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Coming out of a relatively warm humid summer I am surprised you consider it necessary to humidify the guitars at all, let alone take what appears to be quite drastic action. All your RH figures seem rather low, I would recommend not to rely on these unless you have verified them. If you do have reliable RH measurement I would recommend casing your guitars with nothing but a hygrometer and checking periodically. Whilst the guitar would take time to adjust, the air trapped in the case should quickly come to equilibrium with the case internals / guitar. You can then decide on action accordingly. Getting the guitars into a known, stable and controlled RH would in any case be a precursor to any work being done. |
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Hi, I wasn't crazy about the sound of Evo Frets on this rather "bright" guitar, so, given the choice he opted for fretwire ordered (and delivered very quickly) from Collings.
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In my universe, the advice given in this video, that "60-70% is what you want" for relative humidity would be disastrous. I've seen what happens to my Taylor 210 DLX when (in my ignorance) I once allowed it to remain in an environment of RH 70% for an extended period. The top bellied upwards, and took the action with it; the tone changed to mud; and the neck joint became so swollen that it was almost impossible for a Taylor tech to remove the neck.
3 weeks in its case, in a steady environment of RH 40-50%, fixed all of that. Slow changes towards the optimum of 40-50%, that's the thing, whether humidifying or dehumidifying.
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