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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by kid-school:
I try to keep the humidity in my music room at 45-50%. Me, too. When the humidity drops below 45%, I run a cheap tub-type vaporizer maybe an hour or so about every week to 10 days. It kicks the humidity up to about 50%. The humidity then gradually falls maybe one percent every two days. I have no heat or air circulation whatsoever in the room. If the humidity goes up past 50% (as it did last summer on occasion), then I simply open the door which then reverses the increase. My '81 1651 Legend Ltd, purchased new in 1981 or 1982, possesses the slightly arched top characteristic of the early year models. I don't recall it ever being any different, the sound has been consistently great over the years, and I only began to monitor and control the humidity last summer (thanks to this forum). |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Originally posted by cliff:
you guys sound like a bunch of Taylor owners! Indeed! Some of this humidity obsession is just too much. But you really have to read the Taylor Forum to get the full extent of the madness.
I've never believed that guitars are as delicate as some prople think. Using a soundhole humidifier during the winter months is probably a good idea. Same thing if you live in a low humidity environment year round.
But your guitar is the best hydrogometer you can have. It will tell you if its too dry: Action gets low, fret ends get sharp, etc. Why bother getting hung up on a number. That's the road to madness. |
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