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Hi All
Just some feedback around humidifiers. I recently (a week ago) purchased a SCGC guitar and after reading several threads and SCGC info regarding humidity, I thought I should do my best to control this. My old guitars (not high end – Yamaha APX10) has never shown any troubles in my house, so I assumed the room is largely fine… I purchased online a 4-pack of temp/humidity sensors quite cheap, that connect to wifi and I can monitor them on my iphone…. I thought they might not be too accurate (being cheapies), but I have placed all for in various locations and got surprisingly similar results so I’ve concluded that they are doing their job in reporting reasonably accurate results. I placed one in my playing room, and one in my guitar cupboard (guitars are kept in their cases in this cupboard when not in use) and another in my workshop about 20m from the house. Results were
– Workshop seems a consistent 60-65%RH
– Guitar room sensor fluctuated between 62-71%RH
– Guitar cupboard sensor fluctuated between 62%RH and as high as 73%RH!!!!!
My understanding is that 55%RH is ideal and 45-60%RH is the acceptable range.
So… I purchased a D’Addario humidipak system that had 3 sachets and a couple of fabric cases to put over the string on your guitar. I took SCGC’s advice and did not put these near my guitar, but instead put the sachets in their fabric cases and placed all three in the accessory compartment of my SCGC case. I placed one of my sensors in the case too above the headstock away from the accessory compartment closed it up and put it back in the cupboard.
The results are in…. Cupboard remains mid 60’s up to low 70 RH!… Sensor in case is a consistent 58% and has remained unchanged over several days.
Long story short, I’m glad I checked, I probably should buy a dehumidifier for my room, wifi sensors are great! and D’Addario humidipaks seem to do what they promise quite well!
All the best
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40-50% is ideal, 45% is perfect. Your levels are very high. https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/the-ideal-humidity-for-guitar/
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It will vary throughout the year so keep an eye on it. I like the sound of my guitars between 40 and 45%, but target 45% to be safe. Treating the whole room is the only reasonable option for me as I have too many instrument but if you only have a few, the humipacks are a good way to go.
SCGCs are very lightly built and thinner woods respond more rapidly to changes. Rapid movement in wood is what you really want to watch out for the most. But, long-term is also a concern. Humidity that’s high can cause braces or the bridge to lift. Plus, guitars just sound muffled when kept at high humidity.
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