For my much needed education, what is the process of dehumidification?
Set up the dehumidifier for 55% or so, put your guitars in that room, close the door. Done.
...is the correct answer. Get a dehumidifier with a humidity control setting and you are good to go. Most of the big US manufacturers make guitars in factories where the humidity is around 50%, and they suggest keeping the guitars at 45-55% if you can. 55% is way more practical than 45% for most of north island. Humidity in Auckland is usually somewhere between 60 and 80%, though this year has been dryer. Thanks El Nino
In a humidity-controlled room, it does not really matter, long term, if the guitars are in their cases or not. But don't put them in a cupboard and close the door.
This needs work and Grant demurred. He called it a 'worthy folly' which I think is fair.
So because he's accessible, I've asked Trevor Binford to have a look. I'm holding my breath because I fear it's going to be the fiscal equivalent of skydiving without a parachute but this is one of only 10 ever made. Beat that with your 1959 Lesters!
If I can afford it, it deserves to be restored to its full glory.
Folly indeed.
Don't talk to me about failure; sometimes I even fail to disappoint myself.
Slowy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:59 pm
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Deep breath:
This needs work and Grant demurred. He called it a 'worthy folly' which I think is fair.
So because he's accessible, I've asked Trevor Binford to have a look. I'm holding my breath because I fear it's going to be the fiscal equivalent of skydiving without a parachute but this is one of only 10 ever made. Beat that with your 1959 Lesters!
If I can afford it, it deserves to be restored to its full glory.
Folly indeed.
Slowy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:59 pm
Banchetti6.jpgBanchetti1.jpg
Deep breath:
This needs work and Grant demurred. He called it a 'worthy folly' which I think is fair.
So because he's accessible, I've asked Trevor Binford to have a look. I'm holding my breath because I fear it's going to be the fiscal equivalent of skydiving without a parachute but this is one of only 10 ever made. Beat that with your 1959 Lesters!
If I can afford it, it deserves to be restored to its full glory.
Folly indeed.
Looks interesting, can you tell us more about it?
Already have.
One of 10 made by a respected classical guitar builder in 1980. He patterned them off a 1938 Martin D28 with all the good and bad that implies.
Here's one of his usual fare: https://reverb.com/item/39617275-1995-p ... wood-cedar
According to a classical guitar article I found about him, he had Brazilian Rosewood stacked in piles to the ceiling.
As an acoustic guy, this is sub zero cool but it's worked really hard for its living and needs some (probably) expensive love.
Don't talk to me about failure; sometimes I even fail to disappoint myself.
rickenbackerkid wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:47 pm
What does it need, slowy? Looks like a LUVERLY instrument!
There's a bow in the bridge which is robbing power and the frets are doing an impression of one of those old black Gibsons.
It's a folly because nobody outside the classical world has ever heard of Banchetti so it has no value, but ....look at it!
I've "past participle of get" to the stage of looking at old acoustics as the sum of their parts regardless of the name on them. There's some absolute beauties out there (which may require a little fettling) for next to nothing if you keep your wits about you. 1970s mij springs to mind here. If it's a keeper, it's worth it. Anything made in the style of a pre-war Martin, and made well, is definitely worth saving.
1935 Martin D-45, 1942 Gibson Southern Jumbo,1950 Fender Broadcaster, 1954 Fender Strat, 1958 Gibson Moderne prototype, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard.
1958 Fender twin, 1965 Vox AC30, 1966 Marshall JTM 45, 1977 Dumble OD Special.
Big black garbage bag full of original Klon Centaurs and TS808s.
Yes, it should be preserved. For many of those guitars—made Martin-style without a truss rod, it can get expensive. Neck resets and top flattening are big ticket items. But the result should give you another 20 years of service and an even better tone.
