SteveFord Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 For those of us living in cold areas where things get dried out in the Winter, keep an eye on the humidity. The cheaper Les Pauls don't have the binding on the body and the top cap on my Studio has shrunk a bit. Without the binding to cover it the seam is kind of unsightly. I didn't think it would matter so much on a solid body but it sure does. I've now got damp sponges in all of my cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 What kind of finish is on yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I live in Florida. All my guitars have grown by 20% due to humidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Gloss finish, not faded or satin if that's what you're thinking. Too much humidity is just as bad, had some binding pop off of a Guild as the wood absorbed moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayinLA Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 The humidity has had no effect on my johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenjason95 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 For those of us living in cold areas where things get dried out in the Winter, keep an eye on the humidity. The cheaper Les Pauls don't have the binding on the body and the top cap on my Studio has shrunk a bit. Without the binding to cover it the seam is kind of unsightly. I didn't think it would matter so much on a solid body but it sure does. I've now got damp sponges in all of my cases. It gets pretty dry in the winter in Indiana and I’ve never had a single humidity related problem to any of my guitars. I think a lot of the “problems” guys like you have are just being too OCD about your guitars. They’re tools. They get bumped, they get scratched, paint might crack. Who cares? Some people pay big money for their guitars to look like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megafrog Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I finally invested in a whole house humidifier to protect my guitars in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I finally invested in a whole house humidifier to protect my guitars in the winter. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 I'm going to look into that whole house humidifier. Thanks for the suggestion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I live in Florida. All my guitars have grown by 20% due to humidity. So your Gibsons now have a scale of 29.7" inches? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 The humidity has had no effect on my johnson We're talking about guitars over here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I monitor my acoustic because I keep it at my place but the issue I have is that most of my electrics/bass' are at my sisters house because whats where my rehearsal place is. The rooms above a car port so its usually quite cold in there and the central heating doesn't do much to reheat the room. We dont generally get as huge a temperature/humidity difference here in the UK as you do in the US but its still worth considering. I have had to do fret filing on an electric not long ago when it started getting colder here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hmmm, I didn't think about the humidity here, I have double binding on 2 guitars and binding on the Gibson Gold Top and just looked at them. They look fine and I have them at room temperature on the guitar rack. Is it better or worse having them in a case? I have my Ovation in a case. Maybe I should put the Gibson in its case and have them both against an interior wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 We're talking about guitars over here!!! It made me laugh too Big Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 My telecaster sits in the shop all year long. The temp gets down to maybe freezing and up to whatever and the humidity is up and down. As long as the action's nice and high I don't notice any problems - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 My telecaster sits in the shop all year long. The temp gets down to maybe freezing and up to whatever and the humidity is up and down. As long as the action's nice and high I don't notice any problems - Your temp & humidity levels certainly seemed to expand your Fig crop this year :o :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Humidity doesn't but saliva does. You're quoting Zappa, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Perhaps I've been very lucky for all these years but I've neither paid attention to nor noticed any effect of humidity on my solid body guitars. They've been in all environments, or at least my older ones have. They've not been babied but not been abused either but they've been in hot/cold humid/non cars, rooms, clubs, etc. I honestly didn't know that was as much of an issue with a solid body guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hmmm, I didn't think about the humidity here, I have double binding on 2 guitars and binding on the Gibson Gold Top and just looked at them. They look fine and I have them at room temperature on the guitar rack. Is it better or worse having them in a case? I have my Ovation in a case. Maybe I should put the Gibson in its case and have them both against an interior wall? Keeping the guitar in the case slows down any temp/humidity change and allows it to adjust without any shock. Its basically the same as how you're supposed to leave a guitar case for ~30 minutes untouched when you take it to a new environment before opening. It can reduce potential cracking to guitar finished as a result also. Regarding humidity, it will fluctuate depending on the temperature because warm air can effectively hold more water than cool air. Its for this reason we use relative humidity as a reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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