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12-01-2016, 10:01 PM
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Yet another humidifier thread
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Last edited by Green Craig; 02-19-2017 at 11:21 AM. 
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12-01-2016, 10:20 PM
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Like you suspect, a gig-bag will not hold humidity. Therefore you will have to monitor via hygrometer and refill the sponges more often than in a solid case.
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12-01-2016, 10:42 PM
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You're right (and so is Pastor Steve!); a gig bag won't cut it with regards to humidity protection...
The good news is, if you're taking them out to play at friends' or a gig, being out of your controlled humidity room for a short while is not going to ruin them... takes a while for guitars to truly register what the rh% is in their environ. As long as you're coming back home to "that" room within a day or two, you should be just fine. A lot of advice/suggestions you get are going to want to know exactly WHERE in the world the guitar lives (not so much your address or anything!); what sort of outdoor humidity are we talking here? Wet, dry, cold, warm??? Highly fluctuating temperatures? More information is needed for truly accurate thoughts on the subject.. Personally, I would NOT "stash a guitar" long-term in a gig bag... too many things can happen without considering humidity... not if I really cared about it, and not if it were a solid wood instrument. Is there a reason you don't have hard shell cases for them? That would be my suggerstion: get cases for them and supplement the "sponge in a dish" with something that hangs inside the soundhole... the "dish" humidifiers only give the neck and fretboard some water, not much for the body or top, in a sealed case...
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12-02-2016, 05:18 AM
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I agree that keeping your guitars humidified in a gig bag will be difficult. A decent case with a good sound hole humidifier like the Oasis will work much better.
I bought a glass front display cabinet that holds all my guitars. I use a passive humidifier (open cell foam in a plastic tray) that keeps everything at 50% RH. I fill it about once a week.
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12-04-2016, 07:56 PM
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Last edited by Green Craig; 02-19-2017 at 11:22 AM.
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12-04-2016, 08:27 PM
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I think the gel filled ones or very dense foam ( PVA ) sponges put out moisture longer, but don't have as big an initial peak of humidity than the basic cellulose sponges most people use when making home made ones. If I were to be gone a few weeks, I would use those. Make them as wet as you can without dripping. You could get two weeks for sure with the PVA.
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12-04-2016, 09:03 PM
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gig bag humidity
I have one in a high quality gig bag and use 2 humidifiers in it. It runs out a bit faster than those in cases with one humidifier.
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