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06-23-2021, 07:18 PM
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New Taylor- Humidity questions
So I have always played a strat..20 yrs ago or so I had a few acoustics An ovation and a yamaha yet never worried too much about humidity and never had any issues with it. ( Lived in San Diego) . Well I just bought my first Taylor 214 CE Plus Should arrive in a few days. I am now living in Sacramento and right now it gets very hot and dry.( last wk it hit 110 for a few days) High 80's to low 100's usually and averages around 26 % Humidity this time of yr. What do you all do to keep it right for your guitar and what do you recommend? Sweetwater has an article that rec's around 45% . Please school me !!!
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06-23-2021, 07:27 PM
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Welcome to AGF. While 45 is the recommended humidity for guitars, your new guitar has "layered" back and sides which are much less susceptible to issues with damage from low humidity. There are many commercially available devices for guitar humidity control, but many of us simply use a wet sponge inside an enclosed plastic soap dish drilled with holes. Keep the soap dish and guitar inside the case when not in use. Congrats on your new Taylor - enjoy...
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06-23-2021, 08:27 PM
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If you decide to leave the guitar out in a room that can be closed off from the rest of the house you can also find suggestions for room humidifiers in the forums. Vornado and Aircare are good examples. Welcome to the forum!
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06-23-2021, 08:29 PM
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I have a number of acoustics, and maybe just as many different kinds of humidifying systems. I have a "guitar room" in which I have a humidifier that I fill every day. But for the guitars I keep out, I use one of a variety of in-guitar humidifiers.
The one I've come to like best - enough to have bought more after the first - is the PET-1 by Prolix Music. Unlike other solutions, this one doesn't require distilled water, lasts longer, is made in the USA (patent pending), and is guaranteed. 
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I own 41 guitars. Most are made of wood. Some are not.
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06-23-2021, 08:31 PM
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Here's what I use in the winter. It humidifies and is a hygrometer. That said, as of late in my area the house temp and humidity is just right so I hang the guitar on the wall as I get tired up opening and closing the guitar case.
https://www.amazon.com/Oasis-Combo-O...94141744&psc=1
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06-23-2021, 09:38 PM
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Sweetwater also sells Boveda humidity packs for slightly cheaper than the HumidiPaks.
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06-23-2021, 09:52 PM
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Like a lot of acoustic players I have a music room with a humidity and temp reading on the wall plus one in every case. The sponge is my go to in the winter here in the northeast mountains. The humidity packs are good however I had one leak that was in the soundhole of a Guild jumbo. Good thing it was in a baggie I had poked holes in around the top. The sponge for me works the best.
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06-24-2021, 03:52 AM
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Ive had good luck with the D’Addario humidipaks. I usually add a Herco to each order, so I have a bunch of them laying around, and put one or two in each case.
One word of caution- whatever method you use, make sure you dont have water or excess moisture contacting wood! I had an Oasis leak once, fortunately on finished (poly) surface, and caught it early before any damage done.
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06-24-2021, 02:15 PM
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Hey Rozzi, like mentioned, a hygrometer is important. Once you know what your humidity level in the room where you keep your guitar is you can plan.
As far as humidifying goes, even something simple like a perforated ziplock bag with a wet sponge in it put in the guitar case works well.
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06-28-2021, 04:30 PM
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Well I got a Hygrometer and some D'addario Humidipaks. Thx for the recommendations! My house is around 40%. So I'll just be putting the paks in the case. Only problem now is the Taylor that I ordered 11 days ago was supposed to be here last Friday and has been sitting in Stockton Cal , an hour from me for 3 days. Apparently There is a huge freight backup in California. Wonderful. LOL Just my luck eh?
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#14
06-28-2021, 11:57 PM
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Hey at least you're not getting scorched in a record-setting heat wave, 30 degrees above the normal average temperature. Half the plants in my yard are dead from heat—despite robust irrigation, it was just too hot for them to live.
Now I'm wondering if we're going to see more heat waves like this and the crop failures and famines that come with them. And this after record setting ice storms this winter. It's not global warming that's the problem, it's the climate change that comes with it... Stay cool, keep your guitars cooler... high heat is how luthiers loosen glue bonds for a lot of guitar repair work.
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06-29-2021, 12:19 AM
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Welcome and congrats on your Taylor.
 Like some, i have converted my office / music room and it is humidified with either a Venta LW25 or Stadler form Oskar. This keeps the room at around 40-50%. So most of my guitars are out on stands and in my rack. Where i live we have cold dry winters, in the house its around 26% mostly, and sometimes the hygrometer doesn’t even register other than “low” . The ones i don’t play daily or every 2-3rd day i will case, and use the humdipacks if necessary with a hygrometer in the case. One thing i have never been confident in, is bringing them out the room downstairs, so i have an axe on hand in my lounge, during winter, as summer approaches then i can bring a few guitars around the house.
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