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I have them under the bed and in my walkin closet in the bedroom . Always a pleasing 68 degrees

I've noticed that temperature is not so much a factor as humidity as well. When I was in high school in Georgia, my room was upstairs, and there was a separate office room attached to it whose temperature varied wildly between the summer and winter. My dad dislikes using the heater when it's cold and the air conditioner when it's warm, so the house basically moves towards whatever temperature it is outside. I kept all of my instruments (at one point it was three basses and a cello) in the room adjoining my own, and noticed absolutely no change when the temperature varied, and, considering that in Savannah, it can be 90 degrees one day and 40 degrees the next, that's a big thing. The reason there was no change is because the humidity in Savannah stays pretty constant year-round, until you get to about late June, and then it increases a lot, but by that time, we actually turn on the air conditioning.

Humidity is the biggest thing.

Actually, 35% is the ideal humidity as that translates to about 6.5% wood moisture in Maple. It is correct that humidity is much more important than temperature; the instruments can handle from just above freezing to as high as 250 degrees IF THE HUMIDITY IS MAINTAINED and time is provided for an even acclimatization.

I would have thougt that under the bed would be a little warmer- you know, from the blankets and all.

No room under this platform bed...

Until I get the matching Purpleburst...

Mine took over the hall closet, standing on end in their cases.

Under the bed is it...so why not my bed!

Besides, it'll have a companion:

Jeff, you picked that up at Bass NW didnt you??
If memory serves me, I spotted that one, posted the link, you jumped on it immediatley. I remember the grain.

Can I be the Godfather ?

Correct on all counts, Godfather Scott!

It did look a bit different when I first got it!

Did you have to cut out to get that .5 spacing, Jeffrey?

Thanks for all the great comments. Unfortunately I have no room under the bed. My basement is finished so it is in a decent room and I have a dehumidifier set at 35%. I'm thinking that will do. I'm hanging it up for awhile. Work full-time and school part-time are taking away my bass playing time. The only think I have out to hammer on occasionally is an acoustic Eko from Italy. It doesn't require any amplification so the amps are in storage as well. Thanks again for the help.

Mark,

Yes, I had to do a tiny bit of routing to make the toaster fit that spacing.

nice bit o surgery...

So all the storys are true. There is a monsterous beast under the bed that growls like no other!