{"id":3378,"date":"2013-03-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2013-03-15T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T13:50:50","slug":"how-to-sweatproof-a-bass-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-sweatproof-a-bass-guitar.html","title":{"rendered":"How To “Sweatproof” a Bass Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"

[CORRECTION: This article originally stated to use epoxy; that was incorrect. The correct material is silicone. Apologies for the misinformation.]<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ll start off this one by saying up front that this topic is a little gross.<\/p>\n

Okay, let’s not sugar-coat it.. this is really<\/em> gross… but it happens.<\/p>\n

Some guys sweat buckets when playing their bass guitar on stage, and sweat so much that the moisture actually gets into the electronics, ruins them and makes the bass unplayable.<\/p>\n

In the somewhat-rare instances where this happens, certain guitar techs have had to come up with inventive solutions to keep the player from ruining his bass.<\/p>\n

One such guitar tech, Jessica Hill, encountered such a problem where the player was ruining his bass guitars due to sweat getting everywhere. She tried Google to find a solution to the sweat problem. No luck. After several phone calls, she got in touch with Jason Newsted’s tech (Jason is of the high-sweat variety), and from that conversation developed a way to “sweatproof” a bass guitar.<\/p>\n

Step 1. Seal the pickup modular connector<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pickups in the instrument Jessica was working on were EMG brand, and they have modular connectors, which of course is an exposed point where moisture could get in. That was sealed with silicone.<\/p>\n

Step 2. Seal the hole where the wires go (from the pickup cavity)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Silicone to the rescue here once again. To prevent moisture from getting down to where the control knobs are, that hole was sealed up as well.<\/p>\n

Step 3. Create a “gasket” for the rear plate cover<\/strong><\/p>\n

A thin foam-like material was cut to the shape o the rear plate cover, and then the rear plate was screwed back down over the “gasket”, effectively keeping out any moisture that would want to get in there.<\/p>\n

Does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, it does.<\/p>\n

No, there is no specific “kit” you can buy to sweatproof a bass, because it doesn’t exist. Jessica as well as other techs in the industry have had to come up with “preventative maintenance” ideas just to keep the bass guitars working right.<\/p>\n

You can find Jessica on Facebook<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She hangs out with some pretty cool people, by the way. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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