OMG...it actually bloody worked this time, pity they came out upside down mind. Anyway, that's my Gibson J 185 Rosewood, isn't she a beauty?
I doubt, therefore I might be!
I'd move it away from that radiator...
Its Ok...it wasn't on at the time....I'm not that daft lol.....actually, I was thinking of buying one of those case Humidifier thingies, are they worth it, or just a gimmick to prise more cash out of us Parnoid guitar owners?Originally Posted by richardhomer
I doubt, therefore I might be!
I hasten to add I was joking!
You can buy cheap digital hygrometers from places like Maplins that you can keep inside your guitars' case. 40-50% humidity is fine. If it drops dramatically lower, you should invest in a humidifier. Don't just use one all the time. A guitar that is too damp can be as bad as one that is too dry.
Unfortunately the accuracy on those cheap digtal hygrometers is about ±10%RH at best, so they should be used for indication rather than taken as gospel (i.e. "is it less or more humid than it was before?" rather than assuming that its 53.1%RH reading is spot-on).
Hmm, last thing I want to do is create a problem rather than solve one, if indeed I have one in the first place, more research on this needed me thinks, thanks for info each.
I doubt, therefore I might be!
From my observations on my acoustic, and reading some posts here, I have concluded that the opposite problem (i.e. the air is too humid) is the commoner scenario in the UK. The summers are damper and the winters don't get the severe indoor heating that many areas of North America require. Most of the stuff you read concentrates on drying out symptoms because most of the manufacturers are in the USA.
I'm pretty sure my Taylor suffered some effects of high humidity (bellying of the top leading to the action creeping a bit too high), a couple of silica gel sachets in the case seemed to help. By all means get a hygrometer but it's useful to learn about the tell-tale signs of both high and low humidity on a guitar.
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