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Now that I got me a nice Martin, I am taking this humidification thing a bit more seriously. I started humidifying my old guitar with sponges in bags, in the case, as discussed above, but never did...

Yeah, this has been great. Let's sticky this, and keep the discussion going. Once my guitar is fully hydrated again, there are bound to be some more questions. Wingsdad, that humidified closet,...

I looked again at the case last night as I loaded in a freshly made "Sponge in a bag" humidifier and re-wetted the Herco. The arch over the body of the guitar leaves some room, and I bet combining...

Thanks Dreadman. I won't be able to do whole room so case humidification it is. My case is a large archtop:
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Ok here is a link to some pics. I hope I got the angles right. If not, let me know I and I will re-shoot. I put it up quick on a .Mac page without editing well the text for the page, so kindly...

I would take care of it, but given decent care, they are not reputed to be super vulnerable, like the Taylors are reputed to be. Note I say reputed. I am just going on hearsay from guys at the shop...

Yeah, I can do that, hopefully tonight.

Ok, certainly I have humidity issues in this guitar, but the set up is also off. I know this because the Martin guy had it working pretty good, and when the gig bag dropped it, all that changed. I...

That is a good idea. A local guy who owns a lot of nice guitars uses a sponge in a plastic baggie with holes also. Cheaper and easier yet. I may try to get the guitar re-humidified that way, as...

Taylors are reported to not do well up here in the high desert. Thin top. Martins, and the Gibsons made in Montana, also intermountain, do better.

My guitar had no humidification for the first 5 or 6 years I owned it, and I was not playing it much then. When I started playing it regularly, I started using one of these:
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Dreadman graciously offered his knowledge on setting up acoustics and curing common ills. See below:

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It now has some serious fret buzzing issues...