Basses on the Wall; share yours :-)

[Stub Mandrel]

With traditional (123 year old) walls, I use 6mm Rawlplug brand plugs, dipped in Gorilla glue.

 

1 smooth plugs are useless on walls with friable mortar under plaster.

 

2 once a hole has opened up its probably too late.

 

3 don't overtighten, you must not make the fixing twist.

 

4 Use heavier gauge screws, 4 or 5mm.

 

6 give several hours for the glue to expand and consolidate.

[theyellowcar]

Thanks everyone. Haven’t done the plugs dipped in glue trick before but seems like a no brainier. 

[Woodinblack]

No, I never tried the glue thing. Never had any problem.

 

Actually not true, once I used screws that were way too short and it fell out, but all the rest of them have been here for over a decade and not had an issue, and that includes some of the long reach ones.

 

I do however have an inspection ever year or so to see if anything is looking odd, no issues yet

[Doctor J]

You shouldn't need glue if the plug and screw are sized correctly for the hole they're in.

 

Back on topic, they're close together in colour to the naked eye, the camera exaggerates the difference a bit.

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, theyellowcar said:

Thanks everyone. Haven’t done the plugs dipped in glue trick before but seems like a no brainier. 

 

My last two houses have had walls with a thick layer of 'vintage' plaster, which greatly benefits from some form of 'binder'.

[roger]

[northstreet]

American Standard P, Geddy Lee Jazz, Warwick Corvette fretless, SX acoustic bass, cheapie Ibanez for 'dodgy' gigs, and a very lovely 35 year old Yamaha acoustic.

[BassAgent]

This is how the current stable is positioned.