gemyneye
So many guitars, not enough time
- Joined
- May 7, 2022
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Good day,
Ok, so, I have struggled with this for a while. I have 2 acoustics (McPherson MG 3.5 and 1976 Martin D35S) that I keep in their cases ALL the time and only take them out when I play them, I make sure the hydration is right, although having to check on them is a bit of a pain and have looked at the bluetooth monitors, I've just stuck with the gauges in the cases.
But I have also keep all my electrics (1976 Gibson ES-335, 2007 CE22, 2018 McCarty 594, 2021 Silver Sky, 2020 CU24, 2020 McCarty 594 (HB), 2021 Fiore, 277, 2022 Studio, 2021 CE24) in their cases. I will take one guitar out at a time and hang it on the guitar stand and it will be the one I play until I switch it out. Now I do not have a separate control for my music room and it stays around 73-78 in the summer with 37-42% humidity, and 70-73 and 30-35% humidity in the winter. In the winter, it will sometimes get down to the high 20's %.
What I'm considering is whether to get a stringswing floor rack (hanging them on the wall isn't an option in my room), but I don't know if that will affect the guitars and how worried I even have to be with that. I would love to be able to grab any guitar at any moment and play. It's the beauty of my collection is every time I pick it up, I fall in love with it again and again. Even my CE22 that I've had for 14 years.
Any recommendations? Am I overly concerned with keeping them in their cases? I do apologize if this has been posted elsewhere and I did research and ended up more confused than informed.
Thanks!
Ok, so, I have struggled with this for a while. I have 2 acoustics (McPherson MG 3.5 and 1976 Martin D35S) that I keep in their cases ALL the time and only take them out when I play them, I make sure the hydration is right, although having to check on them is a bit of a pain and have looked at the bluetooth monitors, I've just stuck with the gauges in the cases.
But I have also keep all my electrics (1976 Gibson ES-335, 2007 CE22, 2018 McCarty 594, 2021 Silver Sky, 2020 CU24, 2020 McCarty 594 (HB), 2021 Fiore, 277, 2022 Studio, 2021 CE24) in their cases. I will take one guitar out at a time and hang it on the guitar stand and it will be the one I play until I switch it out. Now I do not have a separate control for my music room and it stays around 73-78 in the summer with 37-42% humidity, and 70-73 and 30-35% humidity in the winter. In the winter, it will sometimes get down to the high 20's %.
What I'm considering is whether to get a stringswing floor rack (hanging them on the wall isn't an option in my room), but I don't know if that will affect the guitars and how worried I even have to be with that. I would love to be able to grab any guitar at any moment and play. It's the beauty of my collection is every time I pick it up, I fall in love with it again and again. Even my CE22 that I've had for 14 years.
Any recommendations? Am I overly concerned with keeping them in their cases? I do apologize if this has been posted elsewhere and I did research and ended up more confused than informed.
Thanks!