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Great forum! I’m a musician thinking about moving to Costa Rica. I own a few guitars that require humidity levels to be between 45 – 65%, but preferably at 50%. Is it possible to keep a room in a house at this level if you live close to the ocean. Every time I’ve been there, it’s been pretty humid (compared to Los Angeles, CA where I live now) and I’m worried about the effect humidity can have on my wood and metal equipment. Thanks.
Hi there,
I moved here 10 years ago with all my guitars. Gibson 1950 acoustic, 1958 Hollow body, Tele, 64 Jag etc… I lived at beach with no A/C for 4 years, San Jose 3 years and now in the mountains 3 years and they are all fine… With no A/C. I wouldn’t worry about it myself. Come down get a feel for the place. If you really decide to move then you bring them and they will acclimate just like you 😉 If you must have A/C I’m sure you can find a place somewhere… but personally I think that is worse. If you go out to play somewhere there will not be A/C and the extreme climate change from A/C to nature could cause problems. Besides, the wood to make the guitars probably came from a tropical region of the world so it will be happy to be home in its’ natural habitat 😆In the Grecia, Atenas, San Ramon area we have continuous humidity in the 70-80% range, which is a bit high (but not excessive) for cigars but I can’t speak for guitars… (ok, the humor is probably lost on many.) My Takameni and a friend’s Martin seem to do fine, but I’m not a professional musician.
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