FNG
Enlightened Member
Amazon has numerous hygometers for sale.
I can tell just from looking at my '73 S-100 that someone gigged it a lot. There's plenty of finish wear on the neck along with checking all over the body and buckle rash on the back. Likely went through some serious temp/humidity fluctuations too. Still feels rock solid, though. Feels & plays great and holds tune really well.
The humidity in my house right now is ~60% due to morning showers and a cool-ish spell (for August) we're having this weekend. When the temps return to normal next week the A/C will run more and the humidity will drop back into the low 50s. None of my guitars seem to notice these minor fluctuations.
-Dave-
Beecee, I'm surprised you're only dealing with humidity in the low 60% range. I definitely get into the 70%s here in central MA. I don't worry about it. The problem here has been the winter months with my baseboard home heating that gets extremely dry. I know firsthand as I cracked a couple of heirloom guitars because I didn't know how to care for them years ago.
I will find a way to test the RH in the room it hangs.
I'll be darned. OK, I can taka guress at Washington and Oregon due to average annula rainfall, and Florida, maybe some of the other gulf coast states coming in ahead?OK, so I did some research and Michigan is not even close to being the 2nd most humid state, LOL.
Don't know how I missed this but AZ's notorious for being extremely dry, except for the "monsoon season", and even then I think it only spikes when it's actually raining or a storm's within a certain range.
But I thought I'd read all those states by the Great Lakes were prime candidates too.
Maybe the annual average is lowered due to extreme low humidity in freezing cold winters?
Speaking of which, where does Dolly Parton live?The only downside is the number of elderly folks that wind up relocating to extremely dry climates like Arizona due to "lung conditions".