Guitars vs central heating?

[bod]

Hi all,

Just seeking a bit of advice re. guitars and environments.

We're moving and for the first time in a long time my home will be one that is centrally heated (gas-fired, if it makes any odds). I'm wondering to what extent I need to worry about / take steps to protect my guitars in what will, I believe, be a hotter and drier set of background conditions.

The one that strikes me as liable to vulnerable in the face of such changes is a 1920s birch parlour (Supertone). I imagine the MM Blues '29 will be more or less untroubled and the Telecaster pretty much immune, but may be wrong, and if I am would like to know about it

Thanks

[Michael Messer]

Hi Bod,

My guitars all hang on the wall in a room with a log burner. It can go from being very warm when the burner is lit, to being very cold when it is not lit. The room also gets humidity changes and I have never had a problem. I don't own any fragile parlour guitars, but if I did, that is where it would live.

I also travel with my guitars and subject them to extreme temperature and humidity changes and they're all still okay.

Shine On
Michael

[slide496]

I have had issues with the older parlors with separation, and one has had brace issues - some of my parlors don't have a rod. It gets into the late 20's with humidity. Here's what I do:

1. I check frequently to see if they are climbing in pitch and reset them if they are. They get daily attention if they are.
2. Use a vornado humidifier and keep the humidity around 40.
3. Wipe down body and strings with chamois and use stewmac restorative cream occasionally.
4. Touch of oil on fretboard if it looks likes it needs it.
5. always use triflow on the nuts when I change strings some of mine are wood.

My epiphone electrics got static from the dry - I guess it was around 25% humidity in case that happens to anyone- originally I thought the electrics were bad or the strings or little cube amp I use but other epiphone people have had that issue.

Lawdy lawdy,
Harriet