Larsongs Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I live in Palm Springs, California. The weather is ideal. Not too humid. My Guitars live in 65-78 degree wether year round. A Gibson Sound hole Humidifier came with my 2001 Gibson J-160E.. Do I need one? Yea or Nea? And Why? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labomba Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) i keep my acoustic in the 45 to 55 % humidity range. Some will say 40-60 range. Too dry will shrink the wood. Too humid will cause it to expand. Temp wise your ok Hope that helps Edited February 5, 2020 by labomba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 If the RH stays the same (40-60 or so) all year round, then no. You'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 it's not the temps, it's the Relative Humidity if you have a hygrometer, check for 40 to 55% rh (good range) if you don't have a hygrometer you need to pick one up to see what the RH is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 You should probably use the humidifier in your guitar. Palm Springs is out in the desert if I recall so humidity probably very low. As others mentioned try to keep relative humidity 45 -55 per cent inside the guitar case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) I live in a humid area and my luthier told me when you winter comes and the heat goes on humidifiers go in. And remember used distilled water. But Calif is a much less humid area than the east coast. Edited February 5, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 19 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: when winter comes and the heat goes on humidifiers go in. And remember used distilled water. ALL true.. distilled water is worth the extra step. I use Oasis blue tubes, tap water will destroy those and the beads that absorb the water to humidify the wood. A gallon will last a REAL long time and it's like a buck fiddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasme04 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Soundhole humidifiers work fine, but no better than your home made soap box humidifiers. Commercial Case humidifiers are a medium (sponge, beads etc) wrapped in a plastic or rubberized container. Cover it in a pouch and charge money to renew it 4 times a year, and a company has all your spare change for life, or you decide to go back to the home made ones because you build and fill them for free and they work just as well. Any soundhole humidifier does a great job on the box, but there are still the fingerboard and bridge to consider, and a sealed humidifier like a Kyser Lifeguard will not do anything for the outside parts. You can read complete details and guidelines at hvaclifehack.com. I saw a Planet Waves 'extracted' from the soundhole region of a guitar, and said "That's never going into any of my guitars…" In over 10 years of using homemade humidifiers I've never hand an issue with the humidity levels in any of my cases and thankfully never had a crack in a guitar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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