Gearhead wrote
guitarboy2828 wrote
However, it was an older guitar, and obviously not handcrafted and so as the wood aged, it started "bending", and the wood holding it together slowly started separating from the guitar.. Eventually, it started making funny sounds and I couldn't play it..
This would have nothing to do with hand crafted or not, older guitar or new, but with humidity. Sounds very much like you ruined your own guitar by not humidifying it enough.
His location is Ballito. I doubt the problem is too little humidity ? Too much humidity can also cause problems, but isn't usually as dangerous as too little.