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Old 06-09-2015, 10:35 AM
DesertTwang DesertTwang is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark Stone View Post
Does this mean Martin guitars don't really need humidification? There's a lot of real world connotations here, perhaps - This detail seems to mean that it is unnecessary to "anally" keep a Martin instrument at 45%↑↓ RH as you would need to do with a Gibby or Taylor.
That would be nice, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, it's not the case. My Martin SWDGT dreadnaught is super-sensitive to humidity swings (I'm talking three days at 30% and the top starts to ripple and sink), while my Taylor GS Mini never seems to change one bit despite being my throw-around, take-everywhere, camping-in-the-woods, leave-in-a-hot-car guitar.
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