procrastination

[gardo]

Last spring I built a cabinet to keep my guitars in. Knowing that humidity is important I installed a nice hygrometer. The level has been 50% or better so I didn't do anything else. I'll have plenty of time to come up with something nice by winnter,right ? Well now the humidity is into the high 40's and still did nothing,so it's time to get off my butt. I started with a sponge in a zip lock freezer bag,we'll see what that does . So much for the fancy system I was going to come up with.

 

 

The point is ,It's time to watch that humidity

[DeepEnd]

I keep a hygrometer on a bookshelf in the same area where I keep my guitars. When it falls into the 40's I make sure the humidifiers are good and moist.

[garthman]

I don't do anything about humidification: my guitars experience whatever humidity the good old damp UK climate produces.

[Emory]

I'll ship you some of the high humidity we have here in Thailand. Makes fine hardwoods sound like cardboard.

[Glenn F]

I'll get back to you on this issue.

[garthman]

I'll ship you some of the high humidity we have here in Thailand. Makes fine hardwoods sound like cardboard.

 

No thanks. I draw the line at steam.

 

Besides, David Cameron supplies all the hot air we need.

[Idunno]

Carbon fiber. It may not sound like AAA Engelman/Braz but at 55% humadity neither does Engelman/Braz. My threshold for compromise has been adjusted by the reality of my recently reshuffled priorities. That comes down to the attention a fine instrument needs to maintain it in top condition versus my waning desire to mess with it. Anyway, I wasn't awe struck by the molded choices but neither was I disappointed. It's a worthy compromise which I'm perfectly at home making. A sponsor of ecology, which I'm not, is the labeling that goes with plastic guitar ownership. Maybe there's a badge involved.

[Glenn F]

For whatever reason, our flat's humidity level doesn't drop precipitously in the winter. A number of years back, I made a bunch of homemade humidifiers with small tupperware thingies and sponges, but they aren't necessary here. Lucky, I guess.

[Idunno]

I spent more on a dehumidifier than most people are willing to spend on their guitar purchases. That's how far obtuse I got about it. Goofy. I have a use for the dehumidifier outside the scope of musical instrument care so it justifies it's cost in the absence of wood guitars. I've never had to hydrate a guitar except once when I lived in the cold climes. To fix that I hung it in a basement, which is always damp regardless of temp, and in a couple weeks all was good with it.

[guitarcapo]

I'm here in SW Florida. Haven't worried about all that humidity stuff for the last 22 years

[Tony Burns]

Here in the NorthEast USA we have two Humidifiers upstairs and a dehumidifier in the basement -

They run pretty much all winter long.

My best response to the original poster would be to get a decent whole house humidifier

and keep your guitars in their cases !

[gardo]

I too live in the northeast USA., Lancaster Pa. to be exact.. I 've given up on cases at home and consider the cabinet to be a giant multi-guitar case.. I have the cabinet lined with some sort of unfinished cedar which I hope will help out in stabilizing the humidity inside.. Right now the house is at 49%,if the house gets too dry I'll just keep the acoustics in the cabinet and play electric until the humidity is back into the 40's. Not ideal but that's the plan.

[Etienne Rambert]

I'll be in BGK for a few days, mid-December. I hate that town.

Do you know of any good music stores? I need to pick up some coated acoustic strings. PM me if you can.I'll be in Samitvej Srinikarin area.

[Etienne Rambert]

I'll be in BGK for a few days, mid-December. I hate that town.

Do you know of any good music stores? I need to pick up some coated acoustic strings. PM me if you can.I'll be in Samitvej Srinikarin area.