Laminate acoustic guitar, travelling to the beach, tips?

yellowmous

Taking my new laminate guitar (recently purchased to save my expensive one from sand and sea salt) to the beach. We're taking my dads ford f250 with a cover on the bed. I have a soft case for my guitar. Wondering if it will be ok in the covered bed on the way down since the temp and humidity will slowly adjust? There wont be room for it in the truck itself, not with four of us inside. Should it be okay?

Also, not going to take it onto the beach itself really, just wanted to be able to play on the patio at night. I heard about loosening the strings too? Is that important?

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It'll be fine... it's your beater guitar anyways. I've never had issues with guitars and the beach, but I probably wouldn't take any of my expensive toys to play in an environment like that. The ones I don't really care about though? In some ways they're my favorite guitars. You really can't beat a little acoustic guitar around a beach bonfire late in the evening. That's a lot of fun.

When you pack it just make sure it won't be moving around a ton or getting crushed by other cargo. I moreso mean that as you're driving down those windy coastal roads stuff shifts in the back of a truck. Pack the truck in such a way that a bit of shifting won't kill the guitar.

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confussed!

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The climate is alternate dry and wet.

I would appreciate any step-by-step instructions or links to websites. Being from a western country and therefore privileged enough to have plenty of toys, I don't yet have the skills to make toys.

from my own web-searches i have found many pages, but these are very much based in a western environment and are not transferable to a developing country context. Any info would be much appreciated, especially from anyone from the South who has experience of making toys themselves.

i remember seeing cars/planes made from empty drinks cans while travelling elsewhere, but don't know how they are made - can you help?

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