Buying a guitar for Xmas
News Feed
Just a “heads up” for you guys who are receiving new guitars this time of year.
Remember that your new guitar is made of wood, covered with stains, paints and polymers. Each of those materials can react differently to extreme temperature changes.
In spite of the excitement that comes along with a new guitar, you gotta wait and let it acclimate to the new climate inside your house or office before opening the package.
We always wait at least two hours after the package arrives before un-boxing the new guitars. If, after two hours, the outer box is still cold to the touch, we give it another hour to slowly acclimate to the temperature inside the store.
Then, if the guitar is in a HS case, we give it another hour or so before opening the case.
The LAST thing anybody wants to see happen is for a new guitar to make the trip from overseas safely; make the trip from the USA to the store safely; make the trip from the store to your house safely, then develop a finish crack or even worse, some warpage due to the quick change between the outside air and the temperature inside your house.
Even if you don’t have extreme temperatures in your part of the country, your guitar has probably gone through some major temperature/humidity changes during its trip.
Today we have an air temp of 16 degrees with a wind chill of 5 (Fahrenheit). The guitars that leave here today will be loaded onto a barely heated truck, go to a depot, get loaded onto another unheated truck, go the the next depot, get loaded onto yet another unheated or barely heated truck before coming to you. As long as the temperature/humidity changes are gradual, you will have no problems.
Hope this helps us all to avoid huge disappointments with our new guitars as they arrive!
Related Products
Palma Student Classical Guitars - 4/4 Size - Natural
This full-size classical guitar in natural finish allows students of all ages an inexpensive route to experiencing the vibrant, exciting tone of classic guitar.
Web Price:
34.99Availability:
10+ in stock
Falcon FG100 Natural
Falcon acoustics offer the inexperienced or novice acoustic player the chance to enjoy the experience of playing a full size, full bodied dreadnought style acoustic guitar – at a totally affordable price. Specifications MODEL FG100's TOP Linden Lam BODY Linden Lam. BINDING Neck NECK Maple F/BOARD Rosewood SCALE 650mm MACHINES Chrome…
Web Price:
49.00Availability:
10+ in stock
Squier by Fender Start Playing SE Special Strat Pack (Sunburst)
Great Starter Pack, that includes a SE Special Squier Strat (Sunburst) and a Squier SP-10 amp, as well as guitar stand, instructional DVD, cable, tuner gig bag, guitar strap and pick sampler. EVERYTHING you need to stop dreaming and start playing! Features: Model Name SE Special / Squier SP-10 Amp Model Number 030-1600-(Color#) Series SE 100 Series…
Web Price:
159.00Availability:
9 in stock
Squier by Fender Start Playing SE Special Strat Pack (Sunburst)
Great Starter Pack, that includes a SE Special Squier Strat (Sunburst) and a Squier SP-10 amp, as well as guitar stand, instructional DVD, cable, tuner gig bag, guitar strap and pick sampler. EVERYTHING you need to stop dreaming and start playing! Features: Model Name SE Special / Squier SP-10 Amp Model Number 030-1600-(Color#) Series SE 100 Series…
Web Price:
159.00Availability:
9 in stock
Falcon FG100 Natural Lefthanded
Falcon acoustics offer the inexperienced or novice acoustic player the chance to enjoy the experience of playing a full size, full bodied dreadnought style acoustic guitar – at a totally affordable price. Specifications MODEL FG100's TOP Linden Lam BODY Linden Lam. BINDING Neck NECK Maple F/BOARD Rosewood SCALE 650mm MACHINES Chrome…
Web Price:
49.00Availability:
3 in stock
Behringer iAXE629-BKLS Metalien USB-Guitar
You have a great song in mind and want to record it straight to your computer? You want all your amps and stomp boxes in your computer so you can rock like you’re in the studio or on stage? With the Behringer Metalien iAXE629 USB-Guitar, you’re just a cable away. The iAXE629 USB-Guitar comes with loads of…
Web Price:
139.95Availability:
1 in stock
Tanglewood TW170-AS Premier Series Western Guitar
The Tanglewood TW170AS is an updated version of the Tanglewood TW70 concert sized folk guitar. The TW170AS features solid spruce top,mahogany back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, single piece mahogany neck, and Gold Kluson style machine heads. Features: Western Guitar Solid spruce top Solid Mahogany back All mahogany bonded sides Maple bound and fingerboard…
Web Price:
259.96Availability:
1 in stock
Ibanez V50NJP Acoustic Jam Pack (Natural)
The Ibanez V50MJPNT JamPack Quick Start is fantastically low-priced package with everything for the beginning guitarist. The V50 natural-finish acoustic guitar features a spruce top for fantastic tone. The package also includes an accurate electronic tuner, gig bag, guitar strap, and accessory pouch Features: V50 acoustic guitar Spruce top Electronic tuner …
Web Price:
99.00Availability:
1 in stock
Squier by Fender Start Playing Affinity Strat Special Pack (Black, rosewood neck)
Includes a Squier Affinity Series Stratocaster® guitar with contoured alder body, bolt-on maple neck with late '60s headstock, three single-coil pickups and standard tremolo system; gig bag, Fender® Frontman™ 15G amplifier, electronic tuner, strap, Fender cable, strings, guitar picks and instruction book.
Features:
Series Affinity Series
Polyurethane Finish
Body Agathis
Neck…
Web Price:
179.00Availability:
1 in stock
Squier by Fender Start Playing Affinity Strat Special Pack (Black, rosewood neck)
Includes a Squier Affinity Series Stratocaster® guitar with contoured alder body, bolt-on maple neck with late '60s headstock, three single-coil pickups and standard tremolo system; gig bag, Fender® Frontman™ 15G amplifier, electronic tuner, strap, Fender cable, strings, guitar picks and instruction book.
Features:
Series Affinity Series
Polyurethane Finish
Body Agathis
Neck…
Web Price:
179.00Availability:
1 in stock
