The Guilds of Grot
Enlightened Member
The bane of guitar stands...
(OK, there's no stand in the video but you get the idea!)
(OK, there's no stand in the video but you get the idea!)
I see the usual suspects repeating their preference for cases or hangers using the same justifications that they have used before. It's almost like folks were scared off by the concern about malware (which for the record has not happened on several systems I used to investigate) and didn't even read the article.Of course, I need to play the role of the conservative luthier a little and say: the absolute safest place for your guitar is in the case, stored in a stable environment. It won’t suffer any unexpected bumps or bruises if it’s safely tucked away. If you are going to have it out, a floor stand would be my least favorite choice; you can’t predict when a dog’s tail, an absentminded guest, or even (gasp!) you might knock it over. This often means a headstock break, but punctures and dings are also common injuries. Getting it up on the wall, in a padded hanger, is the better option; it’s simply more out of the way.
many corroded guitars and with deteriorated binding were stored in cases too long.
Hey, Walrus... Greetings from a few miles away! I have old-school oil furnace with circulated-water baseboard heating in my house and no easy way to implement whole-house humidification. If I had a ducted system, I'd have humidification and central air too. But, instead, I keep my guitar room at reasonable humidity during the winter and keep the guitars in their cases (or one/two out on a stand in that room). In summer the house is overly humid (except where my ductless air cond units operate). Too much humidity (which varies rather a lot) has not caused any problem during those months.. . .
We are in the same climate, but I keep the PRS out. I have a "whole house" humidifier running in the winter. I hope this comment doesn't jinx it, but I never had a "humidity" issue with any guitars in the 30 years I've lived in this house.
The PRS is "quieter" unplugged than the F-30 - it actually sounds good unplugged, but the F-30 has much more volume. So it's more "handy" simply because I don't bother anyone when I play it unplugged. Playing the F-30 or the PRS plugged in usually only happens when I have the place to myself. I'm still putting plenty of hours a week on both guitars, though!
walrus
This usual suspect is going to mention that I had a new insight myself over the weekend:I am amused. The original article said
I see the usual suspects repeating their preference for cases or hangers using the same justifications that they have used before. It's almost like folks were scared off by the concern about malware (which for the record has not happened on several systems I used to investigate) and didn't even read the article.
Well as a certain Mr. Harrison once said, sure, "Beware of Maya...", but still....Anyway, that's a natural hazard that does happen, and ummm... it basically it doesn't really matter if they all burn, at the end of the day, it's just stuff.
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How safe is your house itself from natural hazards?. . .
Notre Dame organs mostly survived even though they were not in case . . .
Do they have a case ???
How timely...tomorrow's HUMP DAY! :witless:Prob'ly not.
But my heart really goes out to poor little Quasimodo who doesn't have a place to, uh, hang out anymore.
I actually wish I had the right climate in my house year round to keep the axes out. My guitars stay cased in the winter because my house is too dry for 4-5 months of the year. I've learned that lesson. Now that I don't have kids running around the house, a wife that might want to put a foot into one, or any of that kind of risk I would like to have them out, and I have several really nice floor stands that I use occasionally. I appreciate West's point of view on this and I recall that he set up a beautiful room for it with a bunch of his guitars on stands on the wall. Very nice.
And, yeah... String tension, if I recall correctly, is close to 200 pounds, so concerns about hanging the guitars causing more stress.... that's silly.
....I don't think any of my guitars weigh 200 lbs., including my JF30-12 (almost....maybe 190) : ).....
But my heart really goes out to poor little Quasimodo who doesn't have a place to, uh, hang out anymore.
Heh. When I'm pulling my JF30-12 case from the rack to lay it down and open it up to play the guitar inside, it's a two-handed job!