Humidity level for winter

[buldog5151bass]

There is no one answer, you want to keep the humidity as consistent as possible. There is a big difference if you live in the Arizona desert or the Florida keys.

 

[fokof]

..... Or in Canada , where electric heating dries up the room and gets to 80%+ in summer.

The point of the thread was : whats the number
Seems like all other questions on the internet , it gets all over the place.

I keep it AT 50/60% and have good results.
( URB and electric bass )

 

[Pilgrim]

I have lived at 5,000 feet in Colorado for the past 24 years. It's a somewhat arid climate and most of that time I haven't had any humidifier. Summer humidity probably runs about 40%, but in the winter it drops lower. I'm pretty sure I've seen 10% a few times. Right now it's 27% inside the house, and that's with a humidifier on the furnace (it runs higher downstairs where the furnace is located.)

I've had basses arrive with fret sprout, but I've never had one develop it after it got here. My 1963 P with a 1972 neck has never developed fret sprout.

I don't deny that having reasonable humidity is a good thing. I'm not sure what "reasonable" is. Running a humidifier in the room where instruments are stored isn't a bad idea, and I've tried it for a while, but the cost/benefit equation (pain in the butt to keep refilling vs. benefit) eventually led to me selling the humidifier and going without.

I remain unconvinced that it's a mission-critical issue.