Effects of temperature and humidity changes on the guitar

Effects of temperature and humidity changes on the guitar

The impact of changes in temperature and humidity on the guitar because of bad weather caused some guitar appear crack, deformation, we sort out some common sense about the guitar maintenance to be aggregated, for with the Aegean classmates take good care of it! When the wood is lost, it will shrink.

When the wood absorbs water, it expands.

Use the following table to see the changes in the guitar in the humidity change process:

Relative humidity

Short term exposure (1-3 days)

Long term exposure (3 or more)

90% - 100%

Extreme high humidity range

Piano body began to swell, the sound quality of the decline, playing feel worse, the back of the sound beam may be due to the expansion of wood and wood, the string is in a short period of time will become very high.

All the bonded parts will start to loose. The sound beam Huisong front and back off, the bridge will be pulled from the panel, the panel raised in the bridge before and after the expansion of the guitar. If the glue is not solid, the guitar will not be able to play. It will be raised 14. The guitar is going to go inside. Guitar may self disintegration.

85% - 90%

High humidity range

Piano body began to expand, a slight decline in the quality of sound, playing touch down, the chord distance becomes high.

The sound beam in a few weeks later began to loosen, the panel and the backboard becomes very swollen, unscrew the loosened or with a panel of separation, the performance is affected. 14 at the beginning of the fingerboard, guitar may start to mildew.

70% - 85%

Medium high humidity range

Sound quality starts to fall. The panel begins to swell. The pitch may be slightly elevated.

The panel and the back swell phenomenon, the player to feel. The 14 fingerboard products began to bulge. A few months later, the guitar began to have a taste of mildew.

55%-70%

Safe range

Moderate exposure in this environment will not be a big problem.

The panel and the back panel may be raised slightly more than the normal level. Playing touch will be affected.

42%-55%

Safe range

There is no problem in this kind of environment.

There is no problem in this kind of environment.

35%-42%

Moderate humidity range

Moderate exposure in this environment will not be a big problem.

Silk edge may feel sharp, the panel is slightly convex, chord length may reduce the number, on both sides of the tremolo may will sag, guitar may play products.

25%-35%

Low humidity range

The edge of the wire becomes sharp, and the panel may start to be slightly depressed.

Goods silk edge feeling sharp, the panel and the backboard will become flat or depressed, feel the lower chord distance, guitar is likely to play product, on both sides of the bridge began to sag, a few months later tremolo will be pulled or break.

20%-25%

Low humidity range

Silk feels sharp. The panel began to sag. The chord length will be reduced very quickly, and the guitar will be.

Silk edge will feel very sharp, the panel and the backboard will become very flat or depressed, the fingerboard last 6 product may fall into the holes, chord distance will be lower, the guitar will play product, on both sides of the bridge will appear sunken, cracks in the panel will extend to the end of the guitar, tremolo may will be pulled down.

10%-20%

Very low humidity range

The product silk feels very sharp, the face plate and the back board gradually sunken, the chord distance can reduce quickly, the guitar gradually hits the product. From the bridge to the rear panel began to crack, the bridge began to degumming.

Silk edge feeling very sharp, sag of the panel and the backboard and finally six varieties in May will fall within the scope of the holes and string spacing will be lower, the guitar will play product, on both sides of the bridge will appear sunken, the panel will big cracks, and will extend to the end of the guitar, tremolo degumming is pulled down. A sound circle and increased significantly.

0%-10%

Ultra low humidity range

Silk feels very sharp, sag of the panel and the backboard, chord length decreased rapidly, the guitar began to hit products, panel began to crack, especially bridge to the bottom of the panel and unscrew the degumming fall.

Silk edge feeling very sharp, sag of the panel and the backboard and finally six varieties in May will fall within the scope of the holes, the chord distance will be extremely low, the fingerboard upper and lower parts of the product, on both sides of the bridge will appear sunken, the panel will big cracks, and will extend to the end of the panel, the bridge off glue is pulled down. The sound hole ring with significantly increased. No separate panel edge guitar guitar sound beam extrusion high places is the location of the sound beam.

As you can see, the effect of humidity on the guitar is very large and it is necessary to take the following measures.

Many people believe that expensive guitars are not affected by relative humidity fluctuations. In fact, the high end guitar is more sensitive to the humidity than the ordinary guitar. A high level of guitar using a thinner wood and paint, it is more vulnerable to the impact of weather changes than the guitar.

Summer maintenance

Although we are creating for you the guitar wood is 3 to 5 years of age in each part of the adhesive, wrapping, etc., may have to spend nearly a year's time to stabilize. Excessive moisture intrusion, will make the guitar inflated, unless special maintenance, or your instrument will be damaged.

NAGA guitar at the time of production, the strict control of humidity between 38% to 45%. The temperature is relative to 20 degrees Celsius (75 Fahrenheit). When the relative humidity is more than 60%, the guitar will start to expand. You should pay attention to the following expansion of the symptoms:

The most common, the panel will begin to swell (or expand), and the surface of the panel will begin to distort. In the lack of angle guitar model is particularly evident. In this case, the back plate will swell (swell) and distort. From the back of the front and the back of the head part of the depression.