Recommend guitar wall hangers please.

[lungimsam]

So far String Swing seems to be the safest for all finishes and the claw rotates to fit any shape headstock.
Any other recommendations that also include these features?
Thanks!!
PS- I thought the Levy’s brass/leather hangers looked the best but the screws are really small and Levy’s says the leather arms are not good for nitro finishes.

 

[ReevesRd]

I have a String Swing, and it works well for me.

 

[lungimsam]

Backstory:
I have one bass and one guitar on string swings. A couple years ago I wanted to do another but wife thought three guitars on the wall was too much. However, she recently started playing acoustic so, of course, I happily removed my guitar, put it back in its case in the closet, and now let hers hang there for her easy access. Now when I want to grab another bass, I get out the case/cases from the closet, play them, then put them back. She has been seeing this each day. Today she said “Why don’t you get some more hangers so you can hang more basses up?”.

 

[davismanLV]

Why would anyone make a guitar hanger that was not compatible with nitro finishes? That confounds me. So is leather and nitro really no bueno??

 

[Prince of Darkness]

Why would anyone make a guitar hanger that was not compatible with nitro finishes? That confounds me. So is leather and nitro really no bueno??

The leather can stain the nitro finish. I've got some staining on my S-300 from a leather strap. How noticeable the staining would be is obviously colour dependent. Very obvious on a white guitar, but fortunately not on the front in my case Pretty sure that there are no other issues

 

[7GuildsandanSG]

I have 3 of these in my living room, work great.

Gator Frameworks Wall Mount Guitar Hanger Black https://reverb.com/item/2536597-gat...hare&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=2536597

 

[crank]

Hercules because of the locking mechanism.

 

[Rocky]

I've used String Swing for about twenty years with no issues. When I redid my guitar room recently, I went from the individuals to the slatwall style.

 

[James Hart]

I've used Hercules for a long time now... I use a metal 'pegboard' system for the electrics and the wall mounted ones for the acoustics. I just ordered another 2 pegboard hangers since my collection has grown again. I am also going to remount the metal pegboard (it is 2 pieces mounted to be a square) soon, I am turning them sideways so they are a long strip. I use less horizontal space than the shorter width dimension. I bought the panels at Home Depot, they come in other colors, but my room will eventually be painted a dark denim like blue.

 

[Guildedagain]

Wall hangers

 

[Canard]

+1 on the Hercules.

I have only one guitar on a hanger, and that hanger is by Hercules. I like the gravity lock system: lift the guitar and the locks open; put the guitar back in and its weight closes the locks.

I put one up for my sister-in-law to hang her Larivee in. She lived in a geologically unstable area. There was a minor earthquake which bounced some things off of shelves. The Larivee stayed put in the Hercules.

I would not trust mounting a Hercules on drywall with a heavy solid body instrument. I would want the screws into a stud rather than plastic holdfasts in drywall.

I once helped a friend by making him a decorative oak plywood strip/plank which was then mounted on the wall, with screws into studs all along the way. The Hercules hangers were then mounted to the plywood strip. Then his bass guitars, including a couple of hernia inducing Gibson RD Artists, could be hung up safely.

I do not generally advise putting hangers on external walls. Temperature and humidity tends to vary a bit more in the micro climate next to these walls.

 

[Midnight Toker]

Agree about plastic spread anchors, but wouldn't have a problem w/ metal spring loaded toggle anchors w/ bolts. It depends most on the size of the hangers base. In the OP's pics, that second one w/ the tiny base...studs only for sure. The first, w/ better drywall anchors, no problem, but studs are preferred in all cases, even for acoustics.

 

[SFIV1967]

Wall Hangers

Hercules - Wall Hangers

herculesstands.com

Ralf

 

[Nuuska]

How good is cork w all different finishes?

 

[SFIV1967]

How good is cork w all different finishes?

Seems to be not good as well depending how it is used. The "K&M 17540 Cork" stand with cork coating shows: "Not suitable for long-term use with guitars with nitrocellulose lacquer!" Reason seems to be that the cork was mixed with some plastic on that stand I guess. Pure cork might be fine but once you have to glue it on a stand you have to deal with the outgasing of the glue below the cork...And buying a cheap stand and having to put socks on it for protection is odd...

Ralf

 

[Nuuska]

Thanks

I was thinking of building my own-designed racks for multiple guitars.

I could use pure cork and make the design such that the cork does not need glue.

As of outgasing of the glue - what about dispersion glue - a.k.a. white glue?

 

[adorshki]

Nope. No suggestion. Completely antithetical my belief that the closest thing one can get to 100% risk-free storage is only possible in a case.

I only have minor sympathy for the "ready-to-hand" philosophy, since what one of us (even Kurt?) couldn't stand to expend a few more calories getting the things out of their cases?

Finally, unhoused guitars breed dust bunnies and we've already got a dust bunny epidemic. Don't believe me? Go look inside your unhoused guitar and tell me how you plan to get the Dust-Buster in there.

 

[adorshki]

Thanks

I was thinking of building my own-designed racks for multiple guitars.

I could use pure cork and make the design such that the cork does not need glue.

As of outgasing of the glue - what about dispersion glue - a.k.a. white glue?

White glue wouldn't out-gas but suspect the issue would be the bond between cork and plastic or metal, where white glue doesn't bond well.
Cork-to-wood should be a cinch however, especially for Tite-bond/white glue.

 

[fronobulax]

No opinion because we are still of the opinion that the best place for a guitar is in a case.

We have a bunch of instruments in the "music room" with has a couch and a guitar rack. Whatever instrument is getting most of Mrs. Fro's play time lives in a case on the floor in front of the couch. Whatever bass is getting my attention lives on a case on the couch. This works well enough - because we do swap instruments from the rack - that we have never considered hangers.

 

[7GuildsandanSG]

Just remodeled the living room. Hanging the guitars encourages the kids and me to noodle while we're watching the tele.