How about them apples indeed!
Another thing that can help: When you take a shower, donāt turn on the exhaust fan. I usually see a bump of about 5% on that end of the house when I do that.
Time to humidify
I had my D18 GE sitting out of itās case at the end of the house away from the humidifier for a few days (I think it was 3). Humidity was reading around 35 in that room. This is similar conditions where I had left other guitars sitting out for several days with no noticeable effect. However, on the GE, itās top had dropped enough to where the belly was about even with the edges of the guitar. That is to say, a straight edge place just below the bridge did not rock. I have since kept it on the more humid end of the house and kept the case humidification going. After three or four days, there is a bit of belly, but itās not quite back up where I like it. Why did that guitar sink in the same conditions that didnāt affect others similarly? I donāt know. Maybe adirondack is more prone to shrinking. Maybe my other guitars are already drier. Regardless, I figured Iād post that not all guitars react to humidity the same way.
As a side note, the GE sounded really good with it dried out like that. Maybe they sound best a bit drier than āideal.ā
Thatās interesting.
It could be the lighter bracing or the position of the bracing being an inch below the soundhole ( I think thatās correct on a Golden Era). That would cause the bridge area to be weaker giving the string tension more leverage against the bridge. But after I read what I just wrote, I would think that would cause it to belly more. Maybe it is the Adirondack. I dunno, Iām glad you caught it before it got worse.
Did you get any string buzz? That would lower the action some I would think.
My house is so dry, Iāll play one for awhile and put it back in itās case and get another one out and play it. That keeps them in the humidification and not be exposed too long. It seems to be working, I havenāt seen any noticable changes in them all winter and this has been a rough one.
J.W.
It did lower the action a bit. The strings were approaching getting buzzy, but not enough to where it bothered me. I measured the action today (after the top had come back up a bit), and the difference at the 12th fret wasnāt really measurable to my eye. Anyway, it played and sounded wonderful, but it was headed in a structurally bad direction.
As far as the effect of the bracing position, that could well be the culprit and I didnāt think of that. It does seem kind of counter-intuitive that as it dries, it sunk. The way I think of it is that the top (and bracing) pull back tighter as they shrink (which in turn creates more opposition to the string tension thereby reducing belly). Hey, I just had a great idea. If I dry out my back, will that give me six pack abs?
My head now hurts from reading this thread.
There was some sort of ADD-yet-staying-on-topic ju-ju going on that is perplexing me as Iām not even sure itās plausible.
I hear ya! I canāt even enjoy an apple anymore. Always wanting to save halfā¦. John
I took a half an apple away from my 3-year old last night and put it in my banjo case. I donāt think Iāve ever seen a more confused look on her face.
Hey guys and gals, get the case humidifiers going, steal a half an apple from your confused toddlers and fill up the humidifiers. The airmass moving across the US is one of the driest of the winter (and weāve had quite a few dry ones this season). At a jam tonight we noticed a small neck block crack on a friendās gorgeous bearclaw top 
Itās time for my regularly scheduled humidity warning. I got my humidifier fired up for the first time since spring. The latest front dropped it quite a bit.
Yep, put new filters in mine and have it on standby! Fired up the heater and started burning wood a couple of weeks ago.
Got all my sponges ready to go! It was 70 and sunny on Tuesday. Supposed to be a high of 40 on Friday and possible snow on Sunday.
If everything goes as planned the next couple days, I may need to buy one more sponge. GAS is a terrible thing. 
Whatcha getting Shawn?
Maybe he/she could throw in a sponge into the deal?
Iām supposed to meet Buck (Todd from UMGF) Saturday to buy his '06 D18A. I just canāt hold off on these any longer. 
I have looked at that one on buy/sell a few times. Looks about perfect. I hope you dig it!
Thanks Mike. Iām pretty excited! This will be the first one Iāve played.
Hey Shawnā¦ To paraphrase an old āBoyās Lifeā joke:
How do you keep a turkey in suspense? Tell us forum members you are going to look at a D18A and then donāt post for a few days
Yeah Shawn, whatās up with that anyway. We āturkeysā would like to know the rest of the story!
J.W.
Sorry about that guys! 
I brought her home with me! Iāve been playing the crap out of it the last two days. Itās sounds pretty darn good although it feels a little stiff like my D28 did when it was new. Even though it is 8 years old I donāt think itās been played a lot, or at least not played with a heavy right hand. When I play it pretty hard for over an hour, I can feel it starting to come alive and developing a whole other level of sound/tone. Iām guessing it has a pretty stiff piece of Adi as itās pretty tight and even grained. Sounds great capoed, just rings like a bell. It has some fairly new strings on it so I still hear alot of ānew string zingā so itās hard to really hear the guitars real tone.
This guitar has a lot of hype to live up to in my mind and Iām not going to give it a pass on rep alone. I am totally happy with it as it is, but I just know it has more to give, I can feel/hear it at times. Only time will tell.
Getting a picture togetherā¦
Sorry if these are too big.
Simple (in a good way) and gorgeous!