grock wrote:that guy doesn't know shit. it's like when you bring your car to the mechanic. They always find "something" that needs to be fixed. This time it's humidity. i would tell him to suck it and stop talking out his butt.
sorry but it just pisses me off when someone tries to act like thye know what is going on and they don't. i mean you obviously caught him lying straight to your face.
there are a couple ways to tell whether a guitar has been subjected to radical humidties but you can't tell a guitar "is a bit dry" just by playing it for five minutes. that's rediculous.
This turned out to be true. The tech from the shop called me this morning. All the guitar needs is a truss rod adjustment, which is what I assumed. I asked him if it was dry, he said it was not. He said he could tell that it had been very dry at one point, but that it is fine now. The reason this guitar needs setup he said was that the guitar went from less than ideal conditons to a perfect humidified environment, which will cause the guitar to adjust in its own way, causing lower action, etc...
I described to him my setup, room humidifier set to 50%, door closed, guitars hanging on wall. He said that is an ideal atomosphere for guitars, and that after this setup is done, I shouldn't have any more troubles.
Being as I have 6 guitars and 5 wall hangers, I believe I will keep this one in it's case with a dampit inside, just for good measure. The d16RGT is the only pure wood guitar I own, so it is more touchy as far as humidity goes.
This is a huge weight off my shoulders. I'm glad it's going to work out. Another tragedy averted.
Adam