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It's a 117* in Las Vegas, NV and nobody on the Forum to talk to!!!
Life can really be hard at times!!

Hey Walter

Keep Cool there buddy, 117 now that is hot!!!!

Hi Walter,
I hope you are feeling well. It's Only about 89Deg here in SRQ but the hummidity is probably higher than that. The temp in my home, in my dining room ( which is where 2/3 of my wood is stickered) is 77 and the humidity is 62%!!!!! I do have a de-humidifier but it makes so much heat that the house becomes unbearable so I try to run it mostly at night when the a.c. can do a better job of cooling the house down. My electric bill last month was well over $300.... makes me mad! Hey at least it's dry heat that you are in. What's the humidity in a 117 deg environment. I am considering moving to NV but my wife freaks when she hears 117 degrees. Sonoma is my first choice but you need to rob several banks for a down payment .

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Dave Bland

remember...

"If it doesn't play in tune...it's just pretty wood"

The humidity in Las Vegas is just a word...at the most during the summer the humidity is 7-10%.
July and August are the warmest months. It will cool down to about 105-108 by next week. that's more tolerable.
Here in Vegas, everything is air conditioned.
The winters are fabulous. I never wore a jacket last winter. Every region has it's pluses and minus'.
I lived in Alaska for 10 years. Ahhhhhhh!!!
Sometimes 40* below zero.
I was younger then and I could deal with it much easier.
Thanks for writing guys!!

That must be a bit of a change in climate from Alaska to Las Vegas Walter

I don't think it has ever been 117 here.

Walter--117? (Note to self: Do not ship guitars to LV in summertime.) I had a guitar spend a hot Texas weekend in a UPS truck a few years ago, and the interior of the case imprinted into the softened lacquer. That's hard to explain to a customer. And I bet our UK brethren (not to overlook our UK sisteren) have a difficult time understanding temps that high--and--why we would live in such places. How many times have you said "Yes, but it's dry heat"?
Here in east Texas, it's humid heat. So we get the worst of both worlds! Only, we never get to 117....

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Hi Steve,
Many years ago I spent 3 months in Austin, TX.
It was summertime and I thought I would die from the humidity. I thought I could get used to it but it was difficult.
I grew up in California, lived in Alaska, Montana and now Las Vegas. I never had problems with guitars being affected by weather conditions. Years ago they never put truss rods in Martins and some others. I guess I was lucky. Perhaps they used better neck woods then...I don't know.

A couple years ago I bought a Seagull guitar. I did'nt have much money so I thought it might be a good bet. The guitar has been really great. It has weathered the test of dry hot weather and a few weekends to the Pacific Ocean. I did have to adjust the neck thru the truss rod once. But I have heard some real horror stories about pieces coming unglued on guitars due to weather changes.
Do you have problems in Texas with the humidity...what happens to them there?
Thanks for the mail!
Walter

It get that hot in Nevada because it is hell because of all the sin and sinners there.

Bob,
I'll take comment as a personal insult to my character.
That's the most stupid analogy I have ever heard.
If you can't say something nice...don't say anything.
What gives you the right to say something like that to me?
There's a lot of sin everywhere in the world, not just in Nevada. How's your town stacking up?
You owe me an apology buster and I'm waiting for it!!

Walter,
I think Bob had his tongue in cheek, and I wouldn't take that personally. I'm sure it wasn't meant that way. (Witness the little smile face next to his comment.)

As for Texas and humidity--we're such a big place that there is a lot of diversity in weather. Here in East Texas we're so close to Louisiana, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, as well as tall pine trees, as well as being the Texas Lakes Region that we don't stand a chance!
Some mornings we wake up to 100 percent. And that's a dry morning....

Keep cool amigo,
Steve

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http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

I've spent some time in Tucson, AZ in the Summer, and I have felt what 110°+ feels like. I also lived in Charleston, SC for 5 years, where the humidity and temperatures often were both above 90, and the dew point way above 70. In one instance, I felt like a dry roasted nut, and in the other a boiled nut.

For woodworkers, what's worse: dangerously low humidity that wants to make wood into splinters, or uncontrollably dripping sweat all over your work? I moved to Duluth, MN.

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

and now dennis, you have to take care that your primary appendages don't freeze off. have experienced a similar rande of living environments from new hampshire where the coldiest i saw was -40. to south australia where i saw 114, to nc where the humidity is killing me right now.