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Topic: How to make Wall-Hangers?? |
Jeff Strouse
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2004 7:23 pm |
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All my steels hang from "String Swings".
Try the above link to Ebay ... save ya' a few bucks .
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www.horseshoemagnets.com [This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 07 July 2004 at 08:31 PM.] |
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Ron Bednar
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Rancho Cordova, California, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2004 7:31 pm
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| Yep, me too! String Swings are the way to go. |
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 7 Jul 2004 8:06 pm
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| Yeah, I also have String Swings all over my house. For lap steels the jaws of the hanger generally need a little reshaping in a vise, but that's easy enough. I had a New Yorker with a straight headstock like the one in your photo, and the String Swing worked well for it, too (no worries about the tuning pegs taking the weight of the instrument). For instruments with necks too wide to fit in the String Swing (a Supro Airliner, for instance, or a National Dynamic) I've made my own hangers with two pieces of 1/2" dowel covered in plastic tubing and inserted into a six-inch length of 1" by 2." Simple and effective. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2004 9:20 am
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| Poor boy method -- wrap a 12" strand of leather shoelace around the 3rd and 4th string pegs, tie in a loop, suspend loop on a big nail toggle bolt. |
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Dwayne Martineau
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 8 Jul 2004 11:28 am
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Another poor-boy method, FYI...
For a few dollars, you can get heavy-duty tool hangers (for shovels, etc) which are essentially String Swings without the wooden backing. The high-end ones are are thick, sturdy, the right size, and boast about as much padding.
I bought some black ones from Home Despot, and mounted them on a 2x4" crossbeam I bolted into my wall. Sounds messy, but it looks really nice and works perfectly.
-Dm
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2004 1:44 pm
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Y'all be careful about the type of padding you rest your guitars on (stands, hangers, etc)...
The wrong kinda stuff will ruin a lacquered guitar ...
Rubber/Vinyl Damage
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2004 5:57 am
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Any concerns about hanging the guitars over the FIREPLACE????
I know how my fireplace is, and I only hang a pot of water to hydrate (sp?) the house! And it boils!
Jay |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 9 Jul 2004 7:52 am
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Jeff, if you're goin' to hang'em on your drywall(plasterboard/sheetrock?) you must use the appropriate plug - the kind that you fasten w: special plyers - i don't know what them plugs are called over in the US - here they're called Molly - since pasterboard is soft,regular wall plugs wont hold right -
Do keep the guitars away from the fireplace
do you really use it in Jacksonville ? |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 9 Jul 2004 9:01 am
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Swing Things come with those wide threaded sheet rock anchor screws and they work very well.
I recently replaced some disintegrating rubber tubing on a guitar stand with clear tubing that I purchased in the plumbing dept of Home Depot. Anybody know about that stuff? I have my fiberglass Melobro resting on it so no problem there, although the neck rests against the tubing and that could be the "Achille's Heel." |
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Donald Ruetenik
From:
Pleasant Hill, California, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2004 10:33 am
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| Find a stud. I wouldn't trust sheetrock over the longterm holding the weight of a guitar. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2004 3:40 pm
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Actually, I never use the fireplace. It's too much mess and trouble for the two or three weeks out of the year that it would be feasible to use it here in Florida anyway.
Do I need anything on the bottom of the guitars for support?
Ian, when you hung your National by the tuners, you never had any problems? They seem to be very sturdy, and the guitar isn't very heavy anyway. I really like the National, so want to be sure I do nothing that could contribute to "harming" it! 
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2004 3:49 pm
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I lived in WPB/Miami all my life ... and always had a fireplace.
Just cranked the AC to the max ... for those "special evenings" 
You don't need any additional support ... just the hangers. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2004 4:14 am
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Oh...and one last thought before I drill holes...
About how far are the guitars from the wall? I hope not too far where it might look odd, but not too close where it could scratch the wall when I take them down and put them back up.... |
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 10 Jul 2004 4:27 am
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| Jeff: In answer to your last question, the back of the instrument is about three inches from the wall. As for the matter of resting the National on its tuners, no, I certainly never had any problem in this regard, apart from the fact doing so tends to throw the upper- and lower-most strings a little out of tune. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2004 8:19 am
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Thanks everybody!
What better way to decorate the bachelor pad - - bachelor toys!
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