To open or not to open (the case)

[berth]

Bert, if you don't mind, I'm using this picture as my new desktop wallpaper

I do not mind at all. I use pictures of this bass as wallpaper myself also.

[janglerocker]

My 4003 AFG is in transit as we speak and I am dreading the wait once she arrives. It is freakin' -4 degrees outside right now!

[rickenbrother]

When my 4004Cii BBR arrived last week, it was about 60 degrees F outside. Not cold here, but very cold where it came from, so I waited over 24 hours to take it out of it's box.

[doctorwho]

Great pictures, and a great bass! Congrats!

[johnallg]

Sure is a beauty! Great pics too. Congrats Bert!

[scottpro1969]

Dan, I feel your pain. It was -8 here in ND when my AFG arrived. I waited a day, very painful. This should keep you warm:

http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc15 ... goldpg.jpg

[ric330]

Scott, that's a great looking bass.

[janglerocker]

Thanks for the pics, Scott. I am happy to see the temps are going up and we may actually be in the high 50's the day my bass arrives.

[jwr2]

actually one of the cool things about older Rics is the checking in the finish ...

[ben_brown]

I agree....

[berth]

actually one of the cool things about older Rics is the checking in the finish ...

relic advice nr 1) open the box as soon as posible.

[qwezirider]

I wonder what people in Las Vegas and Phoenix do when the humidity goes down to single digits.

Sorry....resurrecting an old post and all that. Bad form on my part, but I just read the question. Here in Vegas, I keep a room humidifier near the guitars. I usually only need to use it in the winter when the furnace really dries out what little humidity we have. Summer time doesn't seem to be a problem because of the air conditioner somehow humidifying the house (hell if I can explain that one, but it is what it is).

Gotta cringe when it hits 4% some days.

[gkuhl]

I just became a member on this site and got intrigued with the conversation regarding temperature variations. I bought my Ricky 4001 new in October '73. I have been transporting it reguarly in all kinds of conditions from -40 to +90 degree weather and (other than opening the case just a little bit to lessen the temperature variation from outside to room temperature) I haven't been overly cautious. Through all of this my Ricky still has no cracks in the finish. Just a scrape on the headstock thanks to airline baggage handling. This is an awesome site and I look foward to exploring it more.

[rikk]

Gordon,
Welcome to the forum.

[charlyg]

Open the dang case! Case closed! I mean open, I mean................