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Topic: Acoustic guitar humidifiers |
Darryl Dunmore
From:
El Lay
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Posted 20 May 2020 12:24 am |
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I'm going to get humidifiers for my Weissenborn style guitars, and I'd like to get some recommendations from you guys. I have some questions - first of all, regarding soundhole humidifiers, is there the possibility of leakage? With soundhole humidifiers, would I have to store the guitar cases on their backs to avoid leakage? I live in a studio apartment and I don't have enough room to store guitars on their backs; they're all either resting on their sides or sitting straight upright on their lower bout. I'm leaning toward getting Herco humidifiers; they seem to be more forgiving about the position in which the guitar is stored. But a customer review on Amazon said that they shouldn't touch the guitar; I wonder if that means that just the top of the container from which the moisture dissipates shouldn't touch.
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 20 May 2020 1:30 am
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I use the biggest Dampits available (marketed for string bass), saturate 'em in water, wring 'em out, towel 'em off, and dump 'em in the hole. Never had a problem.
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 20 May 2020 4:02 am
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Dampits work well, but if you have more than a few guitars/etc you can just put wet sponge, wrung out into a plastic jar with holes in the top,
and get a good hygrometer and backup batteries, they always seem to use hard to find watch batteries
https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Travel-Cosmetic-Containers-Empty-Containers/dp/B01FBWGUZ0
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Mike Auman
From:
North Texas, USA
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Posted 20 May 2020 6:44 am
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I ended up with a whole-room solution to maintain humidity for multiple guitars at once. A small digital hygrometer to track humidity (Western Caliber IV or Inkbird ITH-10, $20 or so) and a room humidifier to keep humidity around 40% - 45% during the heating season. Seems to stay there by itself during the A/C season in Texas, but in moister climates, you might need a dehumidifier... Mike
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Rich Gardner
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 May 2020 4:27 am
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I've used these for years. No problems ever.
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Mark Mansueto
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 May 2020 7:20 am
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| I have a humidifier on my furnace and a dehumidifier for the times that my furnace/air conditioner aren't running. My house reads pretty consistently between 45-50 and my guitars are happy. No issues even with my 50 year old acoustic I've owned for over 40 years. The problem I have with guitar humidifiers is when you forget to keep them hydrated and guitars are affected |
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