AwakenTheSkies
Life is like a box of chocolates
In the winter it's a bit easier for me to control the humidity in my guitar room because all I have to do is turn on some heating. But now in the summer I have to use a dehumidifier, because if I let it be, the humidity will go as high as 85%, mold starts to grow, etc etc
I started today, I left the dehumidifier on overnight, it lowers the humidity down to 50% and it stops. But when I came back I found the guitar fretboards were all dry looking and the setups were off.
Another thing is that the humidity climbs up and down when I'm in the room, it's hot, I sweat and I turn the dehumidifier off because of the noise it makes. Then when I'm finished for the day I turn the dehumidifier back on.
Is this only a cosmetic thing, or should I worry about damage? I know acoustics can be really bad with this, but all my guitars are electric.
My guitars have survived a bunch of things. Moving countries, being transported by plane and finding the neck has an upwards bow now because of the new climate...pretty scary, but it was fine after an adjustment. But still I'm scared eventually they will twist or something.
So I'd like to hear how others deal with these changes. I didn't want to apply oil to the board, but it looks kinda ugly like this.
I started today, I left the dehumidifier on overnight, it lowers the humidity down to 50% and it stops. But when I came back I found the guitar fretboards were all dry looking and the setups were off.
Another thing is that the humidity climbs up and down when I'm in the room, it's hot, I sweat and I turn the dehumidifier off because of the noise it makes. Then when I'm finished for the day I turn the dehumidifier back on.
Is this only a cosmetic thing, or should I worry about damage? I know acoustics can be really bad with this, but all my guitars are electric.
My guitars have survived a bunch of things. Moving countries, being transported by plane and finding the neck has an upwards bow now because of the new climate...pretty scary, but it was fine after an adjustment. But still I'm scared eventually they will twist or something.
So I'd like to hear how others deal with these changes. I didn't want to apply oil to the board, but it looks kinda ugly like this.