Humidity and Your Acoustic Guitar: Get ON It! ★ Acoustic Tuesday 275

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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How many times have you been told to humidify your guitar? How do you know if you need to? What if I told you there was a simple rule to keep your guitar in good condition for generations to come? On today's episode, we're talking about the **special** relationship between humidity and your acoustic guitar. You've likely heard plenty of horror stories about too much humidity or not enough humidity. But what's the goldilocks range? I've heard from plenty of guitar makers, players, and collectors about humidity over the years. Between temperature and humidity, there's a safe range for almost all instruments that exists between 66–77 degrees Fahrenheit and 40-55 percent humidity. I'll cover why this band of ideal conditions is best for guitars. But if you're wondering how you can maintain this temperatures and humidity best, I'll also cover humidifiers and key signs to look out for. Humidifying your guitar is important. If it's not taken care of, you can damage your guitar severely. Worst case scenarios include cracking and separating. Best case scenarios are reversible changes. Submit your guitarsenal at the link below!https://airtable.com/shrpAVAi9HUGVUW8b Featured in this episode...- Gryphon Strings - Bourgeois Guitars - Kyle Orla - Gwenifer Raymond - Bluegrass Life

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0:00.0	Acoustic guitars and humidity have a volatile relationship that has been in the headlines of guitar tabloids for years and years.
0:07.0	Does this relationship end badly?
0:10.0	Or do guitars and humidity right off into the sunset and live happily ever after?
0:16.0	On today's episode, we'll dive into humidity, why your guitars need it, and what you can do about it.
0:21.9	Get ready for a humidity tour day force. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
0:27.8	Hey, Tack family, this is episode 275 of the Acoustic Tuesday show. 275. That feels solid. It feels like a
0:36.0	momentous number. This is a show packed full of inspiration and fun
0:40.0	designed to help you get more fulfillment, progress, and joy from your acoustic guitar journey. Throughout today's episode, I'll deliver to you some acoustic news you can use, including a guitar built with a buffet of Tonewoods, a video series about a storied man with a storied guitar and much, much more.
0:57.1	Plus, we're going to see an updated guitar sonal from a friend in North Carolina.
1:01.1	That's all coming up, but first, let's talk about humidity and your guitar.
1:06.3	You've likely heard it before.
1:08.2	If you've purchased an acoustic guitar from any guitar store, they say, hey, you're going
1:12.7	to need a humidifier with that.
1:15.3	And in your head, you're thinking to yourself, do I really need a humidifier with that?
1:21.2	The answer is absolutely yes.
1:23.9	If you do not humidify your acoustic guitar and you live in a dry climate, some really bad stuff can happen to your guitar.
1:31.3	And that's what we're going to discuss today.
1:32.3	We're going to talk about what the ideal conditions are for your guitar and the humidity levels.
1:39.3	We're going to talk about what are some signs that your guitar is dry.
1:43.3	We're going to talk about some of the nasty results if you let your guitar dry out and I'm going to recommend some humidifiers to you of varying types and and there's a final and we're going to go through some common myths of humidification and dispel them. So first ideal conditions. This is rather quick. So you want your
2:03.3	guitar kept anywhere between 66 and 77 degrees, give or take a degree or two. And at that temperature
2:11.4	range, you want to keep your guitar within the relative humidity range of 40 to 55 percent. I like to actually bump it up between 45 and 55,
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