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Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:17 pm
by ubercat_Archive
I've got an office that I'm going to use as the room for my guitars and shit and I'm wondering how I should set it up. I'm going to buy a humidifier/dehumidifier and the room is temp controlled. I have a ton of wall space, so I'm inclined to use hooks to hang guitars/basses from. The heavier shit will stay on the floor or in the case. I play any of the guitars I have out once every other day or so, and they're all well maintained and kept in tune.
Which is better? Hook? Stand? Is there any difference? Is one better for midterm storage?
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:21 pm
by chrisc_Archive
I like hooks more. Guitar stands are a pain in the ass. The only downside is that you can't reuse the little plastic thing that you screw them into the wall with. Not too big of a deal though because they're not absolutley necessary. My roommate thinks they're like hanging art on the wall. I don't.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:21 pm
by mkoren_Archive
Fuck, I knew it. You're a Blues Lawyer.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:26 pm
by ubercat_Archive
m.koren wrote:Fuck, I knew it. You're a Blues Lawyer.
LOL. Not even in the same ballpark.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:19 pm
by llllllllllllllllllllllll_Archive
There are guitars hanging up in a few rooms in my dad's house, but honestly I'm not sure if I'd ever go that route. looks kinda tacky. guessing you're not super worried about getting the odd ding on your guitars?
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:52 pm
by ubercat_Archive
llllllllllllllllllllllll wrote:There are guitars hanging up in a few rooms in my dad's house, but honestly I'm not sure if I'd ever go that route. looks kinda tacky. guessing you're not super worried about getting the odd ding on your guitars?
Tacky I agree with. My office is a hidden away room. Pilled with stuff I haven't unpacked. Getting claustrophobic in here.
I don't worry about dings and shit. I'm not a collector (per se) - all my guitars are players.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:14 pm
by otisroom_Archive
Hooks are safer.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:01 pm
by Skronk_Archive
I'm paranoid about the weight pulling on the neck. Stands for me.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:25 am
by otisroom_Archive
In the world of earthquakes I worry about the guitars jumping off the stand.
Hook vs Stand.
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:16 am
by Adam I_Archive
The problem I've always had with hooks is that since they generally require a non-stud wall as anchorage, they often seem to end-up on the inside of external walls, and the temperature fluctuations are therefore (I would think) rather more pronounced than in the centre of a rooms (on a stand) or anchored to an interior (dividing) wall.