Guitars for Real Musicians

Craig · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:58 pm Post subject: Beating the summer heat

Just wondering what you guys like to do the chill out (literally) in summer. I like to pop over to Mom and Dad's house and jump in the pool and then have a few icy cold ones at the ready. At home, though, this is what I do:

In Arizona where I ended up thanks to the fickle finger of fate, when the air is dry like it is now, you don't have to run A/C. You can use an evaporative cooler a.k.a. swamp cooler. They use a fraction of the electricity and a small amount of water. They actually get the air pretty darn chilly, as much as 30 degrees lower than the outside air. The plus side for guitarists is thanks to the added humidity they provide, they're great for acoustic guitars and I don't even need a case humidifier! They only problem is that during the "monsoon" season when the humidity is high, they don't do squat. I'll have to get a window A/C in a month or so, but in the meantime I'll enjoy the nice, cool, moist air from the cooler.
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Phantomotaku · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject:

In So Cal - the low desert portion a few hundred miles west on the I-10 from you- I just have a couple window a/c units that run almost continuously during the summer. - plus an assortment of fans.

If I can find a friend with a pool I'll usually do that or on occasion I'll head down to the beach (hour drive or so there about 3 hour drive back...damn california traffic). If its 115 here in San Berdo its only 85 at the water. If the beach isnt an option I go an hour north to Big Bear lake. In the higher elevation you trade the heat for humidity but its still comfortable.
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Craig · Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 11:11 am Post subject:

^^^We have family in Mission Viejo, CA and sometimes we head out there for the weekend and go down to Newport Beach. Prior to meeting my wife, I had never seen or touched the ocean. That was the first place I did it, and it's pretty nice down there. The Rockin' Baja Lobster is a nice place to chow down out there.

Back home in Milwaukee we have the lakefront of Lake Michigan. During the July/August heat wave, if you get within a couple miles of the lake it gets so nice and cool and all you want to do is kick back in the shade with some icy cold Millers (the pride of Milwaukee Very Happy

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HendrixFan85239 · Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:55 pm Post subject:

Before I moved to AZ I lived in San Diego close to SDSU, and Craig you are right the Rockin' Baja Lobster is a great place to chow down. To beat the heat out here in AZ I have a pool which I go in at least once a day in the summer.
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pratteman · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:17 am Post subject:

I'm in St. Louis, so the summers are very hot and humid. NO real cure for the humidity, feels like walking in glue.
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Craig · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:49 pm Post subject:

pratteman · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:09 am Post subject:

We moved around a lot as a kid, but always ended up back in St. Louis. After a move from Seattle back to here, I thought I was sweat away or melt. It is God's country up there.
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Guitars- Agile AL3100 CSB, 3100 Root Beer Wide, Schecter PT Fastback 3TS, Schecter C1-XXX
Schecter C1-Classic, Fender Satin Strat, Fender MIM Tele, Fender '72 Tele Deluxe Reissue, Fender Tele Blackout HH, Samick TR-2.