alyctes Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) I've got way too many basses and I need the space. What's the best way of storing them? Attic in hard case? :Leaving the strings on seems obvious. Edited November 13, 2016 by alyctes Quote
bartelby Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) I'm always a bit nervous about attic storage. My attic can get to well over 40ºC in the summer and down to about 4ºC in the winter, as it's cold loft insulated. Edited November 13, 2016 by bartelby Quote
Heathy Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 Attic storage never harmed mine - and they were up there for years. Maybe I was lucky though. Quote
gary mac Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 Depends on the attic. If it's the type that Bartelby mentioned, then for me it's a no no, whether cased or not. Somewhere with reasonably consistent temperature and just as importantly, consistent humidity, is where I want my instruments stored. Quote
chris_b Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 Are you talking about an attic room or loft space? If you mean an attic room I would imagine that's OK. A loft is very different. The floor of our loft space is very well insulated which means in the roof space the heat in summer and cold in winter is very extreme. That would not be good for the storage of musical instruments. Your loft may be different. I'm afraid that my solution to space problems and too many basses would be to sell some of them. Quote
Grangur Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) The others are right, of course about leaving a bass in an un-heated loft space with the insulation under the bass - so it's out in the cold. Something you could do is remove the insulation in an area of the loft and then lay new insulation OVER the top of the bass; in a case, of course. Even better would be to see if a relative or GOOD friend has space to leave one or 2 basses in their house. I might be able to help of course Edited November 13, 2016 by Grangur Quote
bartelby Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1479041959' post='3173462'] Even better would be to see if a relative or GOOD friend has space to leave one or 2 basses in their house. I might be able to help of course [/quote] That's a good idea! I have storage spaces available for Wal fretlesses and 80s BC Rich Mockingbirds... Quote
Dan Dare Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 Flog 'em and spend the money on something that doesn't take up so much space :-) Quote
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