Acoustic guitar humidifiers

Darryl Dunmore · Post by **Darryl Dunmore** » 20 May 2020 12:24 am

I'm going to get humidifiers for my Weissenborn style guitars, and I'd like to get some recommendations from you guys. I have some questions - first of all, regarding soundhole humidifiers, is there the possibility of leakage? With soundhole humidifiers, would I have to store the guitar cases on their backs to avoid leakage? I live in a studio apartment and I don't have enough room to store guitars on their backs; they're all either resting on their sides or sitting straight upright on their lower bout. I'm leaning toward getting Herco humidifiers; they seem to be more forgiving about the position in which the guitar is stored. But a customer review on Amazon said that they shouldn't touch the guitar; I wonder if that means that just the top of the container from which the moisture dissipates shouldn't touch.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 20 May 2020 1:30 am

I use the biggest Dampits available (marketed for string bass), saturate 'em in water, wring 'em out, towel 'em off, and dump 'em in the hole. Never had a problem.

Gene Tani · Post by **Gene Tani** » 20 May 2020 4:02 am

Dampits work well, but if you have more than a few guitars/etc you can just put wet sponge, wrung out into a plastic jar with holes in the top,

and get a good hygrometer and backup batteries, they always seem to use hard to find watch batteries

https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Travel-C ... B01FBWGUZ0

Mike Auman · Post by **Mike Auman** » 20 May 2020 6:44 am

I ended up with a whole-room solution to maintain humidity for multiple guitars at once. A small digital hygrometer to track humidity (Western Caliber IV or Inkbird ITH-10, $20 or so) and a room humidifier to keep humidity around 40% - 45% during the heating season. Seems to stay there by itself during the A/C season in Texas, but in moister climates, you might need a dehumidifier... Mike

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 21 May 2020 2:36 am

I use Oasis humidifiers in all my acoustic instruments. They contain special absorbent crystals and need to be refilled about every 10 days while the heat is on. They work really well.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... humidifier

Rich Gardner · Post by **Rich Gardner** » 21 May 2020 4:27 am

I've used these for years. No problems ever.

Mark Mansueto · Post by **Mark Mansueto** » 22 May 2020 7:20 am

I have a humidifier on my furnace and a dehumidifier for the times that my furnace/air conditioner aren't running. My house reads pretty consistently between 45-50 and my guitars are happy. No issues even with my 50 year old acoustic I've owned for over 40 years. The problem I have with guitar humidifiers is when you forget to keep them hydrated and guitars are affected