storeing your Guitar

[desertdude]

Hello,
If you have a hardcase for your axe do you want to keep it on your stand, or in the case when your not playing it?
Thanks all

[karpathion]

Keep it in the case and take the tension off of the strings.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I keep mine on the wall

[SabbathFan0220]

The best place for a guitar is always in its case. If you're storing it for a long period of time (more than a month or two), loosen the strings.

[Jay 77]

Mine are all on the wall or on stands. They all get played at one time or another.

[Condemned soul]

Have more guitars than room to let them lay out.


Some I leave out of a stand, some stay mostly in their cases.

So, if I think about about storing - long term which means years or a decade ot two, they stay flat and in the case. Every once in awhile, I open the case for a day or two and some fresh air in and take it out an play awhile.

Keep 'em out of the sunlight and away from heating ventilation ducts


Oil the fingerboards once in awhile.
Take tension off the neck.
Humidity causes the neck to warp/unwarp - very slightly in a normal environment [here in the South]

Aint hard or too much to do but this simple stuf will protect your investment.
This simple stuff has protected the neck on my 60's Epiphone Casino.

Others will be able to write a book about this.

[desertdude]

Right on, Thanks guys

[TheLivingDead]

Nope. On stands or hanging.

[aleclee]

Nope. On stands or hanging.

This

[desertdude]

Nope. On stands or hanging.

Cool, Would I need to run a humidafier in my music room? Vegas is dry heat. I just dint want my floyd Rose screws rusting.

[TheLivingDead]

I doubt it but I'm admittedly not very knowledgeable on such things.

[Empty Pockets]

Man. I was going to post something i thought was very funny. But now i feel bad. I am a terrible person.

[TheLivingDead]

I think you should post it.

[ItsaBass]

My favorite stands are Hamiltons:



I always keep slanted headstock guitars and acoustics in their cases or at least on my Hamilton stands. (I don't really like any other stands.) Fenders, who cares. They are less fragile (and they look fine beat up anyhow, if anything should happen).

[Boogie Bill]

Having been through a couple of big earthquakes, I keep mine in cases.

Bill

[blueman335]

The best place for a guitar is always in its case. If you're storing it for a long period of time (more than a month or two), loosen the strings.

+1. If you have kids, pets, or clumsy people who live with you, guitars can get knocked off stands. If nothing else, a case keeps dust from getting all over and into a guitar.

[Varg]

I keep some in cases either under the bed or in a cupboard. But I keep three on stands around the house - in different tunings - so I can pick them up whenever I feel like it.

[mwalluk]

I think you should post it.

I agree.

[aleclee]

Cool, Would I need to run a humidafier in my music room? Vegas is dry heat. I just dint want my floyd Rose screws rusting.

Low humidity means they won't rust. If you're running AC, you probably dont need to worry too much about humidity. In-room humidity is more often a problem in the winter time when heaters dry out the air. Even then, your most likely issue is fret sprout, not rust.

[DankStar]

in case, tuned. don't get the release tension thing - that's what a truss rod is for, no? always heard the worst would be no tension, then the truss rod is the only force, bending it backwards (unless you loosen the truss rod). if you played it every day and kept it in tune, a neck would have contant string tension, how is it sitting there like that for months on end any different?

mine are currently all on a moving truck. kinda sucks because it's hot, but they're in cases, then most are further in cardboard boxes with crumpled paper, peanuts, etc., then packed in groups of 3-4 in wardrobe boxes. after about a week, they will be in a climate-controlled warehouse for a month or two. They've been through it before, no harm done. I couldn't feasibly ship 10 guitars, and they'd be on a truck/in transit anyway for at least 3-4 days even if I did ship. Can't get around it. None are real "prizes" though, just players.