What happens when...?
Something struck me yesterday afternoon on the way
down to Orange County to visit friends.
It was about 100ºF (that's 38ºC for any
northern readers), and I thought, "Boy, it's a good thing we're not moving to
Arizona. My studio gear would melt in the van!" Suddenly, it dawned on me that
I might just have exactly the opposite problem - my gear is literally going to
be frozen! We're likely to spend the night in Montana before making the final
push to Spruce Grove. Once we reach Spruce Grove, I'm sure we're not going to
unload the van that night. The average low at that time of the year is
-20ºC (-4ºF for any southern readers). What happens when you freeze a
guitar neck? Do you end up with petrified wood? I can just imagine paying all
of that import tax and GST (General Sales Tax) at the border, lugging all of
this stuff around from Oxnard to a storage facility (or my in-laws' basement) in
Spruce Grove, dragging it back out a couple of months later, and finally setting
everything up in my new basement studio only to see a quick flash of sparks, a
burst of flame, and a thin ribbon of smoke rising up from my console (or other
piece of gear)... and then pulling out my treasured 1979 vintage Gibson Les Paul
Custom (burgundy red) only to find the frets lying on the bottom of the case.
Not good thoughts.
If anyone out there
knows what happens when you freeze guitars, basses, or electronic equipment,
feel free to e-mail me at arp@bakuco.com.
Posted: Sat
- October 1, 2005 at 11:45 PM