What acoustic are you playing today?

[Jared macneill]

That's an amazing top!

Thanks

 

[chazmo]

RH in my house has been low because of dry air outside and open windows. So, sadly, my guitars have all be languishing in their cases near my humidifier. I'm really looking forward to the more "spring"-ish weather so I can uncase them for a few days at a time.

So, today I am not playing anything. I've been very busy with my trumpets though. Maybe a veer worthy of a different thread.

 

[cgalardi]

RH in my house has been low because of dry air outside and open windows. So, sadly, my guitars have all be languishing in their cases near my humidifier. I'm really looking forward to the more "spring"-ish weather so I can uncase them for a few days at a time.

So, today I am not playing anything. I've been very busy with my trumpets though. Maybe a veer worthy of a different thread.

I have the opposite problem here in FL. Most always higher humidity than is healthy for the guitars. I keep them all in one bedroom with medium sized dehumidifier that does a remarkable job keeping the humidity level at 45 +/- 3.

They do live in their cases in that room when not in active use.

 

[chazmo]

I have the opposite problem here in FL. Most always higher humidity than is healthy for the guitars. I keep them all in one bedroom with medium sized dehumidifier that does a remarkable job keeping the humidity level at 45 +/- 3.

They do live in their cases in that room when not in active use.

As far as our beloved Guilds go, I'd take higher humidity over lower humidity any day, cgalardi. When you get 30-ish% here for many days at a time, it's frustrating. High humidity can take its toll too, but leaving a guitar out for a week in it is much less likely to cause any damage. Heat though... In FL... That combination is not good. As long as you're in the below 80deg range, I wouldn't worry.

Have you ever had any damage leaving your guitar(s) out? I hope not; I'm just curious.

 

[cgalardi]

As far as our beloved Guilds go, I'd take higher humidity over lower humidity any day, cgalardi. When you get 30-ish% here for many days at a time, it's frustrating. High humidity can take its toll too, but leaving a guitar out for a week in it is much less likely to cause any damage. Heat though... In FL... That combination is not good. As long as you're in the below 80deg range, I wouldn't worry.

Have you ever had any damage leaving your guitar(s) out? I hope not; I'm just curious.

No damage at all. I do keep the house continually in the 70-75 F range.

 

[chazmo]

No damage at all. I do keep the house continually in the 70-75 F range.

That's great!!!! I wish I could say the same, but I was ignorant years ago and cracked two of my "forever" guitars due to my stupidity. This was nearly 20 years ago and I'm still kicking myself in the patootie over it. Sigh.

 

[Jared macneill]

I’ve been between the d-40 and the starfire

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[chazmo]

No damage at all. I do keep the house continually in the 70-75 F range.

I'm glad we had this discussion, cgalardi. I accidentally let my humidifier run out of water, and the guitar room was (briefly) down to 35%... Back online!

 

[Rainer]

Hi all. Guild M20 sunburst here. I've been looking for this model since a while and finally found one second hand here in France. Just got a real good set up. Plays like a charm now

 

[Boneman]

That’s a beauty there Rainer

I’ve got my JF30-12 out today after the recent string change to mediums. I’ve got it tuned down a full step, and capoed at the second fret. Sounds so good, like there’s 4 guitars in the room.

Thalia’s capo is doing alright, and looks great while doing so

Ironically, their product guide even uses a Guild in their drawing to explain the usage of the capo:

FYI, I had to put a high tension 16 pad in it to get the octave A string to ring clear but their Guide says Guilds use a 12 for whatever that’s worth.