# Guitar help needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-needed/483170 "2009-01-27T02:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-needed/483170/21 "2009-01-27T22:04:45Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > In the hopes of keeping the humidity angle in check, you can make your own “humidifier.” > > 1. Take an old cassette case. If you have a soft plastic one, that’s best, but hard plastic will work as well. > 2. Drill/poke some holes in it. > 3. Cut a kitchen sponge to fit inside. > 4. Wet kitchen sponge with a little water…say, a tsp. > 5. Place in guitar case with guitar. I don’t want to hijack the thread - if we need to, we can start another thread. Bottom line is that the humidification of a guitar is its own kettle of fish, ball of wax, can of worms, what have you. There is no hard n’ fast rule like “any guitarist who knows anything humidifies their guitar.” It _can_ help _some_ guitars in _some_ situations, but again, nothing hard and fast. Further, if your guitar is already stable and you introduce humidification to it, you can throw it out of true, so there _is_ risk… Sorry for being pedantic - I just wanted to get that out there…oh, and read \*\*Carson’s \*\*post - he has more experience than I do with this stuff and he advocates an even more gradual pace. Guitars really, really like being stable - the less you do to them, the better off you are - and if you _do_ have to do stuff to them, do things VERY gradually and let the “system” re-stabilize BEFORE you introduce another variable. As I have heard folks say when describing how to approach the economy’s problems “you don’t want to end up like a fool in the shower, constantly twiddling the hot and cold water and not letting the system catch up to you so you actually know what temperature it is producing…” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-needed/483170/22 "2009-01-27T22:08:48Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I don’t want to hijack the thread - if we need to, we can start another thread. Bottom line is that the humidification of a guitar is its own kettle of fish, ball of wax, can of worms, what have you. There is no hard n’ fast rule like “any guitarist who knows anything humidifies their guitar.” It _can_ help _some_ guitars in _some_ situations, but again, nothing hard and fast. Further, if your guitar is already stable and you introduce humidification to it, you can throw it out of true, so there _is_ risk… > > Sorry for being pedantic - I just wanted to get that out there… I wasn’t trying to imply that everyone should. I did, for awhile, but my guitars seem fine without it. Just an option for those who wish to explore it. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-needed/483170/23 "2009-01-27T22:10:26Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I wasn’t trying to imply that everyone should. I did, for awhile, but my guitars seem fine without it. Just an option for those who wish to explore it. Cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-needed/483170.md?page=1)