Author Topic: Wall Mount hanger (Read 428 times)

olieoliver · « **on:** March 06, 2006, 07:36:08 PM »

How does everyone feel about hanging your Alembic via the Crown with a wall guitar hanger or do you recommend a traditional stand? I keep all my instruments in my music room that I keep locked so I hate putting my axes back in the case every time I finished for the night. I know I'm asking a lot of questions and I apologize. I guess my excitement of finally owning a life long dream has over come me.

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2006, 07:53:05 PM »

The subject of guitar stands has been discussed several times in the past and can be quite an emotional topic. There are several members who absolutely do not use guitar stands. There are several who always leave their instruments in their cases, even between sets at gigs. There are several who use the hangers. And there are members who use various types of stands.

David Houck · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:08:24 PM »

Here is what I use. It's fairly stable and you can't accidentally tip the instrument off of the stand.

bigredbass · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:42:18 PM »

I'm a setup NUT, but the reason I'm not too fond of wall hangers: I worked in music stores long enough to see guitars acquire a little finish stress (especially lacquer guitars, softer finish) at the bottom of the headstock where they rested on the wall hangers.

I'm like Dave, I like the shorter stands. Don't seem to be near as easy to tip over. I used to have one of those Hamilton 'Hanger' stands and it would tip over if you looked at it funny!

J o e y

keith_h · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2006, 04:04:45 AM »

I use the same stand as Dave and found it to be very stable. I've found them at my local GC.

Keith

jazzyvee · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2006, 11:27:04 AM »

Like OlieOliver, I keep most of my guitars in cases in a locked room after I was burgled last year and through the grace of god no instruments were stolen.

I have an acoustic and a Strat hanging on wall hangers and so far they have not suffered any damage to the finish of them. However I have noticed that the necks have moved which i attribute to the central heating and the higher temperature higher up on the wall than the temperature at seating position.

When practicing I use a guitar stand which is a simple a-frame type which i find good for temporarilty holding the guitar in during breaks in my practice session.

On gigs I do tend to keep my guitar in the case until I'm ready to play then as soon as I come off stage I put it back in the case. The main exceptions are when its a large venue and security is tight so no unauthorised persons can get to the stage area.

The crucial thing to remember is. If you have the guitar on a stand on stage,( even at home)..... make sure you remove the guitar cable from the instrument and put it clear of the stand. The number of times I've seen stage hands and musicians trip over cables is far too many.

The last thing you want is to see someone trip over the guitar cable plugged into your instrument and witness it go crashing to the floor.

if you must use a stand, can I suggest , wait till the stage area has been completely set up first.
Jazzyvee.

David Houck · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2006, 12:45:42 PM »

I agree with Jazzyvee; I always remove the cable before I put the bass in its stand.

olieoliver · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2006, 12:52:06 PM »

I've agree. Most of my basses, including the MK have the input jack on side, and if I were to place it in the stand with the cord plugged in it would rest on the cords jack causing the guitars jack to become loose. You also save your battery when you unplug the cord

kilowatt · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2006, 03:01:58 PM »

I was looking for a new stand to use at shows, and I liked the idea of a locking bracket at the neck. I saw the same one Dave is using. Looks like this is the best stand option out there. I will have to make sure to disconnect the cable as this is probable the biggest cause of accidents. Thanks for the link Dave, now I'm sure this is the one I want for my new bass.

Regards,
Pete

bracheen · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2006, 03:48:52 PM »

This may seem like a silly point to some but what about damage to the wall? My music room is in the house not a studio. Senior management would be pissed is I scuffed up her walls by hanging and removing basses from it. Like Olie, BTW nice photo on the profile page, I keep my instruments on stands rather than cases when at rest. The Alembic is on a stand by itself closest to my music stand and stool. The others are in a Warwick three guitar stand. After looking at Dave's link I think I like that one much better than what I use and the price is very nice as well.
OK enough rambling. No more post-Malbec typing I promise.

Sam

keurosix · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2006, 04:33:21 PM »

Hello Olie,
A warm welcome to the club. According to my guitar luthier, (Alas, my Late guitar Luthier) his professional opinion was that ALL guitars are happiest in their cases when not being played. This from a man who had a humidity controlled work shop complete with the hygrometer (I think that's what it was called) graphing a rotary humidity graph hanging on the wall, whilest chain smoking non-filter camels, and sucking down cokes and ruffles. I think it really was the camels that did him in, but the cokes helped too. He used that to de-rust metal parts! According to his theory, the case acts as a nice barrier to all sorts of airborne nasties and humidity swings that keep you from chasing your set up back and forth: minimizing truss rod tweaks, bridge nudges, corrosion, and dried-out fingerboards. I followed his advise and I see the benefit.
Happy playin'
Kris

David Houck · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2006, 04:56:49 PM »

Kris makes a good point. My own observations showed that I was much more likely to practice if the bass was sitting in a stand than I was if the bass was in a case. Indeed, when I walk from the office to the kitchen, I frequently stop and pick a bass up out of its stand and play for a half hour. And when I'm watching the evening news, I frequently reach over and pick up a bass that's sitting right there by the chair. So, I leave my basses out because I found that doing so greatly increased the amount of time I practiced; and I really need to practice. But as Kris pointed out, there are significant disadvantages as well. People are different; some folks get their practice in without having to leave their basses out. But for me, at this point in time, having my bass sitting right there ready to play seems to be the way to go.

lbpesq · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2006, 06:40:25 PM »

I recently got a coffin case three guitar case/stand. It has handles on several sides and wheels. 3/4 of the front comes off in a panel. The case then acts as a stand. Very protective, very effective. The only downside that I've found is that it doesn't fit larger body guitars like my 335.

Bill, tgo

gare · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2006, 06:18:15 AM »

Like Sam, I also use a Warwick 3 guitar stand, very stable, tucks nicely into a corner etc. I usually keep my Excel, Spector, and acoustic guitar on it for easy access. I also keep them in gig bags on the stand. (keeps the cat from licking them, he's strange that way)
Except for my Rick 4001, everything I've played over the past 20+ years has had active eq, so I got used to unplugging them when not playing to save the batteries, which is another good case for unplugging.

Gary

adriaan · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2006, 06:54:07 AM »

We don't have too much room in the house, and a 5 year old who likes to strum the strings with sticky fingers. So yes, the basses are on wall hangers.

And yes, the wife would have preferred not to have them hanging there.

I have a low floor stand which is pretty solid (K&M brand) but it's pretty useless for my Epic, which needs one brace lower than the other. The bass will stay put as long as nobody goes near it, but that's about it. It's one similar to this, except the right-hand brace has an extension - which actually gets in the way if the cord is plugged into the Epic ...