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It seems a shame to have a beautiful guitar hidden in the case when not played, as practical as it may seem. Just curious how many of you out there display your guitar somehow when not in use. Be it on a guitar stand, display cabinet, hanging on the wall on a hook, etc..
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Peter Tsiorba Classical-Flamenco-Guitars tsiorba.com
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
I would love to have on display especially since I have a few, but Pittsburgh's winter is sometimes from October to April that is seven months with the forced air heat blowing in the apartment. So they are all in the case with some humidity help. But maybe the craftsman that you are you could build me a nice wooden and glass case installed with a humidification system.
On another note I know Mark Ferguson, and I have had the opportunity to play a great little peg head blanca of yours. Keep up the great work.
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
The guitar is beautiful...but fragile. So I keep it in its case when not in use. If I intend to play is soon, I'll engage one latch. I didn't do that years ago and picked up the case and the the guitar went flying across the room. I always think of that when returning the guitar to its case.
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From: York, England
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to ToddK)
I keep three guitars in my living room on stands. My wife is very tolerant! I have a blanca and negra which I made myself and an Amalio Burguet which I usually keep in a different tuning. I can just pick up a guitar with no messing about with cases.
But here in the UK humidity is not usually a problem once the guitar is made. Of course, in the workshop I have to dehumidify down to 50%. Although the ambient humidity drops as low as 40% sometimes, dryness is not often a problem here.
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
I keep my "swing around guitar" in a corner in the living room. Always ready for a couple of notes. The rest in their cases in a cabinet in my humidity controled workshop. To be honest, IMO good guitars should ALWAYS be in their cases or in a cabinet with controlled humidity.
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
I keep a hygrometer in my room, if humidity drops below 45 I keep the guitar in a case with humidifier. The guitar is a cheap one, it's already had some shrinkage of fretboard and cracks forming on the sides where the fretboard lies over the top, these are repaired and reinforced but serve as a lesson to me. Anything more valuable I would always keep in a humidity controlled case when not playing.
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
Guitars sound better if they stay out a lot. That's been my experience. If the weather is particularly dry then I case them and humidify them. I hate to say it, but I think wood that goes through the natural cycles of the seasons just sounds better. Constantly cased guitars sound muted in my experience.
My guitars have all sounded better, after a few weeks at my mom's house out in Colorado at 9000 feet. It's almost like the high altitude forces the trapped moisture from the cellular structure of the wood. After which they sound much more open, even after coming back to Chicagoland where I live year round.
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From: Leigh, Lancashire, UK
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
Louis_B has: - 3 (2 blancas, 1 classical) on a stand in the living room. - 2 (1 acoustic, 1 electric) in his bedroom. - 1 negra on order for next year.
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From: Boston, MA, U.S.A
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Graham_B)
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Louis_B has: - 3 (2 blancas, 1 classical) on a stand in the living room. - 2 (1 acoustic, 1 electric) in his bedroom. - 1 negra on order for next year.
I need a bigger house!!
what instruments do you have in the bathroom and kitchen? lol.
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Guitars sound better if they stay out a lot. That's been my experience. If the weather is particularly dry then I case them and humidify them. I hate to say it, but I think wood that goes through the natural cycles of the seasons just sounds better. Constantly cased guitars sound muted in my experience.
interesting. do you have a humidifier in your case? it might be that you're over-humidifying your guitar. that has happened to me before and the guitar sounded like a wet blanket.
back to the original question: i first started playing with a cheap classical which i left out so i could pick it up and play something every time i passed it. now i leave my flamenco in it's case since i now have the motivation to take it out and play for a couple of hours. if i had more room and a nicer guitar, i'd put it in a humidified display.
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
It seems most of you are worried about making the guitar too dry. In Portland, Oregon, where I make guitars, it hardly ever gets below 45 percent RH. I have to dry-out my workshop down to 45--48 RH. I can afford to keep my guitars out of the case most of the time, because in the house, it usually stays somewhere between 50--65 RH.
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Peter Tsiorba Classical-Flamenco-Guitars tsiorba.com
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
I only humidify my guitars when we're running the furnace in the winter, and the humidity gets really low in the house. After the guitars are a couple years old, and have stabilized it's not something I worry about too much.
I still think that guitars that are over cared for don't sound as good as guitars that get used. Sort of like wives, you should hear the voice mine has ... :)
RE: Where is your guitar when not pl... (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)
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Very bad FengShui! For flamenco guitars you definitely want the east wing
No no no, you are all wrong. East wing means sun in the morning. Flamenco guitars dont like to wake up early and besides they like the sun a lot, so definately the south wing......
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