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Location: Canada | I have a 07 Collectors and I am woundering what the best way is to add humidity while in the case. Could you name a specific product. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I use the Herco Guardfather
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Location: Utah | Take a new kitchen sponge and cut a piece off of it. Find a zip lock sandwich bag and punch a few holes in it with a paper hole punch. Wet the piece of sponge and then wring it out so that it is damp, not dripping wet. Put the sponge in the baggie and the baggie in your case. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by FlySig:
Take a new kitchen sponge and cut a piece off of it. Find a zip lock sandwich bag and punch a few holes in it with a paper hole punch. Wet the piece of sponge and then wring it out so that it is damp, not dripping wet. Put the sponge in the baggie and the baggie in your case. Excellent idea, and one upon which Planet Waves has based their popular in-guitar humidifier for years. I use one, but FlySig's concept is the same thing and readily available from household stuff in the kitchen. |
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Location: Canada | Thanks for the tips. From what your saying it doesn't have to go inside the guitar. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Sounds like splitting hairs, but inside the accessories pocket, too? What about rust to any ferrous materials, i.e., capos, slides, etc? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Nope not inside the acessory pocket. Rust is not a problem. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | So, best placement location? Under the peghead? The Ovation bowls are waterproof, so I guess the sponge could be placed by the heel of the neck. Don't think I'd want it near the electronics (if applicable). Some cases are pretty tight, so I'm thinkin' placement near the body is probably the most advantageous. |
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| Originally posted by seesquare:
So, best placement location? Under the peghead? The Ovation bowls are waterproof, so I guess the sponge could be placed by the heel of the neck. Don't think I'd want it near the electronics (if applicable). Some cases are pretty tight, so I'm thinkin' placement near the body is probably the most advantageous. The idea is to humidify the air inside the case via evaporation from the "sponge." Whatever you wind up using - commercial or homemade - the idea is for the material that traps the water to be damp. No actual water should be leaking/dripping/flowing from the container, so no water would come in contact with any part of the guitar/electronics. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | OK then, I will send up a "trial balloon" with my C2C4. It has some real small cracks in the fretboard. It will be interesting to see if they close up a bit, with an increased-humidity environment. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | MF has dampits on Sale for $5.44, but I still prefer the Hercos |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You can make your own. Go to the dollar store and get one of those travel soap cases. Poke a few holes in the top. There should be holes in the bottom. Get one of the wife's sponges, wet it, wring it out so it's only damp, throw it in the soap dish. Put it up near the peg head, and you're good to go. Also, apropos to the mineral oil thread, you'll find if you wipe on some oil, the small cracks will close up. Wipe on the oil after you've left the soap dish in the case for a week. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You can make your own. Go to the dollar store and get one of those travel soap cases. Poke a few holes in the top. There should be holes in the bottom. Get one of the wife's sponges, wet it, wring it out so it's only damp, throw it in the soap dish. Put it up near the peg head, and you're good to go. Also, apropos to the mineral oil thread, you'll find if you wipe on some oil, the small cracks will close up. Wipe on the oil after you've left the soap dish in the case for a week. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Is there an echo in here? |
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Location: Derry NH | Get one of the wife's sponges, wet it
what if it's already wet? :eek: e-e-e-w-w-w-w!!
obscure???
seriously, is a good idea! i am going to use humidifiers from a large desktop humidor i no longer use. complete with sponge already. |
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Location: SoCal | Chet Atkins used to keep fresh cigars in his guitar cases.... |
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Location: Derry NH | i actually did the soap caddy thing. sponge fits perfectly. my balladeer fits way too snug, not enough room at headstock. I emptied the acc compartment and propped it open slightly with 2 soap caddy thingies inside. the 1778 case allows for the caddy to sit under headstock so i placed one there. my cigars stay put in the aristocrat plus humidor. |
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Humidity control in the case