![]() In the attic of mother-in-law's house in central Texas, you would warp a battleship if you could fit it up there. Once you have adjusted your bridge height and intonation, you have properly detuned your guitar. While bright isnt exactly what most metal players are shooting for, the wound G string really helped to keep the brilliance in check. Temperature could range from 10 degrees to 120 degrees. I play my guitar pretty much everyday and the only occasion I ever detune the strings is when I. So, TLDR: Should I detune the strings after each play or just leave it in standard tuning P.S. If you regularly play your bass guitar, detuning it after playing will not assist in maintaining the condition of the instrument. Then you will be able to make sure that the temperature change doesnt. However, if it is stored in say, an un-insulated attic in Texas, it could be more of an issue. The reason for this is simple: if you end whilst decreasing the strings pitch the string can slip on the tuning peg, making the string detune again. I asked Martin for their official statement about this but they only replied back to me to detune my guitar if I'm not gonna play it for a long time. You can also think about detuning your guitar before you leave it inside a cold car. If the banjo is in a closet in a house, with fairly constant temperature and humidity, I doubt there will be any problem (there certainly has not been for me). ![]() I think a lot depends on the storage conditions. Myself, I always detune when putting a banjo away for anything longer than a few days. ![]() It won't hurt to de-tune the banjo will it? What is there to lose by taking that extra precaution?. ![]() My Martin has been in tune, or close to it for 37 years, without a trip to the luthier. Like John Gribble, above, I've seen a fair amount of banjos stored under tension that were warped not anywhere like half, but a fair number of 'em, usually older models. The neck is designed to resist the tension. ![]()
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