Hello boys and girls. I hope you're all well. I'm going to be away for a week soon, without my guitars...and without the ability to control the environment in which my wives reside. This might be a no-brainer, but I just want to get other thoughts and be at peace. Is it completely safe to leave an acoustic in a closed case for a period of a week, without any humidity control in the surrounding environment? The indoor humidity has been at around 55-60% here lately. Thank you kindly.
Quote from: knight_lite_1974 on April 25, 2006, 03:25:04 PMI'm going to be away for a week soon, without my guitars...and without the ability to control the environment in which my wives reside.
Why don't you just have one of your wives take care of them?
Quote from: jeremy3220 on April 25, 2006, 03:39:26 PM
Why don't you just have one of your wives take care of them?
I think his guitars are his "wifes"
Yes. 55 - 60% RH is fine. Check out this web page about humidity control on the Larrivee website: http://www.larrivee.com/flash/features/education/humidity/humidity.html (http://www.larrivee.com/flash/features/education/humidity/humidity.html)
Wives? As in more than one? I can barely handle one.... :GRN>
QuoteWhy don't you just have one of your wives take care of them?
You
were joking here right? ^_^ Yes...my guitars are my wives, just in case there's any confusion.
Quote from: knight_lite_1974 on April 25, 2006, 04:20:47 PM
You were joking here right?
What? You don't have your own harem? Get with it man it's 2006! Seriously though, I didn't believe you had multiple
real wives
Larrivee recommends keeping the guitar out of the case when the humidity is high so the air can circulate in and out of the guitar. I would think having the ceiling fan on, might also help circulate the air and keep the humidity from building up in the guitar.
My apartment does not have a ceiling fan. Maybe I could just have the AC pump air through the place every once in a while to keep things circulating. So...is having them out of the cases on their stands the way to go? There'll be no-one there when I'm gone...so there's no threat of an accidental knock-over.
In or out of the case, your guitars will be fine for a week. No worries. -_-
Teh most stble environment will always be the case. It will have the most gradual changes of humidity and temp. If your are going to be gone for a while... I would leave them in the case. Although, the should be fine either way.
have a good trip
-josh
Your guitars will be fine. Don't go overboard worrying baout them. We see lots of fine old guitars from the 20s onward that are crack free. And home A/C didn't start to become commonplace until the 70s. Those old guitars survived just fine and so will yours.
E. Shoaf
Thank you for the comments guys. I'll just pack the ladies in their cases and be on my merry way.