Best guitar humidifier? Help...

[hubcapsc]

Originally Posted by musicman1951

Steve makes wonderful guitars and is a great guitar tech, Martin calls him their best guy.

The sponge works fine, I did this for years, but I have changed over to water beads. They do the same job, but last longer.

I've stumbled over his name several times in the last few days.
He did some work to a 1945 J-45 that is on the classifieds now.
And I was looking on his web site at all the vintage tuners he
has available, wow...

-Mike

[birdsong]

Originally Posted by dougdnh

Believe it or not, back in the '60's my dad used to keep an apple core in his Gibson L5 case.

A very appealing option......

I've used these in other applications, to maintain a higher humidity. Works well.......

[jschmitz54]

I uses Humidipaks and add an Oasis or sponge humidifier when it’s very dry. Adding an Oasis or sponge type humidifier helps the Humidipaks last much longer. The humidity in the case stays between 45% and 50% even with the additional humidifiers.
I also have a evaporator type portable humidifier that’s more for our comfort but it of course helps the guitars too.
Get a hygrometer to measure your RH. The Inkbird ITH 10 is under $15 on Amazon and it will take away the guessing. Of course there are much more expensive hygrometers with advanced features too.

[6L6]

Humidipacks have worked great for me at Lake Tahoe for many years.

[aeisen93]

UPDATE: I put a dampit in the guitar for a few days and it's already making great progress! The issue is almost fixed completely. 13th fret and 14th fret high E string are making the same notes, but I really don't care - I don't play up there haha.