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  1. I have young children in my home and we live in Kansas where it can get bone dry in the winter. I have a whole house steam humidifier by Honeywell, but it can barely keep the house at 30%. And it's kind of inconsistent depending on the number of vents in the room, etc. So when it's really dry, I keep guitars in the case and a hygrometer as well. Just a cheap digital plastic one from Wal-mart for less than $10, but I understand the quality and accuracy is quite inconsistent in these cheap versions. Nonetheless, I put a lightly damp sponge in a perforated ziplock bag in the case and monitor it. Needs to be redampened every week or so. Its tough to control the humidity in the case as well - it can get too humid. I've see it go as high as 50%. For the guitars that I like to play regularly and not mess with cases, I have a separate room that has its own humidifier on top of the whole house humidifier. I'm able to control humidity in that room much better, but it requires me filling the water almost daily. None of my guitars are taken out of the home and everything is pretty much climate controlled, but I've bought everything used so I do not know the care from the previous owner(s) unfortunately.
  2. Good morning all! I have a couple of Gibson acoustics and 1 of them is my beloved J45 that I just received. While shopping for it during the past 6 mos or so, I've noticed that many, if not most, of the used ones have checking issues. I think they can be pretty cool looking and I've seen some that are almost in a pattern like bear claw in spruce, but it certainly is not. I've read in these forums that Gibson's build quality or craftsmanship isn't the highest and I'm wondering if these finish issues are just chronic to Gibson with their processes or materials. I really don't care too much about appearance since my 45 plays and sounds wonderful, but I'm curious because my other Gibson acoustic is starting to check and it's been a case queen for most of it's life with zero exposure to the elements outside. The other high quality acoustics I have do not have this problem and they are older than my 2 Gibsons (99 & 98). Surely, someone else has noticed this about Gibsons as well...thanks for the feedback and comments!
  3. j45nick...sorry I snagged that guitar! After the listing ended with zero bids, I contacted the seller and got a deal. I'll be more than happy to give you guys some feedback on it when I get it!
  4. lol, I've been watching that eBay listing since it came out too and have been wondering the same. glad i saw this post...i think i'll hang back and keep waiting for something else. but for 900-1200, can you point me in the direction to get one of those? :)
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