It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

[Woody Sound]

Being in the NE US, I spent a good amount of time today adjusting my archtops. Tweak the tr a bit, raise the bridge a bit. Back and forth between the those two things a couple of times until they gel together.

[Jimmy Mack]

I hear ya, and been there too.

[Jx30510]

Funny.. I tried 3 of my guitars yesterday that felt so awkward to play. They all needed a trussrod tweak and bridge ajustement.
Your thread kind of makes me feel reassured

[Woodstove]

Humidity in my studio dropped to 43% 2 days ago so out came the humidifier.

[Sigmund451]

I fiddle with adjustments constantly but mostly becuase I have nothing better to do

I finally got my archtop to voice properly today. I dont care personally if there is relief or not but my gutitar really does not like relief. It introduces weird tones.

Im lucky enough to live where humdity is pretty constant and its a temperant climate so I dont have to run the heat like a mad man.

Its common knowledge but its still amazling how a tiny change in string height transforms the overall tone (buzz issues aside).

[Woody Sound]

Funny.. I tried 3 of my guitars yesterday that felt so awkward to play. They all needed a trussrod tweak and bridge ajustement.
Your thread kind of makes me feel reassured

Let me guess, action got kinda low?

[Woody Sound]

Humidity in my studio dropped to 43% 2 days ago so out came the humidifier.

Yeah, even with a whole-house humidifier, it's as if the guitars *know* there's a change.

[deacon Mark]

Interesting in that I do occasionally need to adjust the saddle depending on the season not a lot but some, never the truss rod. I have probably adjusted the truss trod on my own guitars less than 5 times in the past 15 years. Some have never needed adjusting. My dad's Barker made in 1965 been in the family 60 years, I got it in 1983 from LA to Midwest. Never have adjusted the truss rod. Guitars for me seem to make the most changes around the middle of August in the summer and moisture change. Usually, the action gets slightly higher. A turn of the saddle wheels and go to go then maybe in a few weeks turn in back.

[lammie200]

I am lucky. Living in SF doesn't require many changes to my guitars once they are initially set. Set and forget.

[Jx30510]

Let me guess, action got kinda low?

Exactly ! Dead sounding and fret buzz. It's like if the natural vibration had totally disapeared in a pluck pluck mess.
I do setup my guitars with very straight necks and low action. So l suppose weather/humidity changes have direct impact.
The worst was my Eastman Juliet. This guitar is a big chunk of mahogany. One piece neck, one piece body.. is has superb playability when well set up. But all that wood must have shrunk quite a bit.
I had just changed the strings and done a precise setup this weekend.. so maybe it had settled in the wrong way the last few days. Who knows, these stringed objects have a life of their own.