Topic: TSKB: cap (long term) storage recs?

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My last gig until almost mid-February was this past weekend, so I've got just under 8 weeks where I'll just be talking about and ogling over gear and not actually using it. 

So normally I store my caps in their windscreens with cable attached, I figured get one of those silicon packets as well, but should I store them in something *other* than the windscreens? I pull them off seasonally to make sure they haven't started to deteriorate, but I didn't know if there would be a static build up or a fungus among us sort of thing for long storage.

What say you people of expensive hobbies?

[ArchivalAudio]

here is what I would do:
 you must mean silca gel packets....
yes- and in an airtight container- pelican case - of similar food storage device with rubber gasket
or if none of those are available- a freezer ziplock
yes all with silca gel packets- which you can dry out in your oven - set at warm (lowest temp) or if its a gas oven with a pilot light place them in it while off over night- this will expel any previously accumulated moisture and ensure that are ready to reabsorb moisture again.

I always store my mics in  a pelican case with silca gel -  even between gigs, overnight or what ever.

also I always remove my wind screens for storage - to ensure full fluffiness!

--Ian

[SmokinJoe]

Microphones must be used every week or they will go bad.  Get out and tape something.

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Microphones must be used every week or they will go bad.  Get out and tape something.

zman's will last forever then.

There just isn't anything I'm interested in taping nearby till February is all. Would you like to tape Keller Williams? Maybe so, but I can think of other things to do that evening.