How To Take Care of Your Guitar | Humidification, Friction, Polishing, and more!
So you just bought your new guitar– now it’s time to take care of it! Proper instrument maintenance is key to the longevity of your guitar, and this goes for both acoustics and electrics! Whether it’s tracking and adjusting the humidity, cleaning and polishing, or friction removal at the saddle and nut, all forms of maintenance will preserve your guitar and help it age properly and avoid damage of all kinds. Take a listen to Chris’ wise words, and let us know if you have any other tips!
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Originally posted by UCIB3DqQuXKmM7DzEMppafDA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2PvcGRk8lo
I’ve often said…”Love your instrument…And it will love you back”
Make sure you drop a pick in the sound hole at least once at week. otherwise how else would it feed off your frustration. Don’t feed it any!! gutair picks while you are learning bar cords or you’ll overdrive it PERMANENTLY. instead buy a capo and just learn everything but bar cords
"When they're new, they still kinda want to be a tree." I never paid much attention to humidity in the past, with cheaper, laminated guitars, but I have a new, all-wood, acoustic guitar on order, and (living in the PNW) will take all this advice seriously to protect my investment.
This was so helpful! Unfortunately, my dream guitar was recently stolen, but about a month before, its bridge lifted due to lack of humidity. I’m about to get a new guitar here soon, and I can’t wait to have a new chance to right my mistakes.
Is a "daily driver" as affected by environmental changes if you are tuning it everyday; alleviating big string-tension changes? I live in a pretty mild climate, and play my acoustic every day. I have a case, but only use it for transportation. I don't really ever store the guitar.
I’m just gonna order the 2 way things, I have an oasis & I keep getting mixed answers on whether to take it out during spring to avoid mold & over saturation. I live near Baltimore MD. The weather can be.. well just say different.
Use 2 sets of humidipaks, changed twice a year in my Martin dread and it is a solid solution for sure.
You spent 9 minutes talking about humidity, but never said what a good humidity level is. I guess this is just about selling the products.
I have very sweaty hands and most of the time when I play I get the fretboard pretty wet. I usually wipe it with a microfiber cloth afterwards.
Is there any extra maintenance I should do? Like use a fret conditioner more often? If so, how often?
This video is great, I learned a lot!
This should have been a Taylor commercial. I don't do Taylor anything. So anyway, I didn't hear you talking about high humidity environments for acoustic instruments. Maybe should chime in on that and stop pitching your brand.
Do you recommend loosening your guitar strings when in the box?
What will happen if I apply lemon oil inside acoustic guitar body?
Why don’t you take it out of the box and show us
I got a dehumidifier for my bedroom and I putcmy guitars in there I just started playing a couple weeks ago and I think it's a great idea
6 sponges in a pack at a Dollar Tree can be cut in 1/2. Use 1/2 of a dampened sponge in the guitar case. Cheap and effective and self-monitoring…
Thank you for this info Brian Shaw.
What is the ideal humidity range?
I enjoy your info on all things guitar ! U R NO B.S. The other guy is good too!
What is the ideal humidity level for a guitar?
What about a whole room solution if you have a collection? Is that just a terrible option compared to in-case? Like a room humidifier?
Well I haven't done any of this with my guitar and it is 10 years old ???????????? I feel sad now
Can the humidipaks work in a Taylor GS mini gig bag?
Woot! I'm officially an "old timer!!!" I've been lucky with my instruments, only the violin from the '20s had a crack and that was before it was in my possession (although I'm the one that paid for a repair). But I attribute most of my fortune with running humidifiers for humans, radiant rather than forced air heat, and just a good run of luck. Obviously reconsidering my approach or I wouldn't be here though.
do you use conditioner on richlite material?
Nice to know that over time guitars will stop being so needy ????
Hi Chris,
Is it safe to use the Taylor conditioner on a eucalyptus fingerboard? I recently bought an ad17e, and I just want to make sure…
Thanks for all of your amazing insight and information!
One way to dehumidify a guitar is to take it outside and play it; in the sun till it goes out of tune, then bring it back in the house. The excess moisture will evaperate;
Great content and advice here ❤️ What about electrical contact spray for scratchy knobs or selector?
Did you do the video on guitar setups and a little more advanced stuff?
Hydrometer are notoriously inaccurate but I still use them to get within 10%
5:00 ish mark, homeostasis
In Japan people also get MOLD in their guitar. You can find a lot of ruined Martins sold as junk items on online auctions, haha.
A cheap way of getting humidity in your guitar case is take a large potato cut it in half , put it in a sock . The put it into your guitar case . Easy Peasy Cheap .
Ive been using SC Johnsons Pledge on my guitars for 30 years . It is far superior then typical guitar cleaner / polishes .
Upper Pacific Northwest 4-6” of rain annually! Temperatures in hundreds 119* highest last year! No natural trees! Winters very very dry sub zero to mid thirties!
Very little of the state is wet.
I live in Canada where in winter it gets very cold and with central heating running which dries out the air in the home. I recently bought a Fender Strat Professional ll and there isn’t any space in the guitar case to insert any type of dampit or other styles of case humidifier. What do you recommend for me to control the humidity in my guitar case?
I hear lots of people that say the HPLs are a way to prevent humidity issues. Take it from me that this is not the case. I paid what I consider good money for a Martin HPL believing it would not require much humidification in an arid climate. It's now with my luthier who's trying to repair a caved top and shrunken neck. He chuckled when I mentioned it was HPL and said "I see these more than anything else actually"
From a novice. What is the recommended humidity and temperature range for an acoustic?
My humidifier is outside the window, a canal system. 200 years old and still going strong.
What if you dont put your guitar in a case? And you live in a very dry desert place, say like Las Vegas?
Equilibrium
o man tell me what to do // i live in 85/90 perc humidity 75 at winter /short few weeks// so pls tell me product for 85 plus humidity // and i must tell you ,,a guitar case if not left on top of black car roof 110 degree for a 8 hours//so if you open a case in room where you play 3 hours and than put axe back in case no f way next day a bass will feel diferent ,,or there is problem in head// not bass