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Location: north coast ohio | With overnight temps in the 60's and possibly 50's this weekend, I will soon be packing up my guitars for the winter. As this will be the first year using a combo of infrared propane and woodstove, am thinking I should get a laminated top Celebrity to use for the winter. But I know zilch about lam tops.
I see lam top maple spruce koa with quintad and scalloped X bracing. Will they all sound about the same in a mid depth since they are laminated? does bracing really matter with a lam top?
The closest GC is 90mi from here so will have to rely on yall for this one. Thanks! |
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Location: SE Michigan | I live a lot farther north that you (Michigan) and I have forced air natural gas heat. My suggestion, store your guitars in their cases when not in use, use a damp-it humidifier or similar in the soundhole if the air is super dry. In a pinch toss in a damp paper towel up in the peg head compartment.
Second suggestion, get a nice carbon topped Adamas, they are nearly impervious to the weather.
Life is too short to play crappy plywood topped guitars. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Another suggestion for those who prefer to keep their guitars out in view, keep them all in the same room, add a humidifier, then eliminate or reduce the heat to the room. In Colorado, relative outdoor humidity often stays below 10% for days on end, so indoor humidity can be non-existent. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | At the risk of confusing things even further, you can also consider a few of the Collectors Series. Anything with maple is probably laminated as well as the 99C, 2000C and the 02C. The strange thing is that they all still sound darn good! The 02C in particular has a nice, warm tone to it. And I own a bubinga panel-master that I have no intention of selling. It's a great guitar, and typically the one that goes out when the weather is particularly cold and dry.
I might also add that not all lams are made equal. I can't speak for the imports, but the USA O's do something really interesting. Here's a thread I posted a ways back about how they build-em in CT:
The proper way to use laminates |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'll side with the Professor if you have more than a couple guitars. Dampits in the cases work fine, but take a lot of checking and changing. If you can keep the guitars out in a fairly small room, a room humidifier with a humidistat?? can be had pretty cheap. I fill mine at least once a week during the winter to keep it above 45%, but fill it about once per summer, even though we live in the desert.
Do a search for humidity or humidifiers. There's a thread almost every winter on the topic. |
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Location: north coast ohio | I like the idea of the collector models. After the race this weekend I will head for the 2 pawn shops over that way to see if they have anything.
I pack up the guitars in the cases and shipping box store in the closet till the hickory trees get their leaves back,and keep an old washburn classical by the bed. my fingers on the left hand point in different direction so don't play too often in the winter months
Think I saw collector and adamas both at musicgoround, but never have dealt with them |
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Location: Right now? | boltonb - 2012-10-03 1:08 PM Another suggestion for those who prefer to keep their guitars out in view, keep them all in the same room, add a humidifier, then eliminate or reduce the heat to the room. In Colorado, relative outdoor humidity often stays below 10% for days on end, so indoor humidity can be non-existent. That's what I do, Professor. I have steam radiators in my 60 year old house, so I am constantly putting water bowls on top of them. I own a LOT of guitars, and keep about 1/5 of them out at a time. I have never had a guitar crack or warp, thank goodness. I turn the heat down pretty low, and the water still evaporates very quickly. 
Willa
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Location: Jet City | Mark in Boise - 2012-10-03 11:06 AM ...a room humidifier with a humidistat?? or hygrometer |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | damon67 - 2012-10-04 7:25 PM
Mark in Boise - 2012-10-03 11:06 AM ...a room humidifier with a humidistat?? or hygrometer
When I started to type that word it left me after the h. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Aren't different climates interesting - I run a dehumidifier through most of winter. |
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winter beater