Adam Sandler

To tell you the truth. Shooting to hold 45% at 70 in your climate is probably not that big of a deal compaired to what your house is going to be at naturally. If I were you and basically my normal humidity is very similar to yours. I would not be extreamly worried about the changes given you have the wood in a temp controlled(and humidity controlled to an extent) in your house. The actual movement you will see in the wood after it has stabalized to your workshop vs a 70deg. 45% workshop will be very slight. I would even suspect your greatest changes may occur in transit to the other shop. Anyhow... here is a link to a great source for info-click .

P.S. Generally the moisture content of wood I keep in my workshop stays between 6-8% moisture content(generally closer to 8%). I do not really take extra ordinary measures to control humidity. The one time of the year I am generally the most concerned about is the summer when the air conditioning runs for a couple weeks. The house gets notably dryer during that time and warmer and dryer air can really dry things quickly. It is not a problem for the wood that has been in my shop and is staying put. However shipping wood to other places or bringing in new wood that is not aclimatized yet is more touchy.

Peace,Rich

Isn't that pretty much desert dry (6-8%)???

My area ranges from roughly 33%-69% (51% avg) in the winter and im sure its a little higher in the summer. All my meters are reading with in 5% of each other so i am taking the average of those and coming up with a rough idea of what it is in the rooms. It gets kind of dry in the upper (30%-40%) level of my house during the winter casue of the heat though. Im not shipping my guitars anywhere. They just go back in the causes, although I am going to California with my Les Paul in February. Gibon told me they keep there factory at 45% and 70 degrees which I am trying to replicate.

So I have gone a little humidity obsessive lately? I bought a dehumidifer for my basement (where I would like to store...ranges from 40%-55% right now) casue it was to humid. I bought a humidifier for my bedroom (where I currently store...ranges from 35%-50%) becasue it was to dry. Can anyone help me out with the ranges of humidty and what they will do to guitars? And would be a good % to keep these rooms at?

I have a Les Paul Custom in Apline White. I bought new in 2003 and it was made in 2002. Lately I have been noticing that the finish has been turning a yellowish color. It rarely if ever sees sunlight. Is this a normal thing to happen to a white guitar? Anything I can do to prevent this from happening further? Anyone have thoughts about refinishing the guitar (value and playability)? Help would gretaly be appreciated.