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Hey everyone. I have a simple question. I live in Tucson, AZ and I'm limited to using a screened-in garage to do all of my sawdust-making. It's very hard to maintain a satisfactory humidity level in that situation, especially always.

If I am building solid body guitars, can I store my wood and instruments in progress in a humidity-controlled area inside the house, bring it out to work on them for a few hours at a time, and then bring them back into storage without still suffering dire consequences?

All ideas are appreciated and I hope you all are having a great day!

Wood moves due to humidity changes. Storing it in a humidity controlled environment and then moving it out to an uncontrolled shop for work is asking for trouble. My experience is that movement including twist/bow is to be expected until it acclimates.

In my experience, going from wet to dry is a bigger problem with regards to cracks on guitars than dry to wet.

Hey John, welcome back, hope you are doing great.

Hi Ian. I feel I have professional credibility to answer this clearly expressed question. Yes, you can, without fear.
Hope that puts your mind at ease.


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