What is the best way to care for a vintage guitar?

Question

I was recently given a Gibson ES-125 and would love to keep it around for a while. Should I keep the strings on? Keep it dry or humid? What else needs to be done to maintain it?

Answer 1

If stored in its case I would loosen the strings a bit that way before you play it will be easier to clean any dust that is located around the pickups.

I do not know about this model but my DH has several guitars one of which is his grandfathers.  On the wooden bodies he will periodically dust and wax it with bowling alley wax.  Additionally too much humidity could possibly warp something which is not good but too dry can dry out the wood, you really want a happy medium.  But dry is easier to counteract by inspecting your instrument and using an appropriate wood moisturizer or wax more often.