Recommend guitar wall hangers please.

[Guildedagain]

Nitro is the biggest PITA...

My F4CE has giant nitro burns from a hanger.

 

[Guildedagain]

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

K*ll your television. You need amps, lots of amps, stacks ;[]

 

[West R Lee]

Mine are Hercules. They've been up and have locked my guitars in securely and flawlessly for 14 years, and never a hint of a nitro reaction. I did have our builder install a horizontal 2"X6" the length of the rack. The rack is lag bolted into the horizontal 2"X6" stud. Not sure if you can see them Lung, but these self lock the neck into place just below the headstock.


And this is what I've got if you'd like to get them away from the wall, or swivel them.

Hercules GSP40WBPLUS PLUS Series Universal AutoGrip Wall Mount Guitar Hanger

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West

 

[Rocky]

Mine are Hercules. They've been up and have locked my guitars in securely and flawlessly for 14 years, and never a hint of a nitro reaction. I did have our builder install a horizontal 2"X6" the length of the rack. The rack is lag bolted into the horizontal 2"X6" stud. Not sure if you can see them Lung, but these self lock the neck into place just below the headstock.


And this is what I've got if you'd like to get them away from the wall, or swivel them.

Hercules GSP40WBPLUS PLUS Series Universal AutoGrip Wall Mount Guitar Hanger

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West

That's the nice thing about the 'slatwall' style. By angling them you get get more density. In 8' of slatwall, I have a dozen instruments, though admittedly they're all thin bodied guitars, except the 6120. Good acoustics stay in the case to stay humidified.

 

[ReevesRd]

Mine are Hercules. They've been up and have locked my guitars in securely and flawlessly for 14 years, and never a hint of a nitro reaction. I did have our builder install a horizontal 2"X6" the length of the rack. The rack is lag bolted into the horizontal 2"X6" stud. Not sure if you can see them Lung, but these self lock the neck into place just below the headstock.


And this is what I've got if you'd like to get them away from the wall, or swivel them.

Hercules GSP40WBPLUS PLUS Series Universal AutoGrip Wall Mount Guitar Hanger

Get the guaranteed best price on Guitar Wall Hangers like the Hercules GSP40WBPLUS PLUS Series Universal AutoGrip Wall Mount Guitar Hanger at Musician's Friend. Get a low price and free shipping on...

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West

Nice, West! Also, with some track lighting. Sweet.

 

[West R Lee]

That's the nice thing about the 'slatwall' style. By angling them you get get more density. In 8' of slatwall, I have a dozen instruments, though admittedly they're all thin bodied guitars, except the 6120. Good acoustics stay in the case to stay humidified.

They stay in the case here as well Rock, unless it's spring and summer when our climate controlled AC humidifier can maintain 48%-50% humidity for months on end. No kids in the house, so this way I can enjoy them without worrying about them being damaged. It's also a constant reminder to grab one and play it. You've reminded me......it's almost time to hang them.

West

 

[West R Lee]

Nice, West! Also, with some track lighting. Sweet.

Thanks Reeves. I just routed the edges on a spruce 1"X6", stained and finished it (only poly finish in the house ), spaced and mounted the hangers and mounted it to the previously installed stud behind the sheet rock. Nothing to it. $150 maybe.

West

 

[James Hart]

In my previous house, I was limited to a small spare bedroom. I built a 'room inside a room' to isolate sound from the wife's day & night. This is what I built for the pegboard Hercules hangers I still use today. Luckily, after building my room, our kid came around (after 20 years of thinking we couldn't have kids) and it gave me the push to ditch our 900sq/ft shack on a 100x100 lot and move to our 3300sq/ft Contemporary on 2.3 acres!


24 3" screws into studs, trimmed in round over pine to match the 1940's trim of the rest of the house. With 10 years of weight, it was a little wavy so I researched metal pegboard sheets. I found my current stuff the thickest around and already spaced off the wall far enough for the hooks.

 

[lungimsam]

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??

Correctamundo...Some rubbers and leather chemicals will melt the nitro finish where they make contact if touching for too long. Even Snark tuners says don't leave your tuners on the headstock all the time.

 

[lungimsam]

I like having guitars on wall hangers because:
1. They are safe enough on the walls.
2. I love looking at them. I think that after paying so much for them, it is part of the "use" of the instrument that was paid for - admiring the visual beauty of them.
3. I find myself playing more when I don't have to drag stuff in and outta the closet.
4. Besides my car and two bikes and a small amount of tools, just about all my worldly possessions are inside a 650 sq. foot in-law-suite (where I live). There is only one closet, and I have to part and move the wife's long dresses on hangers to get cases in and out of the closet. So having the guitars on the wall really saves wear and tear on me, the dresses, and the closet wall.

 

[West R Lee]

I like having guitars on wall hangers because:
1. They are safe enough on the walls.
2. I love looking at them. I think that after paying so much for them, it is part of the "use" of the instrument that was paid for - admiring the visual beauty of them.
3. I find myself playing more when I don't have to drag stuff in and outta the closet.
4. Besides my car and two bikes and a small amount of tools, just about all my worldly possessions are inside a 650 sq. foot in-law-suite (where I live). There is only one closet, and I have to part and move the wife's long dresses on hangers to get cases in and out of the closet. So having the guitars on the wall really saves wear and tear on me, the dresses, and the closet wall.

And there really are those (though I'm not sure I buy into it) who say that hanging a guitar vertically is the best way to "store" one because in hanging below the headstock, the weight of the guitar somewhat counters the forces created by string tension. So there's that. Seriously.......I've read it on the internet.....it's gotta be true.

West

 

[lungimsam]

I think I heard it said that 10-15 lbs of hanging bass weight will not even compare to the 130-250lbs. of string tension on a bass neck. Not sure if that is a good comparison but seems to make sense.
John Hall of Rickenbacker once stated that problem bass necks could possibly benefit from just hanging on a wall hanger with no strings on it.
I guess if you took off the strings, put the truss rod in neutral, and hung it on a wall, the neck would have nowhere to go but straight.

 

[Bonneville88]

Have been using a Stringswing rack and single mount for several years, no issues other than needing to
be careful moving guitars on and off the rack and checking the swivel tensioning knobs once in awhile- would definitely
not use without hitting a couple of studs though.

 

[West R Lee]

Have been using a Stringswing rack and single mount for several years, no issues other than needing to
be careful moving guitars on and off the rack and checking the swivel tensioning knobs once in awhile- would definitely
not use without hitting a couple of studs though.

Looks VERY similar to mine Bonneville. Do you like sunbursts?

West

 

[Bonneville88]

Yes I do

 

[lungimsam]

Stuck with the String Swings!

 

[Guildedagain]

Somehow I've never done a nitro burn on a hanger ever, I have two of the originals, they've never hurt anything.

 

[fronobulax]

Somehow I've never done a nitro burn on a hanger ever, I have two of the originals, they've never hurt anything.

I got my '67 Starfire used circa 1977 and somewhere before me it had been in a hanger or stand that eroded the finish.

 

[West R Lee]

I got my '67 Starfire used circa 1977 and somewhere before me it had been in a hanger or stand that eroded the finish.

I had a stand once, in fact a, few of them that looked like this.


I'd had maybe three guitars on them for about a week. One day I went in and grabbed the DV72, and just happened to glance at the back of the guitar. Where the guitar rests against that small rectangular pad on the stand, there was a very distinct marring of the nitro in that exact rectangular pattern. That spot came cleanly off my DV72 with some serious rubbing. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that had the guitars remained on those stands for weeks, that spot would have gone straight through the nitro all the way to the wood.

I could have padded the rectangle on the stands, but wasn't crazy about the lack of stability of the stands anyway, so I threw them away. Armed with that info, I've always watched stands and hangers closely, and after all these years, I've not experienced any adverse reaction from any Hercules product.

For full disclosure, and so as to not indict the maker of the stand pictured, the illustrated stand is NOT from the same maker that made the stand I'm referring to, it's just the closest design that I could find pictured.

West

 

[Rocky]

I've not experienced any adverse reaction from any Hercules product.

I've had good luck with the Hercules, Ultimate and String Swing with nitro.