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Location: NW NJ | My wife - the angel that she is - decided that the 2002 Collectors was just about the most beautiful thing that she had ever seen and that it would make a great present for me for Christmas and to hang on the wall as art. There have been a couple of them on Ebay recently and she bid on one and won it. Daddy's happy and Mommy's happy - what a country!
Now here's my question.
Since the top is a laminate, how susceptable is it to humidity fluctuations, especially in the winter. Will it be OK to leave it on the wall as art? The house has a humidifier on the furnace and as near as I can tell with my hygrometer, the humidity hasn't gotten below 43%. I have a 90 something SMT that I leave hanging all the time with no problems, but to be safe in the winter, I put the 6778LX and the 1778T away in their cases with humidifiers. SO, how about the panelmaster top on the 2002 Collectors? Can my wife have it as eye candy in the winter too, or should it go into hibernation? |
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Location: NJ | slack the strings and put a sound hole humidifier in it and life will be good. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I would think that a panelmaster would be inherently more stable than a solid wood. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes, it's better but not totally foolproof. Get a Dampit and hang it down the soundhole when it's not being played, should be OK. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Actually you do need to keep humidity around for the neck. Don't want that moving too much. |
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Location: NJ | cwk
usually slacking the strings will do it. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes but that leads to not playing it since it's such a pita to have to retune all the time. And then when you really want to play it a string breaks..... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'd treat it the same as your solid wood tops. If you want to check the accuracy of your hygrometer, I posted a science experiment a while back. It really works. Just use the search function. From everything I've read, you want to keep the humidity above 40 and below 60. |
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