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At most you may need to be mindful of how you store the guitar. Perhaps keep it in its case with a humidifier?
I may be wrong but I believe the humidity issue relates more to dramatic changes in humidity (such as moving from one part of the US to another) than living in a fairly constant level of humidity. Although willing to be told I'm wrong on this by someone more knowledgeable.
Run a *de*humidifer in the vicinity...buy a hygrometer so you can keep your eye on it...keep it in its case if required.
I did'nt want to spend £'s on an acoustic and then get it damaged with humidity issues.
I like the ideas about storing it in the case with a humidifier.
@Teyeplayer - what have you done! Those Brooke guitars look fantastic and they are not far from me. I love the look of the Teign, but a new one would cost about £3k
Keep an eye on the secondhand market @DevonChris they do come up for under 2k and if you intend to spend what i suspect is in the region of 1200-1800 on a guitar, for the extra outlay you get something that is a cut above a mass produced instrument (says he that loves his Martin).
You are correct, I was thinking of £1k - 2k budget, and there are some superb guitars being sold on this forum for that. I'll have to give the Brooke guitars some thought. It would be awesome to buy such a great guitar from a local Devon luthier.
It's good to know that there won't be issues with damp - Okehampton gets more rain than Tavistock, which you probably know.
You'll note ofcourse that I am a GAS facilitator.
I'd better put you on my ignore list quickly (if there is one) Thanks for your help, though.
I'm looking for a long term acoustic so I'm going to spend some time trying to find the right one. I've had my Strat for 11 years and that isn't going anywhere so it would be awesome to find an acoustic that I feel as good about and want to keep.
I really appreciate everyone's help in this thread - it has taken a bit of an unexpected turn though!
Sure instruments react to the moisture in the atmosphere, they may swell slightly or not sound quite so 'crisp' but the problems they have in the US and elsewhere in particular with the excessively LOW rh have been imported via the internet - oh no u might have to move from that damp Victorian house to a new build brown brick estate to save your guitars .
Yep - good point. Thanks
happy pickin
I've drawn a lot confidence from this thread that a good acoustic would be fine in our house, but I will keep it in a case with a humidifier, just to be sure.