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Humidity
How do you handle humidity and temp changes? I put new strings on and got them to stay in tune. Got a call for outside jam. Played until midnight with big temperature and humidity changes. Point is myself and friends had to keep tuning guitar all night when a normal string change for me keeps in tune for along time. Gibson Les Paul studio. How do you manage or does this just come with the territory?
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I don’t play outside, I can’t imagine anything you can do about humidity outside. I do live on the coast and have a large dehumidifier set to maintain 50 to 55% humidity inside.
Chibson vs Epiphone
Does anyone have both and willing to give honest opinions about both? I'm curious of quality and playability of both and what everyone's thoughts are on thre Chibsons.
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@John Mccrane that’s a cool age. Enjoy it while it lasts. They grow up so fast.
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@Christopher Gibson no one can argue with the man named Gibson! Lol That’s a great name.
Guitar 'set up'
Ok,I am usually the guy who rolls his eyes when guitar setup is mentioned, and I usually mention how old my guitars are, and that they have never been set up as far as I know. I finally got curious enough to put a metal a straight edge on the frets (I have an 18" metal ruler that is perfect), my 43 year old Peavey Patriot showed maybe a mm or more of space between the edge and the 9th fret. I adjusted the truss rod and after a bit of tightening, when I spanned the frets, the straight edge was right at the point where the straight edge was just starting to touch the center frets, I checked it out, and the action was kind of like look at the guitar and say A, and it plays A. I decided while I was at it, I would adjust the pickups a little, and now, it's just a rock and roll machine! I played it a couple of days until I couldn't stand the itch any longer, and swapped the Peavey out for my 06 Strat, and ran the same deal on it. I first found that it FELT like the truss rod was getting looser as I turned the Allen nut clockwise, and my measurement seemed to bear that out, so I went with what was working, it seemed like a lot of turning, but eventually I got to the point where it was a fair fit getting an omni guitars business card between the center frets and the straight edge. I tuned it up, and adjusted the pickups a bit, and it is just a delight to play now. There may be room for improvement, but I am in no hurry to play with my bridges or my nuts... no pun intended.
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Check out the Gibson video series on you tube. Their luthier speaks in plain understandable terms and uses no overpriced tools. He explains everything so you can understand what to do and why.
Stuck
Truss rod nut won’t turn. What has your experience been?
Stuck
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@Bryan Hefner please do. I’m definitely NOT a luthier. I would call myself a guitar tech. I am well versed in setups but honestly have not run into a truss rod I couldn’t move yet. I’ve had a few stubborn ones. I know it’s coming, so I am curious how you make out. Please let us know when you get back to it. Thanks
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@John Mccrane rocking and gentle pressure has worked for me as well.
If you could steal one guitarist's ability...
If you could magically acquire the ability of any guitarist—past or present—whose ability would you take? I'm thinking we might find some awesome guitarists we're not familiar with to check out. Even if they're famous, they may not play in a genre we don't listen to. I'm leaning toward Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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@Dennis Gaskill a reporter once asked Eric Clapton, “what is it like to be the greatest guitar player in the world?”, his reply was ,” I don’t know, you should ask Prince. “ True story.
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Live in SC. 58 years old. Married 35 years. 3 kids. 3 grandchildren. Playing guitar poorly for a long time.

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Joined May 21, 2026
Hilton Head Island SC
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