mellowgerman
Senior Member
After having a small swarm of termites flying around in our apartment the other night and doing some corresponding research in an attempt to educate myself about them, i started wondering about the potential thread of wood-munchers to my instruments. The landlord is aware of the issue and is deciding what kind of action to take. From what our monthly pest control guy said, i guess pretty much all the beautiful old wood houses here in central Florida have issues with termites. Even tenting and treating the house usually only keeps them away for a year or so.
Regardless, has anyone ever heard of guitars or wood hardshell cases being at risk? I poked around the web a bit on the topic with very little results. I would imagine that hollowbodies and acoustics would be most at risk due to the exposed wood inside the body, where little light ends up reaching (or perhaps ported speaker cabinets as well)? Perhaps the wood in there would be too dry for them anyway? I store all my guitars upright in their hard cases, lined up leaning against my bedroom wall. The floor is painted over hardwood. Am i just "freakin out, man"? What do you guys think.
On a fascinating, loosely-related side note:
https://benedettoguitars.com/boutique/il-teredo/
Regardless, has anyone ever heard of guitars or wood hardshell cases being at risk? I poked around the web a bit on the topic with very little results. I would imagine that hollowbodies and acoustics would be most at risk due to the exposed wood inside the body, where little light ends up reaching (or perhaps ported speaker cabinets as well)? Perhaps the wood in there would be too dry for them anyway? I store all my guitars upright in their hard cases, lined up leaning against my bedroom wall. The floor is painted over hardwood. Am i just "freakin out, man"? What do you guys think.
On a fascinating, loosely-related side note:
https://benedettoguitars.com/boutique/il-teredo/
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