Dried out acoustic top / Guitar humidity question.

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I have a seagull cedar top S6. The top has a slight inward bow. No cracking still plays, pretty good. I was wondering if it’s OK to point a room humidifier towards the sound hole of the guitar? I already ordered the sound hole humidification system from ddardario but I would like to jump start the processs. My room humidifier spout comes out like a focused beam of mist. Would focusing it at the sound hole humidify the guitar way too quickly?
 

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I have a seagull cedar top S6. The top has a slight inward bow. No cracking still plays, pretty good. I was wondering if it’s OK to point a room humidifier towards the sound hole of the guitar? I already ordered the sound hole humidification system from ddardario but I would like to jump start the processs. My room humidifier spout comes out like a focused beam of mist. Would focusing it at the sound hole humidify the guitar way too quickly?
Don't try to rush it.
Just keep the guitar in a properly humidified environment and let it slowly acclimate.
If it's going to get better, let it do so at its own pace.
 

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You can also get one of those Snake Damp It things that clips on to one of the strings and then gets placed inside the soundhole in the body , along with using a room humidifier should work well.
 
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