Hanging your bass by it's neck. Good? Bad? Doesn't matter?

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I've always used floor stands, probably because my older brother did. Followed by example. I know there are a lot of you that use wall hangers, even for your vintage Wicks. And we all know they are hanging by their necks at Warwick HQ lobby & guitar shops all over etc. I imagine at some point it's just easier to store a shite load of basses that way.

Can hanging them actually be good for keeping necks straight over the years? Or, could it put undo strain on the headstock, or neck joint, of BO basses in particular.

Or does it not matter in the slightest?

Your thoughts?
 
A good solid neck should not budge from hanging on the wall. I think you're overthinking stuff.
My basses are either standing in a rack or on the couch @ the attic.
 
DiMarco said:
A good solid neck should not budge from hanging on the wall. I think you're overthinking stuff.
My basses are either standing in a rack or on the couch @ the attic.
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Oh I'm not worried. Just curious what, if any, the consensus is about the subject. I'm more interested if hanging them can actually help the neck stay straight over the decades, just by gravity.
 
hhahahaaaa... A bass can survive up to 2 hours on the surface of Mars.... oh wait... cockroaches... ;)
 
Can't say if it matters but I've got basses that have hung by the neck for the 24 years and the neck is as straight as the day that I got it.
 
warwickhunt said:
Can't say if it matters but I've got basses that have hung by the neck for the 24 years and the neck is as straight as the day that I got it.
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If you're hanging the Holy Grail of Wicks by it's neck... I'd say you're ok with it :)
 
there was an article by Damian Erskine, back by his luthier, on bassplayersunited, saying that its one of the best way since the gravity is countered by string tension.
As DiMarco said, you're overthinking.
 
Henrythe8 said:
there was an article by Damian Erskine, back by his luthier, on bassplayersunited, saying that its one of the best way since the gravity is countered by string tension.
As DiMarco said, you're overthinking.
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Most peoples overthinking, is my normal thinking ;)

Also... I was just about to hop on Amazon and get some stands, when I thought I should think about hangers. My office is getting a little bit full of basses :)

Good "problem" to have I suppose...
 
Well honestly, you can't beat the view of basses hanging on the wall...
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(crappy picture, but you get my drift. Hardy will chime in and display his Streamer's collection to ridiculize me.
 
I gotta say....that is some amazing wall art!! Wow. Yeah.... I'm about to purchase 8 wall hangers :)

And remember.... Hardy stores his on chairs....

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