humidity makes your balls sticky...but it also....

[HCHaikuWarrior]

fucks up your guitar...we all know how we want humidity with our guitars in the winter, however now that it is summer i am getting a reading of 74% humidity in my house and i know that ain't good at all for the guitar...any ideas besides a dehumidifier which is rather costly to get this humidity out...thats almost 30% over the recommended dose of humidity...

thanks,
andrew

[dmb_tatertot]

first of all, make sure that you keep the guitar in its case when you are not using it. The case is specifically meant to maintain a decent temp/humidity. If you are going to leave it out, keep it in the smallest , coolest room in your house/appt. The smaller the room, the easier to control the humidity and temperature. Make sure the guitar is not sitting next to a window or air vent. The only true way to balance this issue is to use a dehumidifier, but get a cheap one and keep it in a small room (closet if need be).

[Ricky the Pilot]

Yeah what he said. You can buy silica gel/desiccant packs on ebay and throw one or two in your case.

[filmdude100cms]

funny story... first guitar, it was barrowed, like 15 years old, strings were 3 years. it was something someone bought for there kid to learn and they never got serious.... anyway i was going to the beach (everyone sit down) we had some car trouble, and had to pick what were gonna take with our rental car up to saint augustine, since we drove a car with allllot of trunk space, into a rental SUV without much... so i decided, i wasnt gonna have enough time to play that weekend. so i left it in the trunk, in florida, for 3 days in the middle of july, so its 3 days of 110+ temp... also this was in daytona and where my car was being fixed was right across from the beach so you can imagine the humidity...

i returned 3 days later, the neck was half seperated from the body, 2 big cracks on the back of the guitar, and 1 on the top, all the strings had broken, and the bridge was hinging off...

not really a funny story but i guess kinda.

[dmb_tatertot]

wow.... thats a whole lot of damage

[taylordb]

I think it must be the conditions that are relative to what the guitar "normally" experiences. In Virginia, 74% humidity is on the lower side for us. Although I keep my guitar in it's case, I don't ever do anything to lower the humidity and I have never had a problem with it (knock on wood).