In England you must be heating with electric. In Canada we heat with gas on a furnace of which we put a humidifier right on the the furnace. The humidifier keeps the house about 50 percent humid.
Finally a good video explaining humidity and our guitars. Great video gentlemen. Can't wait till I can get another Alvarez to review and, of course, to enjoy playing. Again, I think every guitar player should have at least one Alvarez guitar.
I purchased my Yairi in March and store it in the case with humidipaks. The guitar came from California and I live in the high desert in the 4 corners of the United States. Even careful handling and treatment didn't stop the frets from getting a touch sharp. The climate has a huge effect no matter what you do. I have seen it before, and some guitars just seem to have to adjust to where they live.
Professor Meikle does it again! what a wealth of knowledge and excellent explanation. If Alvarez as a company is this committed, then you would be mad not to consider their Guitars. Thanks for such informative information. If I may? can you in one of these sessions, talk about tuning. Why you may have to adjust, slightly flat or sharp certain strings to obtain near perfect tuning.
I've owned over 20 higher and mid level acoustics best way to humidify. Is to get a Nomad sponge type thing bigger not smaller and that's it keep in a hardshell case. I've never had a problem and I lived most of my life in Minnesota.
Sorry but this is incorrect on many levels. 1- Your home actually has many sources of humidity: washing, drying clothes, taking a shower/bath and importantly breathing. This is why building regulations require trickle vents in new double glazed windows and you need a breathable membrane and ventilation in your loft to avoid condensation. 2- If the argument here was correct, that would mean that storing guitars outside would be better than inside during the winter because you would have a higher Relative Humidity (RH) outside than inside, but we all know that may not be the case. 3- Absolute humidity is what matters in Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC) not RH. This is why you open your windows after a hot shower: to let the humidity go out, despite outside having a higher RH than inside. But since the absolute humidity of outside is lower than inside, equilibrium happens by the transfer of low absolute humidity from outside to high absolute humidity of inside. 4- Considering RH without taking into account temperature and pressure is fool's errand.
Thanks for your comment, no doubt other things could effect humidity in the house such as washing or drying clothes but in the context of the channel, those activities are unlikely going to impact the construction of a guitar. The episode is to share with viewers how heating air in our homes can massively reduce RH, thus potentially damaging our instruments. Cheers!
In England you must be heating with electric. In Canada we heat with gas on a furnace of which we put a humidifier right on the the furnace. The humidifier keeps the house about 50 percent humid.
Thanks for watching, Kevin 👍
Finally a good video explaining humidity and our guitars. Great video gentlemen. Can't wait till I can get another Alvarez to review and, of course, to enjoy playing. Again, I think every guitar player should have at least one Alvarez guitar.
I purchased my Yairi in March and store it in the case with humidipaks. The guitar came from California and I live in the high desert in the 4 corners of the United States.
Even careful handling and treatment didn't stop the frets from getting a touch sharp. The climate has a huge effect no matter what you do. I have seen it before, and some guitars just seem to have to adjust to where they live.
It definitely does, thanks for watching, Isadore. Hope you are loving your Yairi 👍
Professor Meikle does it again! what a wealth of knowledge and excellent explanation. If Alvarez as a company is this committed, then you would be mad not to consider their Guitars. Thanks for such informative information. If I may? can you in one of these sessions, talk about tuning. Why you may have to adjust, slightly flat or sharp certain strings to obtain near perfect tuning.
Thank you, Ron! Great question, we will discuss. Thanks for watching 👍
Sadly a low number of LIKES for an excellent explanation of RH. Great video! I will certainly take a look at your guitars. Thank you.
Thank you, @Mrk Wil1234, for watching Alvarez TV! 👍
It’s great to see that a guitar builder is better at teaching physics and physics teacher
Thanks for watching, @emaneercsadeeni 👍
I've owned over 20 higher and mid level acoustics best way to humidify. Is to get a Nomad sponge type thing bigger not smaller and that's it keep in a hardshell case. I've never had a problem and I lived most of my life in Minnesota.
Sorry but this is incorrect on many levels.
1- Your home actually has many sources of humidity: washing, drying clothes, taking a shower/bath and importantly breathing. This is why building regulations require trickle vents in new double glazed windows and you need a breathable membrane and ventilation in your loft to avoid condensation.
2- If the argument here was correct, that would mean that storing guitars outside would be better than inside during the winter because you would have a higher Relative Humidity (RH) outside than inside, but we all know that may not be the case.
3- Absolute humidity is what matters in Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC) not RH. This is why you open your windows after a hot shower: to let the humidity go out, despite outside having a higher RH than inside. But since the absolute humidity of outside is lower than inside, equilibrium happens by the transfer of low absolute humidity from outside to high absolute humidity of inside.
4- Considering RH without taking into account temperature and pressure is fool's errand.
Thanks for your comment, no doubt other things could effect humidity in the house such as washing or drying clothes but in the context of the channel, those activities are unlikely going to impact the construction of a guitar. The episode is to share with viewers how heating air in our homes can massively reduce RH, thus potentially damaging our instruments. Cheers!
100% humidity is- fog, not rain
Depends on the temperature of the air