Wall Hangings

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I have my guitars on wall mount hooks. I started to think about it (duh- after they were already up on the wall) and thought that this might not be such a good idea.

Does gravitational pull affect the neck? Is there any potential damage having them vertical with just the hook? I dunno- but now my wife likes them up on the wall and I don't...

Who is willing to jump in and referee?
 
How do they display them in the guitar store.


I am thinking of hanging mine on the wall but have not done it yet.
 
Wall hangers are better for the neck than stands and the guitar is less prone to accidents if hung correctly.
 
hixmix said:
Wall hangers are better for the neck than stands and the guitar is less prone to accidents if hung correctly.
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a friend of mine broke the neck of his guitar with a stand. The dog ran staight on it, now the guitar is mine for 20$ :D
 
They are safer in the cases.


Of course, I keep most of mine on the wall, but I have no kids, and I don't have enough cases for all my guitars (something about the cobblers kids going barefoot, you know?) Keeping them all humidified takes a LOT of water, though, which sucks. Close to 70 Gallons a week. And I am fortunate enough to have a masonry space where I can put them so the humidity doesn't distroy my building.

No, you will not damage them on the wall, unless you do not keep the room adaquitly humidified, which is, as I said, not an easy thing.

If you have cases, you are FAR better off keeping them in the cases.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
Is keeping them in the cases a safety issue, or does it have to do with the actual maintenance of the condition/integrity of the guitar?
 
For storage my guitars get put back in the case, but when playing/practicing wall hangers have proven to be far superior to a room full of guitar stands. I prefer hanging for several reasons, most obvious is they are out of the way and stand much less chance of getting knocked over. My floor gets cluttered enough without having a bunch of extra stands to worry about tripping over. The only problem with hanging (for me) is dust and forgetting to wipe the strings down if I leave them hanging.
 
I keep four instruments out on wall hangers and everything else in their cases. I think it's a lot safer...even to the point that when I did extended gigs at restaurants and clubs I'd mount them on a wall there too. From a practical standpoint my studio is 10 x 13 with a closet filled to the ceiling with guitars in cases, throw in a Hammond organ and a bunch of gear and there isn't much room.

Never had a problem with hanging an instrument but I've had necks broken on guitars and a banjo in stands.

A guitar in a stand is like riding a motorcycle; it's not a matter of IF you will fall, but WHEN.
 
I hung mine up last weekend. I know it's best to keep them in a case, and humidify them and all that. But it seems a shame to keep them locked away, and then it's a pain when you just wanna grab it for a couple of minutes.

So I hung them up. Looks great. Safer than on the floor in a stand. Easy access for when I only have a couple minutes to noodle around.
 
well....

Keep them in the case.... My Dad hung up his old 1952 Gibson LG-1, one day (35 years ago) it came down. The side cracked from neck to end block. I just had it repaired, but it sat in a pile of dirt in the basement for decades becuase of that....
 
Monsoon said:
I hung mine up last weekend. I know it's best to keep them in a case, and humidify them and all that. But it seems a shame to keep them locked away, and then it's a pain when you just wanna grab it for a couple of minutes.

So I hung them up. Looks great. Safer than on the floor in a stand. Easy access for when I only have a couple minutes to noodle around.
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If you are recording electric guitars or bass in the room, and you are hanging an acoustic guitar, be sure and damp the strings. I was in a session one time where I kept hearing what sounded like a sitar; an acoustic guitar was resonating sympathetically with the bass, and it responded so strongly to a low A that the strings were slamming against the frets.
 
ggunn said:
If you are recording electric guitars or bass in the room, and you are hanging an acoustic guitar, be sure and damp the strings. I was in a session one time where I kept hearing what sounded like a sitar; an acoustic guitar was resonating sympathetically with the bass, and it responded so strongly to a low A that the strings were slamming against the frets.
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Agreed. A little strip of that thin bubble wrap used for packing works great.
 
TheRockDoc said:
Does gravitational pull affect the neck? Is there any potential damage having them vertical with just the hook? I dunno- but now my wife likes them up on the wall and I don't...
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Wives are always right in all matters relating to decor. Besides, it's much cheaper than renting zero gravity storage on the International Space Station.

Light said:
No, you will not damage them on the wall, unless you do not keep the room adaquitly humidified, which is, as I said, not an easy thing.
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What's the recommended relative humidity? The place we're in has a central humidifier on the furnace. I've got it set to 30%.
 
apl said:
What's the recommended relative humidity? The place we're in has a central humidifier on the furnace. I've got it set to 30%.
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45-55%. Absolute minimum is 40%, but you only want to see that on the really cold days when you heater is going gang busters.

The problem of course is that, in just about any room with windows, at about 30% the water just starts condensing out onto the glass, and you start ruining your window frames. Additionally, it can start to condense on the framing in your walls, so you house can litterally start to rot when things warm up in the spring from all of the moisture in the walls. This, of course, is not a good thing. That is one of the reasons I recommend storing them in the cases so strongly. I have masonry walls around my gutiar room, in a basement, so there is some degree of temperature control from the ground on the other side of the walls, and the concrette walls are not going to be distroyed by the humidity. These things conspire to allow me to keep my room as high as I want without distroying the place. If you don't have that, just keep them in the case. Really.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
gusfinley said:
My Dad hung up his old 1952 Gibson LG-1, one day (35 years ago) it came down.
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Did the wall anchor fail or was it dropped while taking it down?
 
Light said:
45-55%. Absolute minimum is 40%, but you only want to see that on the really cold days when you heater is going gang busters.

The problem of course is that, in just about any room with windows, at about 30% the water just starts condensing out onto the glass, and you start ruining your window frames. Additionally, it can start to condense on the framing in your walls, so you house can litterally start to rot when things warm up in the spring from all of the moisture in the walls. This, of course, is not a good thing. That is one of the reasons I recommend storing them in the cases so strongly. I have masonry walls around my gutiar room, in a basement, so there is some degree of temperature control from the ground on the other side of the walls, and the concrette walls are not going to be distroyed by the humidity. These things conspire to allow me to keep my room as high as I want without distroying the place. If you don't have that, just keep them in the case. Really.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
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How can a guitar case keep a guitar humidified? They are not airtight, and the water molecule is fairly volatile and diffuses readily. I'd be willing to bet that within a few hours at most of a change in ambient humidity, the humidity inside a case is the same as outside it.
 
I agree with the wall hangers crowd. No, not as safe as the case but looks cool and is very easy to grab the axe for some quick playing yet generally safer than a stand.

BTW, I suggest you cut a small square of carpet (I bought some car floormats at the dollar store,) and mount them on the wall behind the guitar.
 
hawk said:
BTW, I suggest you cut a small square of carpet (I bought some car floormats at the dollar store,) and mount them on the wall behind the guitar.
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Good suggestion.
 
????

hixmix said:
Did the wall anchor fail or was it dropped while taking it down?
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It's still a mystery to this day how it happened..... but it did.. Gravity is a harsh mistress
 
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