Wall mount Guitar Hangers

[petetexas]

Hi,

 

Anyone found a wall guitar hanger that does not react on contact points with GIBSON basses, and cause the Lacquer to melt?

 

My LP Tribute has now got to go to my local Guitar tech to be repaired.

 

Does not happen with my FENDERS, GUILD or TOKAI !

 

Pete

 

 

[Skybone]

IIRC, Hercules stands are supposed to not react with nitro-cellulose finishes.

[petetexas]

 

Thanks Skybone , I will get a couple .

 

Cant remember who the manufacturer is of the ones I have .

 

 

[Mykesbass]

4 hours ago, Skybone said:

IIRC, Hercules stands are supposed to not react with nitro-cellulose finishes.

Hmm, looks like they give themselves a 'get out of jail' card on that: http://herculesstands.com/international/faq/#:~:text=HERCULES takes great pride in,on the market%2C including Nitrocellulose.

[Skybone]

9 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Hmm, looks like they give themselves a 'get out of jail' card on that: http://herculesstands.com/international/faq/#:~:text=HERCULES takes great pride in,on the market%2C including Nitrocellulose.

Hence the term "supposed to be". 

 

I needed a new stand, so took to the t'interweb to find something that was nitro-friendly for the Ric. The only one I could find that was reasonably priced was the Hercules.

[Mykesbass]

4 hours ago, Skybone said:

Hence the term "supposed to be". 

 

I needed a new stand, so took to the t'interweb to find something that was nitro-friendly for the Ric. The only one I could find that was reasonably priced was the Hercules.

The tip I heard from a luthier was to put some silk between the foam and neck.

[petetexas]

 

Better start cutting up my silk jim jams ( sorry I mean my wifes jim jams ) to get some strips ! ! ! ! !

[Reggaebass]

If you could get a bit of the material the case liner has would work too ,

I’ve had a few nitro basses hanging on Hercules hangers with no problems 

[Norris]

Not a Hercules stand, but I bought a multi-guitar hanger a while ago that had a warning about possible reactions with nitrocellulose. I cut up some old jeans and got the sewing machine out to make some mini "jeans legs" to slip over the hanger forks. (I even used orange thread ). It might not be quite as easy on a Hercules auto-grip stand though 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Don't believe HerculeIes's BS about being safe for the finish.

 

have a hercules stand with the same grabby head piece they use on their wall hangers.

 

I had one of my JMJ mustangs with roadworn nitro finish, and the grabby bit of the stand reacted with the finish of the neck where it held it.

 

As it is a roadworn bass and I caught it early it's not a massive deal, but I now use use a t-shirt over the stand so it doesn't directly touch the bass.

Edited October 6, 2023 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[petetexas]

Recon I have solved it......................

 

Put a wrap of "REAL" duck tape (3M - not the cheap stuff from ebay ) around the bits in contact with the headstock...............did this

 

two weeks ago , seems to be no reaction .

[BabyBlueSound]

wrap that thing in toilet paper!

[petetexas]

The Bass or wall hanger ?

[BabyBlueSound]

It's like the "which pedal goes in front" question. Some people like toilet dangling from their wall, some people like it wrapped comfortably around the bass neck.