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When storing your Ric for extended periods of time should you loosen the string tension?

remaxman wrote:When storing your Ric for extended periods of time should you loosen the string tension?

I somewhere read on this forum that some keep it tuned half a note up, some half a note down or something like that.

My new 340 came with a combination of the two - which is not good for the strings if you tune up half a step when storing it for longer periods!

I am also curious about whether it is better to store it in the case of out?

Could this be moved to a more appropriate Topic Area?

I moved it to the General forum. I'll leave the shadow topic in Artists for just a bit longer.

If it were out on the music stand, you'd leave it tuned to pitch, right?

- Scott

J.H. has always said that Ricks are designed to be tuned to pitch and left that way. Mine have always been kept that way, both hanging on the wall and when being shipped somewhere and I haven't noticed any problems.

teb wrote:J.H. has always said that Ricks are designed to be tuned to pitch and left that way. Mine have always been kept that way, both hanging on the wall and when being shipped somewhere and I haven't noticed any problems.

Absolutely, Todd. My Ricks are always kept at normal tension whether standing, hanging or travelling in a case. In fact all my guitars are kept that way.

teb wrote:J.H. has always said that Ricks are designed to be tuned to pitch and left that way.

+1

Also, I like to keep mine in the case when I'm not playing it. I'm totally paranoid that if I leave my 4003 on a guitar stand bad things will happen. Plus, I don't know if there is any merit to this claim, but I think keeping my bass in its case helps to keep the neck "healthy." I've never had to make seasonal adjustments and I live in the Midwest. Perhaps this is just a testament to how well Rickenbacker guitars are constructed.