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Location: Phoenix AZ | Free: DAMP-IT GUITAR HUMIDIFIERS
Will donate to good homes (you pay shipping) DAMP-IT guitar humidifiers. These are those green snake looking things that you hang inside your guitar. They are actually pretty good because they can hang in the holes of elite or adamas guitars. They look like this:
I don't have the sound hole cover and all that crap, just the green snakes. They are used but not abused. I've got 11 of them. Shipping is $3.50 each and as always PayPal only.
PM or email me if interested.
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| pm sent... thanks for considering me...
wow Dave, you've brought freecycling to the OFC.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I wanna know why a guy who lives in Phoenix is getting rid of all his humidifiers.... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I wanna know why a guy who lives in Phoenix is getting rid of all his humidifiers.... I built a 7x10 walk in humidor. Glass door, wooden floor, custom wall paint, museum lighting, temp and humidity controled at 73 degrees and 45% RH. Houses about 25 wooden guitars (the adamas crap is left out in the elements) all on new hangers. So gone are dozens of stands, old wall hangers, sponges and dampits. Not to brag, but it's a pretty cool looking guitar storage / display area. I'll post some photos soon.
The humidor started life as a walk in closet off my music room. The most difficult aspect of turning it into the humidor was what to do with all the crap that used to be in it. Boxes of cables, strings, music books, crap, crap, crap. I had to find new storage for all the guitar cases. Fortunately I've thinned things down a lot from 2 years ago when it was about 55 cases. I'd be a lot better off if I hadn't stumbled on Takamine as a new hobby. Oh well. If I can restrain myself from this point forward I'll be OK. In moving all this stuff around I did stumble on about 5-6 guitars that I need to sell off, so I'll get around to all that next. The TAK417 you've already seen posted.
So, long story but THAT is why I'm giving away guitar humidifiers.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | does it gotta place to store a few cigars and the cognac? :cool: |
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Location: closely held secret | I'd be worried about what happens to the tops when you bring them out into that dry Phoenix air.
Or do you play them in there, too? |
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Location: GA USA | Is this something I need to be concerned about? I've never humidified a guitar, but I've never noticed a change in any guitar that I've had. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | and this "Humidor" has a false floor...
Nice. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
I'd be worried about what happens to the tops when you bring them out into that dry Phoenix air. Or do you play them in there, too? It's really not a problem. Although you could (and I do) play them in there, it sounds kind of cool and being able to switch off between all the guitars is fun. The sympathetic vibrations all the guitars kind makes you feel like you are playing inside of a piano case.
The whole house is about 30% humidity, and then the music room has it's own system which keeps it about 40%. And then the guitar walk-in fine tunes it to a steady 45%. The smaller the space (ie the walk in) the more constant you can get it.
This was never an issue or a concern when my closed minded bias only allowed me to collect plastic backed guitars. I'm not sure the lacquer cracking on Ovations is humidity enduced or not, but basically the Ovation and Adamas guitrars don't need this kind of care. That's one of their strong points.
But you just can't escape the fact that wooden box guitars are a hell of a lot more suseptible to humidity induced probems. Go read a Martin owners manual. A 30 page manual and 8 of the pages are all about humidity control. They even tell you not to hang them on the inside of exterior walls because the temperature and humidity difference between the back and the front of the guitar can be too extreme. Is it a pain in the butt to have to worry about this stuff, YES. But is it nice to have some fine wooden guitars to enjoy at any time, YES. So that's the price you pay.
Dave
PS - You hear some horror stories around here about people who buy grand pianos for $15k and then the soundboard splits !!! Yes Martha, but it IS a dry heat.
PSS - Sorry T28, no cigars or cognac. But you're welcome to bring your own. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | All of the DAMP-ITs are accounted for. Thanks. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I thought the setup you had was awfully nice. Did you change rooms or remodel your old music room? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The basic music room is the same. I expanded the size of the original walk in closet, and upgraded from there. The room looks a lot less clutter now with all the guitars out of the way, cases all in storage, and a lot of the other stuff sold or given away. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | SWMBO suggested I move upstairs to our "guest room" after our daughter moves all her junk out, supposedly this week. It has some advantages, including space for more guitars, a walk in closet, and I wouldn't have to share with the exercise room. That might also be a disadvantage. It doesn't have its own bathroom and it's not right next to my shop. I'm also concerned about how dry it gets and temperature fluctuations. The basement is fairly stable and doesn't get too dry in the summer. A fairly significant remodel might be in the works, but no need to downsize the guitar collection. Maybe she figures that expanding the guitar selection is inevitable. |
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