Acoustic guitars in Louisiana humidity.

Do you have friends who play? What do they think about your guitars?

quote:

---

Do you have friends who play? What do they think about your guitars?

---

Unfortunately I do not. That would be ideal though

well, take them someplace and get them checked out and set up if needed.

What brand and model are your guitars?

If memory serves correct, those are both laminate back and side instruments which makes them more resistant to damage from humidity.

Ironically, their more expensive, solid wood back and side brothers are the least resistant to changes in temperature and humidity and are more susceptible to damage.

I live in the Midwest so summers are great for my guitars but winter can be tough on them (heaters dry out the air).

I have the drop in sponge systems where you moisten a sponge and drop it into the soundhole and I keep them in the case as much as possible during the winter months.

quote:

---

ive seen people keep a couple humidity packs from cigar stores in their case

---

Guitar center sells them. Humidi-Pak system. Two little pouches in a canvas case. You can throw them in the case where the headstock goes and forget it. They are designed to do both, humidify a dry guitar and absorb moisture from an 89 percent humidity climate.

The real guitar killer is dryness. Our mild winters don’t do much harm. Unless as Fret said you have yours sitting in front of a vent. Too much humidity is rare unless you want to live out the song Margaritaville and play on a porch in the Keys or some Caribbean island. Same token, if you walk out of an air conditioned home to play with buddies on a “Louisiana Saturday Night” in august on the porch? Be prepared for trouble. I swear I watched the neck of my Alvarez get a backbow one evening taking it outside.

Action? Isn’t there some poor boy test that can be done with a coin at the 12 th fret? A nickel or quarter placed on the 12th fret should slide under unfretted strings but should just about touch them? Something like that. The coin and overall validity need Fret Shack approval.

OP we aren’t kissing Fret Shacks arse. If you don’t know he makes a living doing this. So it’s pretty much accepted that if he says you’re wrong, just politely nod your head. Like I will if he tells me my coin test is bullshite.