a pretty little blond to breath hot air on it, works every time.
Stay Warm
Gene
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If You Keep Pickin That Thing, It'll Never Heal!
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Gregg Thacker
From:
Pasadena, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2004 9:55 pm
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As a new Steeler, I have to know ( and this will probably sound dumb) but why do you need to wrap the case in a blanket? Does the cold air (say in the trunk of a car) damage the strings or the guitars body? I apologize for sounding ignorant but I aould like tho know the theory behind this little "trick."
Gregg
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If it don't have a Steel, it ain't real!
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Glenn Womack
From:
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2004 11:49 pm
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Gregg
the rapid temperature changes can, and eventually will, damage the finish due to expansion and contraction that goes along with the hot and cold thing. then comes the condensation, which will form on the instrument when it warms up. It also plays games with the tuning. this is from my experience over the decades.
Glenn |
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