hecticone

Got really burned out numerous times. Right now I am doing the jam band thing with different musicians. Just a blast get a groove going and just play,no learning nothing just jamming.

Hard to believe doug said that. He has always been a wealth of knowledge.

A necks not going to warp with no tension and the truss rod being loose. Thats common knowledge at least I thought it was. Fusion one you still playing a fool. I'm a fool too about a lot of things myself.

A buddy of mine who is a fantastic luthier has even had to steam necks to make them work again.

Which ain't much. You don't need a lot of back bow for the center frets to raise. I see it quite frequently with people who don't know how to set their truss rods. I laugh to myself when they walk in and say I only turned it one complete turn.

^^^^^^ Like he said.

1. Loosen the tension on the strings. Detuning the strings a step or so will protect the guitar from any gradual damage caused by constant tension being placed on the neck while the guitar isn't being played or handled. However, you shouldn't completely detune the guitar or remove the strings--guitars are designed to have tension on the neck from strings, so completely depriving your instrument of that tension is a bad idea. Just detune the guitar slightly. 2. Heat is your enemy. You should never keep a guitar, acoustic or electric, in any environment that might get extremely hot. Heat will damage the wood of the guitar, melt glue, damage electronics, and just generally do a bang-up job of ruining your axe. You don't want the guitar to get too cold, either--cold can do even more damage to the wood of the guitar. Don't store your guitar in any attics or unfinished basements, as these are the types of environments that encompass both extremes and may have fluctuating temperatures. If your guitar is stored in a slightly cold place, that's fine, but let the guitar sit in its case in a warm room for a few hours before playing it again. 3. Watch moisture, too. Excessive moisture or dryness can also destroy a guitar. Store your guitar in a non-humid place that also isn't excessively dry. A closet on the ground level of a house is a good place. To protect against dryness damage, you may want to polish your axe and apply a little bit of lemon oil to the wood of the guitar, body and neck, before storing the guitar. Store the guitar in a hard-shell case, and make sure it's not in a place where it's going to get bumped around a lot.

I have bought guitars that haven't had strings on for over 5 years and the neck was fine... Heck I have several necks for projects that have never been installed I either bought new or used and they are not warped. Man I never know when your telling the truth bad info is bad info.

Definitely just take the strings off, dude. Store with them tuned to a slack tuning so there is some tension on the neck. I store my guitars at about 28% to 32% humidity at 65 degrees. Have never had a problem coming back a year or two later.

I have owned 4 reissues and 7 other black faced or silver faced amps. Of them all the 71 proreverb outshined them all.

When I started the thread what I was saying is if your heavy handed and have a tendency to pick some notes harder than others. Compression will even those notes out and make them sound the same level.

I knew it was too good to be true.

Nobody slamming anothers opinion. I'm impressed.

Too bad your in cal. Randy Greens studio in Cottage Grove Wis. does wonders.

I was refering to a comp pedal at the beginning. I don't know we did some offal nice recordings in the 80's that were recorded dry and then redone with different effects. I will try to find something to throw up.Thats kind of a bad choice of words.