How should I use a guitar humidifier without causing "water damage" to my guitar?

Oct 19, 2008 by Great Gig In The Sky | Posted in Blues

The guy at the value warned me that if the humidifier causes water damage they're not responsible, but I want to keep my new thousand dollar Martin in beneficial humidity. Do any of you have any tips on where to place it and advice on what not to do?

Without a lot more info, it is not tranquil to give a specific answer.

your guitar wants to see "average" temps and humidity, neutral like us.
NOT extremes.

It likes humidity between 35%-60%

it

Hawk M | Feb 11, 3080

you only just fill the tube and place it inside of the holder, which is then placed inside of the sound hole, and the guitar then put into its pack.

periodically (once a week or so), take the guitar out and place it on a stand in the bathroom
spraynwalls | Feb 11, 2939

Without a lot more info, it is not lenient to give a specific answer.

your guitar wants to see "average" temps and humidity, exactly like us.
NOT extremes.

It likes humidity between 35%-60%

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Hawk M | Feb 11, 3080

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Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
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Cello Playing for Music Lovers provides beginners and intermediate students with an authoritative, step-by-step guide to learning to play the cello. The book includes musical examples from folk, Broadway and classical traditions. It illustrates correct playing positions with twenty photos. Written from the student's viewpoint, it: teaches all the required skills, including reading music, using the bow effectively, analyzing musical structures, improvising, and playing by ear. The book starts from scratch with songs transcribed for beginners and advances gradually to 4th position Included are folk songs, hymns, Broadway standards like "Some Enchanted Evening," and classical selections like a Bach Prelude and Sarabande. Later sections explore some music theory and how to play in chamber music groups. Gifted cellist Erik Friedlander plays the 116 musical figures discussed in the book on the accompanying play along CD. The author, a Ph.D. and experienced teacher, presents this fascinating...
Guide to teaching strings
228 pages 		Guide to teaching strings

Creator: Norman Lamb, Susan Lamb Cook | Music - 2001-06-25
TUBE HUMIDIFIER This product is a humidifier for violin, viola, cello, and bass. It is a perforated rubber tube with a sponge inserted into the tube. ...
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Music in the mountains, the first fifty years of the Aspen Music Festival
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Creator: Bruce Berger | Music - 2001-05
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