Guitar wall hangers

[mart 63]

I am thinking about putting my guitars on wall hangers. Any disadvantages to doing this with heavier guitars.

[Motorman74]

I use Hercules ones that have a mechanism that closes the front of the hanger when you rest the headstock into it. They are very good.

I've used them for a number of guitars without issue, all my guitars are bolt on necks though - not sure how I'd feel about an expensive Gibson with a through neck construction.

[OldSkoolRS]

I've got 11 of mine on those Hercules hangers including a couple of Gibsons. The main thing is to make sure they are securely fixed to the wall: A mate of mine came down to his office recently and found his Strat on the floor and the hanger missing from the wall because it had pulled out of the plasterboard(!). Not sure what fixings he used but some of mine are into a stud wall, but with strong plasterboard fixings and not just a rawl plug or similar.

Mart has possibly seen these pictures before on another thread, but this was my winter project sorting out my music room:

Any earlier stage when I first fitted the hangers for my 'Fender wall' (a bit like a Wonderwall, but less Oasis ):



Some on an outside wall:



Not as far to drop now, though also the worry that my Grandkids could climb up and grab the guitars, so they're not left to wander in there alone...

[President Merkin]

Cheapy Amazon hangers in a solid wall. Eight years & nothing's fallen down yet. Probably wouldn't entertain doing this in a plasterboard wall unless I knew I was drilling into the studs. IME, no plasterboard specific fixings I've found are up to much.

[OldSkoolRS]

Some of mine are into studs, but the metal collapsible types are strong enough unless you literally hang off the guitar/hanger. I did build the stud wall though, so it's 12mm plasterboard and lots of studs to hit anyway.

I used to install lab water systems on walls and occasionally customers would try to insist we put part of the system on a stud wall! One of our guys was talked into it and it was only once a 60 litre (60+Kg) tank was full that it started to pull away from the wall.

[Stig]

I will only use Woodies hangars. These support the guitar from the strap studs, not the neck.

[mart 63]

Thanks for the replies, they look really good on walls. I might hang a couple on the wall.

[catso]

Stig said:

I will only use Woodies hangars. These support the guitar from the strap studs, not the neck.

This sounds better to me. Personally, I wouldn't hang them by the neck, especially after having seen how easily my Son's Les Paul broke when it fell forwards (here if you're interested; https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... ) though I suppose it wouldn't have fallen if it was on the wall?

But anything that takes the weight off the headstock would be good.

[framerateuk]

Only just spotted this thread.

I've had my guitars on Hercules angled hangers for the past 7 years ago so.

One snapped a few months back. The metal actually gave way on the thinnest part of the mount and the guitar came crashing down. Some googling found others had similar issues.



If you don't want them on an angle, I'd suggest paying more and going with the String Swing hangers instead. The metal is much thicker and while they don't have the closing mechanism, the quality is much higher.

[OldSkoolRS]

FramerateUK. It's hard to tell from your photo, but is that the same kind of hanger that I have in my photos further up? If so then ****** annoying as I bought so many of them recently. Not that I'll rush to replace them, but might think of an alternative longer term. I really like having the guitars out, although they do get more dusty I find I play them all more rather than sticking to whichever one is out and not having to dig through a pile of cases if I fancy a change.

Now I'm older I do think I should have stuck to just a couple of guitars (always handy having a back up at a gig) rather than buying so many, but I guess that's a discussion for a different thread...

[framerateuk]

OldSkoolRS said:

FramerateUK. It's hard to tell from your photo, but is that the same kind of hanger that I have in my photos further up? If so then ****** annoying as I bought so many of them recently. Not that I'll rush to replace them, but might think of an alternative longer term. I really like having the guitars out, although they do get more dusty I find I play them all more rather than sticking to whichever one is out and not having to dig through a pile of cases if I fancy a change.

Now I'm older I do think I should have stuck to just a couple of guitars (always handy having a back up at a gig) rather than buying so many, but I guess that's a discussion for a different thread...

Yes I think so (mine were the angled ones on the long extension arms, but I think they've all got vaguely the same part), I've still got one in my office - I've stuck some cable ties around weak spot - which to be honest should sort the issue for a while at least.

It was my most used hanger that cracked, the one nearest the amp that I tended to keep my go-to guitar on. The rest still looked fine, but as you can imagine I didn't really trust them after that.

Here's a pic of how I attached the cable tie - it should prevent a metal crack from happening or at least from causing the hanger to fall: