Very High Humidity Area - Bangkok

[Fatbelly]

Hi everyone
I live on the out skirts of Bangkok where the temperature and humidity combinations are severe.
The main point of my post is an age old question, Rosewood fretboard care in this environment. I know Indian Rosewood is a tropical species naturally, but once cut and made in to a guitar fretboard will it dry out in sub-tropical conditions. So just considering oiling/conditioning regime, I know PRS advise one to two times a year in 'normal' conditions.
As a side note to the severity of the conditions;
My SE Custom 24's tuning varies from morning to afternoon with the variation of the climate. My Custom 24 does not seem so bad, but I have not used that as much as my SE as it is a resent purchase.
The heat and humidity destroys many products here.
Thanks in advance

 

[Fatbelly]

Here an issue with the nitro finish on my SE custom 24 that I noticed last night after practice, during cleaning. It's in the cut out where the SE rests on my leg when sitting down.

 

[Herr Squid]

Here's some raw information, though I don't know how it applies to a very humid part of the world:

The US PRS factory goes to a lot of effort to dry their wood as much as they can. They believe it's the best way to make a guitar stable. That's time consuming and expensive. I don't know that the SE factories dry the wood as much.

I live in a dry desert climate and find the guitars to be very stable. I oil the rosewood to keep the surface of the wood in good shape. Temperatures vary here from ~30 - ~100 Fahrenheit but the humidity doesn't change a lot. I don't find that I have to do more then retune my electric guitars as weather changes.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Not sure that any other of the SE range are finished in nitro.

 

[Fatbelly]

Thanks for the information. It averages here 25c (77f) at night to 45c (113f) day time this time of year the humidity reads 80 - 100%, you sweat standing still breathing......hahaha ( think of Robin Williams weather report in Good Morning Vietnam)
I know the guys take great pains to dry the wood so the wood 'rings'
Again thanks.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Thanks for the information. It averages here 25c (77f) at night to 45c (113f) day time this time of year the humidity reads 80 - 100%, you sweat standing still breathing......hahaha ( think of Robin Williams weather report in Good Morning Vietnam)
I know the guys take great pains to dry the wood so the wood 'rings'
Again thanks.

“hotter than a snakes.....”?

 

[Fatbelly]

Not sure that any other of the SE range are finished in nitro.

The 35th Anniversary Pauls Guitar SE has nitro over cellulose according to PRS web page

 

[Alnus Rubra]

The 35th Anniversary Pauls Guitar SE has nitro over cellulose according to PRS web page

I sit corrected! After all it is my go to position during lockdown.

Maybe an ingress of moisture in your humid climate.

 

[Fatbelly]

I sit corrected! After all it is my go to position during lockdown.

Maybe an ingress of moisture in your humid climate.

hahaha........my chair now thinks it part of my backside

 

[Alnus Rubra]

hahaha........my chair now thinks it part of my backside

Trying to get back into some sort of exercise regime and move from “morbidly obese” to “obese”!

Your CU24 is a hottie by the way.

 

[Fatbelly]

Thanks.
The quality of the SE is what shocked me. I have two other guitars made by a competitor and straight out the box the SE is on a different level. Its what made me invest in the CU24.
Such a great guitar

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Thanks.
The quality of the SE is what shocked me. I have two other guitars made by a competitor and straight out the box the SE is on a different level. Its what made me invest in the CU24.
Such a great guitar

Yeah my SE245 “gift guitar” is absolutely incredible!

The SE range is a definite “gateway drug”.