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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theunofficialmartinguitarforum/viewtopic.php?t=189423
From Brand X but a good read
From Brand X but a good read
Ray if you've got one saving grace it's humility.The humility changes are not drastic swings so I’m thankful for that .
Ray if you've got one saving grace it's humility.
Yup and I’m hear to kept ya on your teesYa just can't slip up here, and I like that LTG correct.
Ralph
I do need to have another meter thanks for
the link
I’m running about 30% I also need another humidifier. The humility changes are not drastic swings so I’m thankful for that . ��
Kostas made good points but underlying reason all those problems can occur is this:I always wonder about humidity, since my guitars are very old and I assume that at many points in their lives all the moisture has been sucked out of their fibers leaving a stable substrate of solid dry old growth wood. I wouldn't F with that by trying to hydrate and risk changing that stability. They're good to go every day and rarely, if ever, develop cracks.
Wow, talk about "a stable substrate of solid dry old growth wood"!! LOL!!..having an old house (1820)...
So...1/2" gap equals 35% RH, 1" gap equals about 50%?I measure the RH in the house by how far away my finger is from the switch plate screws when the static spark jumps to it. I always jump and always curse.
I was gonna make the horsehair insulation joke but figured "Na-a--a-a-h....nobody can afford to waste that much on heating these days....it must be modernized"Hoho...if there's a spark jumping across a half inch I'd end up on my floor.
I had the house moved back 200 ft off the roadside in '03, with hardly any cracks in the plaster. Post and beam with no insulation and only 6 inch thick walls. I pulled down the interior walls and built inward to get enough wall depth to squeeze R-13 fiberglass in. The exterior sheathing consists of 2 inch thick slabs of pine, spruce or hemlock from local water driven mills.
A-HA! I thought the static sparks were an indicator of way too low humidity but played it for the laugh instead.My luthier gave me the humidifier lecture. I hung my head in mock shame. He's patching hairline top cracks on the F20.
So, where can I buy a humilifier? My wife and kids certainly believe I could use one....