kdmccullum
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I live in the high desert of southern California and I've stuck to laminates up till now because the humidity gets to the mid 20s in the summer on a regular basis. Temperatures of 105+ are rather common. In the winder it's cold and the forced air heater dries everything out.
I leave my long neck soprano hanging on the wall and it also goes in the car with me for a little lunch hour playing. My tenor stays in a case but it's a laminate too. Low humidity is not an issue with either.
For a few months I had a solid zebrawood soprano and every time I pulled it out of the case I needed to tune it, and then I would have to re-tune every few minutes. It took it a good 30 minutes to settle down. I ended up selling it and replacing it with a laminate because it became madding just trying to play it for an hour.
I've been playing for about 2 1/2 years and I have been thinking of adding a concert or replacing my tenor with either an all solid or solid top uke. But the whole humidity thing has be freaked out.
So given my climate situation should I
a) Go for all solid and a good humidifier.
b) Go for a solid top only and a good humidifier
c) Forget it and look for the highest quality laminate I can find. (Which of course leads to more questions)
Kurt
I leave my long neck soprano hanging on the wall and it also goes in the car with me for a little lunch hour playing. My tenor stays in a case but it's a laminate too. Low humidity is not an issue with either.
For a few months I had a solid zebrawood soprano and every time I pulled it out of the case I needed to tune it, and then I would have to re-tune every few minutes. It took it a good 30 minutes to settle down. I ended up selling it and replacing it with a laminate because it became madding just trying to play it for an hour.
I've been playing for about 2 1/2 years and I have been thinking of adding a concert or replacing my tenor with either an all solid or solid top uke. But the whole humidity thing has be freaked out.
So given my climate situation should I
a) Go for all solid and a good humidifier.
b) Go for a solid top only and a good humidifier
c) Forget it and look for the highest quality laminate I can find. (Which of course leads to more questions)
Kurt