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04-23-2017, 10:01 PM
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Re-hydrating Guitar
Hello,
I didn't think I would have a problem with my guitar drying out. I live in humid Oklahoma. I was wrong though. It dried out and left two huge cracks behind the bridge. I have been re-hydrating the Revival RG-27 with the humidifier that I made. The cracks are getting smaller. My question is this: Do I need to do anything besides re-hydrate the guitar? Do the cracks require some sort of bonding or will they been fine once the guitar is re-hydrated? Worth noting that the guitar sounds nice even with the cracks. Pics  
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04-23-2017, 10:32 PM
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It is indeed interesting to consider that guitars with top cracks usually sound just fine.
Nevertheless, you need to get those edges glued back together.
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04-23-2017, 11:13 PM
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Over humidifying can be just as bad as too dry.
The centre join of the two pieces that make your top, appears to be dishing upwards, I suspect you have too much moisture in the guitar at the moment and need it to stabilise. Steve
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04-24-2017, 08:11 AM
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Oh okay. I watched a Taylor vid and was just going to hydrate until the wood expanded to the point that the cracks were less visible. I have done about 4 or 5 rounds of hydration so far. Nothing too extreme. I will go ahead and stop that though.
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