How to Protect Your Guitar When You Have to Play Outdoors in Extreme Heat

Extreme heat and humidity mess with your guitar in ways a lot of players
don't think about until it happens to them mid-show. Here's the exact process I use to keep a guitar playable when it's 100 degrees and humid outside.

The short version: don't take your acclimation process for granted. Keep the guitar in its case, in the shade, for at least 30 minutes before you touch it. Then crack the case open (don't unzip it fully) to let humidity start working its way in gradually, rather than shocking the instrument by opening it straight into the heat. Only bring it out onto a stand shortly before you actually play — and expect to make small tuning and neck adjustments once it does come out, especially on electric guitars.

Once you're playing, check your tuning far more often than you would indoors — humidity keeps shifting things throughout the set. For your hands and the guitar itself, keep a towel handy, and something called Dry n Glide (like pool chalk, but for your hands) works well when sweat and humidity make the neck hard to grip. I've also picked up a D'Addario case with built-in humidity-control packs — haven't fully tested it yet, but the concept is solid: pulling moisture out when there's too much, adding it back when there's too little.

The one thing you should never do: pull the guitar straight out of the case and into direct sun, hoping for the best.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Why extreme heat and humidity affect your guitar
0:58 Choosing which guitar to bring
2:10 The acclimation process: keeping it in the shade
4:03 Making neck adjustments as it acclimates
5:49 Retuning throughout the performance
7:16 Towels, Dry n Glide, and keeping your hands dry
9:03 D'Addario's new humidity-control case packs
10:08 The one thing you should never do


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