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duende

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to Gecko) 
this morning it was 60% in my case. Now it´s down to 35%

don´t worrie. Nothing wet is touching my guitar.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 31 2006 17:55:46
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella) 
Important notice.

Make sure your rags etc. do NOT get in direct contact with the guitar. Put everything in some kind of container, like the soap box that Gecko described. French polish and water is a VERY bad mixture

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 1 2006 6:59:43
 
duende

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to Guest) 
ok.

the space under the neck has a lid. it´s closet. so theres no contact with water.
I think im gona buy a bunch of flowers and put in the guitar room.

also i wonder. all my guitars are in theire cases, so if i get up to 40-50% will they feel the humidity? or is it pointless since they are inside the cases?

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 1 2006 8:20:11
 
Gecko

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to duende) 
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ORIGINAL: duende

ok.

the space under the neck has a lid. it´s closet. so theres no contact with water.
I think im gona buy a bunch of flowers and put in the guitar room.

also i wonder. all my guitars are in theire cases, so if i get up to 40-50% will they feel the humidity? or is it pointless since they are inside the cases?


Yes, they should be fine.

The room where I keep my guitars is about 12' X 15' (3.6 X 4.6m). Last fall I purchased a cool mist humidifier and keep it in that room. These, or something similar should be available in Sweden. Here, I have to fill it twice daily, so that's 4 gallons ( a little over 15 liters) of water I pump into that room in 24 hours. This keeps that room between 40-45 % RH and I have to run it 24/7. I also keep a soundhole humidifier in each guitar.

Given the time it's going to take you to keep all your rags, socks etc damp it may be a good deal for you. Here, they run about $50 US.



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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 1 2006 11:29:27
 
Ryan002

 

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella) 
(Skai, Yes it's from Tomas. The reason for the Raimundo is simply that it responds well to the way I play. Many of the others I tried (I went through a few more in the Parklane and Bras Basah area) suffered from problems, not inherent in the make, but from the way I handled them. I am extremely vicious on the strings and many guitars just don't sound good under a heavy hand...

I like the sound and the way it responds, but the sound and feel I like ranges from "barely contained agression" to "seething" so my opinion may not be shared by many. I tend to steer away from lilting or rich, full tones...I feel less expressive when I work with those).

Going back to the crack...is it actually possible to *split* the wood from sheer humidity or the lack thereof? I am under the impression that barring laminates, wood warping under temperature conditions couldn't be drastic enough to alter tone production surely. And guitar stores usually keep the products outside and out of the display case...would that have an effect?
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 1 2006 15:25:42
 
duende

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to Gecko) 
i bought a humifire 2 days a go. warm steem 4 liters

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 1 2006 19:56:37
 
Skai

 

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to duende) 
For our climate, it is generally safe (or not very dangerous) when we keep guitars in air-conditioned rooms. So there are no problems in shops here since the air-con is turned on most of the time.

But our climate might warp guitar necks if we don't watch out. I have a classical guitar destroyed by the weather here. Pathetic sustain and intonation problems after these 3 years. And it's an Alhambra which still sounds excellent, not some lousy brand.

Understandably, I only like rich sounds in classical guitars, not flamenco. I've a rather heavy touch as well but yet the guitars at Tomas don't capture my attention at all. Which model does it happen to be?

As for the cracks, I think it is highly possible in extreme weather conditions. Looking at Henrik's guitar, my heart aches for him. Whether it affects tone or not, no decent guitar should be cracked that bad, it's just not right!

The 7Fc has frankly very little flamenco tone, but Henrik, it makes for a great classical guitar for Spanish classical masterpieces! You just need to raise the action a wee bit and it's a wonderful guitar. I've had much luck with playing classical on it. Tone changing is quite controllable, decent volume, ease of playing.. It's a great classical guitar, somewhat like what Roland Dyens uses, not something with long sustain and rich sounds, but something lively with verve.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 2 2006 10:05:35
 
duende

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to Skai) 
I love my 7FC hope i love Anders guitar more


i have realised it´s quite impossibel to rais the humidity in our appartment.
is around 30% not matter how much i use the humifire
it would be another matter if i had a guitar room where i kept my guitars and did my practice time. now i don´t so i have to rais the humidity everywhere.

Better buy more flowers

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 2 2006 11:07:50
 
Gecko

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to duende) 
Looks like you're doing about all you can do, given your living arrangement. Is there a closet or other small storage space you could put them in with the humidifier? The higher humidity levels shouldn't hurt cloths, but it might leather goods, shoes, etc.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 2 2006 11:19:13
 
duende

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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to Gecko) 
the only closets we have hardly has any heath. we have a Attic appartment or penthouse
so our closets are more out in the attic. with a temprature of like +2-5c this time of year and around +30 in summer. Not good for guitars. The only other closets we have are for small ones for cloths.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Feb. 2 2006 11:31:37
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