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Leo Melanson
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Posted 22 Nov 2016 8:53 am |
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This Summer .. I learned the hard way .. when playing in extreme hot or cold conditions ... don't try to cover the guitar to keep it out of the cold or heat. When you uncover it to play .. you can get wide swings in tuning.
Let it adapt to the temperature and tune the best you can throughout the performance.
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Mike Archer
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Posted 22 Nov 2016 8:53 am cold
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its a state law when cold or real hot steels
must be outta tune.....when outside
as said everybody else will be too
I love outside gigs but they are better with food and drinks!!
mike 
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Don Barnhardt
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2016 2:41 pm
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Jeff Porter
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Stumptown, OR, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2016 3:21 pm
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I play outside quite bit, but it's not been a problem as I seldom play in tune anyway.
In about 100 years when I figure this thing out maybe I'll worry about it.
In the mean time the outdoor shows are some of the most fun gigs I've played. They generally have bigger crowds and the kiddos can usually come see dad play which beats a crappy bar gig most any time for me.
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Bud Angelotti
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Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2016 5:45 pm
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Check/adjust your tuning at the end of a set. This way, with a little luck, it will drift IN to tune instead of OUT of tune. Knowwhat I mean? 
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2016 6:18 pm
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| Bud Angelotti wrote: |
| Check/adjust your tuning at the end of a set. This way, with a little luck, it will drift IN to tune instead of OUT of tune. Knowwhat I mean? |
Seriously, that works. The string temperature isn't stable until you've been playing for 5 minutes or so. If you tune at the end of a set (or at the end of sound check), you'll be a little bit out when you start your next set. in a few minutes it will drift back to being in tune, and you'll be one happy camper.
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John Haspert
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2016 7:36 am Cubical coefficients of Expansion
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As some had eluded, it is a matter of the laws of physics. Problem is that the laws of physics are not pardoned when us musician's need that. What is the challenge is that all materials do not expand or contact at the same rates with respect to temperature. Us Engineers get to wrastle with that every day. Even metals vary within groups of alloys. So now we have this wonderful mixture of metals, wood, engineered materials that we call a PSG, or other instrument responding to what mother nature has decided to provide that day and we get sounds that are displeasing to the players. It sucks and drives me crazy.
I do like Jim Cohen's suggestion as to modal selection. I'll try that 
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2016 10:15 am
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I have a 2-hour outdoor gig this afternoon. Weather predicts a sunny 67° - not bad for December. Should be fun. 
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 3 Dec 2016 11:28 am
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Is wind a factor?  |
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