Winter and summer.

[nilorius]

Does winter or summer affects any way Your bass tone, Your playing teqnique......anything?

[thodrik]

No.

 

 

[Doctor J]

Truss rod tweak twice per year and that's about it.

[neepheid]

I have to put the light on in the afternoon to be able to see what I'm doing in winter?

[ezbass]

29 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Truss rod tweak twice per year and that's about it.

Yeah, that’s pretty much it for me too.

[Newfoundfreedom]

Yes. In summer I sweat when I'm playing. In winter I wear a jumper. 

[Lozz196]

38 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Truss rod tweak twice per year and that's about it.

In years gone past I used to have to do this every now & then

[BigRedX]

No. Not in the slightest.

[meterman]

For bass, not so much. But I did some recording sessions last month and the temperature was 32 degrees C in the room I was in and the guitars and drums needed retuning a few times.

 

Not usually a problem during winter but the winters here are mild and instruments don’t seem to mind.

[chris_b]

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

Does winter or summer affects any way Your bass tone, Your playing teqnique......anything?

 

In winter fur lined leather gloves create havoc with my technique, but apart from that, no. 

[Shaggy]

Around November I climb inside my nice cosy bass cab and hibernate until March........😔

 

I think the only difference is having to brush up on the poxy jolly Christmas songs for the set in winter. ☃️   In Wales of course it just means the rain is a tad colder.

[Guest]

In autumn, I feel a wistful quality entering my playing

[Nail Soup]

I don't adjust the truss rod seasonally, in fact seldom adjust them on any of my instruments.

There is one effect. I recently started going to a monthly 'folk session' at a local pub where each person takes turn to lead a song.

In summer it's outside, winter inside. When it's outside the acoustics aren't so good......... difficult to hear quiet elements of people's playing, can't hear some vocals very well if the person is not near you.

So I tend to choose loud songs in the summer (heavy strumming and projected vocals) and save the subtler songs (yes I have got some!) for the indoor sessions.

[Stub Mandrel]

Higher air density in winter leads to a slightly higher speed of sound, reducing latency and making it much easier to sit in the pocket than in summer.

[songofthewind]

30 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Higher air density in winter leads to a slightly higher speed of sound, reducing latency and making it much easier to sit in the pocket than in summer.

I absolutely found this to be the case today. 

[miles'tone]

Now you mention it, yes it does.

In the summer I want to play all the time, in the winter I can't be bothered half the time.

What about you?

[nilorius]

10 minutes ago, songofthewind said:

I absolutely found this to be the case today. 

Why do You mean - today. It's summer.

[mr4stringz]

8 hours ago, neepheid said:

I have to put the light on in the afternoon to be able to see what I'm doing in winter?

The need for light as above plus increasing discomfort from arthritis in the cold. Otherwise…

[NoRhino]

I play most of my gigs in Scotland.  The temperature varies from day to day.  T shirt yesterday, fur lined jacket today. 

[ezbass]

31 minutes ago, NoRhino said:

I play most of my gigs in Scotland.  The temperature varies from hour to hour.  T shirt one minute, fur lined jacket the next.

Fixed that for you.

 

At least it’s what it’s like here.

[nilorius]

Seems like no one really cares the weather, but my basses cares, when i ventilise the room at winter or summer, some neck adjustments should be made.

[BigRedX]

2 hours ago, nilorius said:

Seems like no one really cares the weather, but my basses cares, when i ventilise the room at winter or summer, some neck adjustments should be made.

 

Yes, but you don't live in the UK where there aren't really any extremes of temperature and humidity between the seasons. I have only had to adjust the truss rod of any of my basses on two occasions. Once when I changed the very high tension flat-wound strings that had been fitted to it originally for some more sensible round wounds; and once when I imported a bass that had previously been in Florida to the UK.

[Barking Spiders]

In the UK we only have one season with a few minor variations from time to time

Edited June 14, 2022 by Barking Spiders

[nilorius]

1 minute ago, Barking Spiders said:

In the UK we only have one season with a few mind variations from time to time

UK is UK

[BigRedX]

18 minutes ago, nilorius said:

UK is UK

 

And this is a UK based forum where most of the members live in the UK...