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Topic: Storing Basses and Standard Guitars |
Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 9:08 am |
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How do you guys store your Six Strings or Basses?
This is the most efficient way but does it damage the neck of a quality instrument over time?
Is this significantly better?
Is this the best or does it matter?
How about out of the case, in the open on a stand? This doesn't work for me with three bird dogs loose in the house. (Similarly with children!)
Other ideas and opinions are welcomed.
Thanks,
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Bill Cunningham
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 3:26 pm
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I store all of mine in cases or bags, standing up like your first picture. If I know it's not going to be played for a while, I loosen the strings a few steps, but not totally loose. There's probably lots of opinions about this, so get ready.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Ken Lang
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Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 4:34 pm
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I stand some up, leaning against whatever, some on guitar stands and some in cases. Doesn't seem to really make any difference. Only problem is some are easier to knock over. And if you have young kids.....
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 1 Jan 2009 5:33 am
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I got 'em piled up, propped up, loaned out, took apart, in the pawn shop, hangin' off the wall...
A luthier told me once that if I was comfortable, my guitars were, too.
Bill, I'm not comfortable. Could you bring me that big ol' leather chair, and that Danelectro, to Atlanta? It'd make a houseful of guitars REAL comfy!
See you next month, I hope  !! |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2009 6:53 am
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| I always turn the machine heads down a couple of turns on all my acoustic guitars when not in use and stored. I have seen and fixed too many acoustic guitars that have had the necks bow up from end block shifting to "cold creep" finger board shift from being up to tension over long periods, even in the case. Tuning down a few turns leaves the top loaded a little and reduces the potential. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 1 Jan 2009 12:58 pm
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| I use mine to keep the doors and windows propped open in the summer time so that a breeze goes through the house. I use the Hondo's the most. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Jan 2009 2:11 pm
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| Mine, including resos,are stored as in your first picture. They are kept away from dry air vents. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 2 Jan 2009 4:55 am
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on a rack ??? may a I ask, and yes I have read, heard and listened to countless folks tell me the rights and wrongs, whats the difference between having your regular axe, you know, the one you play regularly out on a stand and the others that you don't play regularly out on a stand ? Dust ? I picked up the Les Paul in the photo last night and it was still in tune from the last time I touched it which was probably 6 months, but I look at it every day ! When I put guitars in cases I do not DE-TUNE them, never did, never will. So whats the difference between out on a stand or in the case ? Dust , protection ? dust would be my go to answer. I would rather look at my guitars every day then to look at a bunch of cases . Ok, my 1969 Guild D35 Acoustic is in the case but mostly because I don't have any room on a stand and know I am not going to play it, it's just there.
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 2 Jan 2009 6:44 am
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| Hey, Bill, if you've got an upright bass, you KNOW it gets tied on top of the station wagon, right? |
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Bill Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2009 7:53 am
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Thanks for all the input guys. Keep it coming.
Joey's idea about the HVAC ducts is a good reminder. Seems no one is too concerned about the neck warping when upright for months on end; that surprised me.
But Hatcher says the neck may separate from the body and should be de-tuned. But if I turn down the "toonin paigs" I'll have to go back to the store and get it re-tuned when I want to play it.  Seriously though, Bill I appreciate your response and expertise and agree that it would not hurt to lossened up the tension a bit. I just hadn't thought if that. BTW, do you do fret and fingerboard work?
I like Tony's idea except these creatures are on the loose in my house!
Steve,
If all it takes to get you to Jerry's show is a look at my Dano, consider it done. However, I have to keep it. My wife is more proud of it than I given its cool color and the fact that I "won it" on E-Bay. I am surprised a serious "grazer" like yourself didn't go for the blue case.  The only reason I don't have an upright is I don't have a bed tall enough to store it under.
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2009 11:33 am
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| Bill Cunningham wrote: |
I just hadn't thought if that. BTW, do you do fret and fingerboard work?
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Yes. Email me if I can help you. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 2 Jan 2009 12:08 pm
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| Bill Cunningham wrote: |
I like Tony's idea except these creatures are on the loose in my house!
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Put the creatures in the cases !
there ya go, problem solved !
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