Outdoor Gig And Humidity = Sticky Guitar!

[crossroadsnyc]

Nitro will be sticky. The “scotchbrite” trick will not help much, IMO if your hands are going to be wet from perspiration. Fast fret is a good idea. Assuming you aren’t on a summer tour festival circuit, well…unpleasant experience had. Maybe remember a microfiber cloth tucked in your waistband btw songs for the neck if you ever do it again sometime in the future.

If I were going to see more regular outdoor gigs in such climates, I would seriously test an inconspicuous spot (control cavity/under pg for example) and passing that test, put some water-based Astroglide in a travel spray pump. Beware: they have silicone-based, which feels like bacon grease and silicone does NOT play well with nitro. I bet good money 2-3 spritzes of the ‘glide would do.

Outdoor gigs where the humidity is off the charts is the perfect time for some anal.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

So much for that $4k guitar, I still play my $179 Yamaha F335 40 years later and still in 1 piece...

...and the strings are 40 years old, how you like them apples!

When I was 14 I had a Yamaha F335

... then my father got a job.



(Sorry, old joke. )

I've got a Yammy FG-something myself. Nice guitars for the price.

Oh - and the Yamaha's got poly gloss. I can sit in a lawn chair with the back scraping against the plastic arm rest, and that'll scuff the finish, but it always wipes right off. Laminated guitars have a definite place: you still can't let them dry out below 35% humidity, but they're not nearly as sensitive as the solid wood acoustics that sell for thousands.