Rockin' Blues

Monday, March 27, 2006

Humidifier!

Spring time again after the long cold winter.

Spring time comes with neck related problems.

Neck related problems on the guitars that is.

Both my Gibson 335 and my
70`s Fender Strat got a slightly bend neck this year.

It didn`t bother me so much because i took them to Guitar Man
and Aaron took care of the problems right away.
They both play and sound better than before so i am happy.

The real problem though occured on my Guild acoustic.

The plastic binding around the body got loose and a plastic pad on the back
between the neck and the body too !

This change didn`t happen overnight but gradually over the last two winters.

So i took my guitar over to Jimmy`s and he said that
the wood is dried out and in desperate need of humidity,
which meant that i have to leave it there so he will place it in
a humidified room for two to three days,
and then gradually glue the binding together with the body
so i could have it back in two to three weeks.

A Big and costly job that could be avoided if i had regularly used a humidifier.

Now after a long search i found out the best ones are called:
Oasis Humidifiers.