Basinski Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Has anyone any experience of using one of these? https://plexico.co.uk/products/minimalist-guitar-wall-hanger-bracket-universal-fit-perspex-guitar-holder?_pos=2&_sid=f49adbfdc&_ss=r Edited December 15, 2020 by Basinski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I haven’t but have been tempted by these a few times before I remember that drilling holes is not my forte http://www.woodieshanger.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basinski Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 2 hours ago, ped said: I haven’t but have been tempted by these a few times before I remember that drilling holes is not my forte http://www.woodieshanger.com Thank you. They look great, my bass has flush-mount strap locks unfortunately, fabulous idea though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 9 hours ago, ped said: I haven’t but have been tempted by these a few times before I remember that drilling holes is not my forte http://www.woodieshanger.com This does look great. I’ve never personally been a big fan of hanging guitars by the neck/headstock, especially mounted to a wall where the thing basically becomes a big pendulum! This system seems to solve that issue nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I make things out of acrylic every day and know how strong it can be used correctly but I wouldn't hang my bass from one of those without expecting it break at any time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Acrylic is highly notch sensitive. A relatively simple scratch or score on the surface that is under tension can be enough to cause a crack if not a complete fracture. It's not a great idea. It might be considered Hip though so buyer beware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 it's plastic, it ain't gonna hold a bass, basses a heavy,remember plus, that is for guitars. they don't weight as much as basses. I DO like that other method. But I like them in a rack of five, except I now have nine basses lol,who would've thunk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I’m not sure I’d risk a plastic one. Have you asked them what kind of weight it will carry? I just bought this. I think it’s fantastic, it’ll certainly take the weight of even the heaviest bass. I just need someone to fix it to the wall for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I thought this thread was a new prog rock band name. PS I agree with @bertbass and @SpondonBassed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 One of the few things that I'm actually any good at is fixing things to walls. Unfortunately I am not allowed to drill the walls in my room. I like drilling holes in walls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 18 minutes ago, stewblack said: One of the few things that I'm actually any good at is fixing things to walls. Unfortunately I am not allowed to drill the walls in my room. I like drilling holes in walls. It's the sort of thing they don't teach in school any more. I'm terrible at it - any time I approach my walls with a drill and rawl plug they end up looking like glory holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 The mistake most people make is not having the right size drill bit for the right size screw, in wood if you remember to use a , 2.5 mm drill bit for a no6 screw and a 3mm bit for a no8 screw, you won’t go wrong because it pilots a hole smaller than the screw, and it will grip, and in masonry it’s a 6mm hole for a no6 rawlplug (usually red) and a 7mm hole for a no7 plug (usually brown) 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Just now, ped said: It's the sort of thing they don't teach in school any more. I'm terrible at it - any time I approach my walls with a drill and rawl plug they end up looking like glory holes I did it for a living once (worked for an interior designer fitting show houses and private homes with curtain tracks and poles, mirrors, pictures, shelves and so forth) the thing which makes it tricky is that no two walls are the same. Lathe and plaster, horse hair, plaster board, brick, blocks of all different types, steel frames, wood frames, the list goes on. Having the right kit and know how for each is the trick. A set of full length, interlined velvet curtains can weigh far more than a bass guitar. If the customer has chosen an iron pole with only two fixings in the bracket and their wall was built 300 years ago, it's a nasty scenario for the dope with the drill. Oh and central heating pipes, electric cables, both hidden in the wall add spice to the job too! Don't trust that metal detector to tell you where the pipe is. Turn the heating up full and feel the wall for the heat, just to be safe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 15/12/2020 at 20:23, Basinski said: Has anyone any experience of using one of these? https://plexico.co.uk/products/minimalist-guitar-wall-hanger-bracket-universal-fit-perspex-guitar-holder?_pos=2&_sid=f49adbfdc&_ss=r Late to the thread, but I finally had a look at this link. Ye Gods and Little Fishes, a piece of right-angled plastic just 5mm thick, held to the wall with electrical screws salvaged from an old plug, and with edges sharp enough to cut instant grooves in your headstock ... possibly the worst designed guitar accessory I have ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 15/12/2020 at 20:36, ped said: I haven’t but have been tempted by these a few times before I remember that drilling holes is not my forte http://www.woodieshanger.com So then I clicked on this link and - wonderfully, absolutely wonderfully - it appeared on screen with a warning in the address bar: Not Secure. 😂😂😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 the dimensions seem to be a bit out too, if it's 90mm overall width and 72mm internal width that only leaves 9mm of material either side, and 72mm is quite wide for many guitars (a telecaster wouldn't work for instance) I'm tempted to run a stress analysis of the hanger to see how truly shocking it is! Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) well it's not quite the car crash i was expecting but it's not great either, I had to guess some of the dimensions and the loading was assuming a 5kg instrument hanging straight down. i took 1mm as the internal bend radius as it wasn't that clear on the picture, and i used a couple of 8mm circular patches on the back to anchor it (the actual holes weren't modelled so these are a guesstimate using some assumptions that i use in my day job) the expected high stress point is right along the bend as predicted, there is a nasty stress where the screws go through as well, I certainly wouldn't trust these hangers with any of my instruments. and that's before you get to the sharp edges digging into the headstock. as an interesting aside the "guitar" shown in the pictures is computer generated not real, so we don't even know if these have been made and tested, they might have designed them and will make them as they are ordered (not a hugely time consuming thing to make with a laser cutter and a bending rig.) Matt Edited January 15, 2021 by Matt P spelling 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Amazing work Matt. Yes I noticed the ‘guitar’ - they probably couldn’t get a real one to stay long enough to get a picture. My father in law does these sorts of tests for gas injection moulding and always has something similar to this open on his laptop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, ped said: Amazing work Matt. Yes I noticed the ‘guitar’ - they probably couldn’t get a real one to stay long enough to get a picture. My father in law does these sorts of tests for gas injection moulding and always has something similar to this open on his laptop! it's very much a quick and dirty check ("back of a fag packet check") about 5 minutes work at the end of my day, sneakily using my work computer and software. with repeated loading the fatigue of the material will be the killer, cracks will appear and then BANG! your precious instrument hits the floor! For the OP I always recommend the Hercules wall hangers, i have 2 and even with my ham fisted fitting they have no trouble holding up even the heaviest of my basses (10.5lb '77 p-bass) Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Late to the thread, but I finally had a look at this link. Ye Gods and Little Fishes, a piece of right-angled plastic just 5mm thick, held to the wall with electrical screws salvaged from an old plug, and with edges sharp enough to cut instant grooves in your headstock ... possibly the worst designed guitar accessory I have ever seen. So, are you getting some then? I couldn't quite tell if you liked it or not. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Maude said: So, are you getting some then? I couldn't quite tell if you liked it or not. 😄 I'm more impressed that I've managed to successfully post on a Topic without getting it locked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) I think that the very fact that no maximum loading is specified on the clear acrylic hanger is a giveaway. Stress analyses notwithstanding (excellent work though!) if I were making such a thing I'd destruction test a few every so often and determine a safe working load. I put up some old hangers just last week. In a plasterboard wall (all of ours are!) I used the biggest wall toggles that I could find (2 per hanger on this design) and drove them into the holes firmly with a hammer, put the heftiest screw that'd fit into them and tightened up gently to spread the toggles before removing the screws and fitting the hangers. Just to be sure, I hung my heaviest (and cheapest!) bass on each one overnight with a big beanbag underneath. Just in case! 🤣 It's ok. They're still there. And hardly conspicuous when in use. Edited February 7, 2021 by Lfalex v1.1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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