My Gibson 335.

While the temperature drops outside, the heating elements are cranking up
to provide a cozy indoors heat!
But it also sucks away the moisture out of the air which is very bad
for the wood and especially for your guitars if you happen to be
a guitar player like me.

Most people in the city they don`t have the means to control their inside
room temperature and it can get pretty hot and dry.
That`s when you really need a humidifier to keep a healthy ammount
of moisture indoors at all times.

Now we happen to live in a loft that have thermostats on each
heating element and that way I can control the heat
which I usally keep at around 72 degrees F.
I also put a plate of water on each element which slowly
evaporates and moistens the air.

But the other night with an outside temperature at 16 degrees F.
and dropping,i forgot one element on and in the morning the room
temperature had risen to almost 80 degrees F and my water plate
was totaly dried out.

Later on i picked up my Gibson 335 out of it`s case
and to my surpise it`s neck was bent.
The strings were higher than normal which made it harder to play,
but the intonation was intact.

I wanted to get another opinion so i called
my guitar-bass player, teacher and luthier,
long time friend and music colaborator Leo,
who now lives in Toronto- Canada and we tried to figure out
what might have `caused this phenomenon.


Another explanation was that before i put the Guitar in it`s case
last time i`ve played it, i had tuned it 1/2 step down, played it
for a week like that ,then tuned up to normal 440 pitch and placed
it in it`s case.
That combined with the weather change might have caused the
neck to slightly bend.

What can you do.
Keep in mind that the wood is breathing entity and it`s very
sensitive to changes and sometimes even minor ones can cause
things like that to happen.

Tomorrow i am taking it over to the Guitar Man,
to check it out.