Best way to store your Bass

[daveski]

Could anyone please give me some advice on storing basses that are not regularly used.

I have a couple of basses that i'm not using at the moment and was wondering if i should just pop them in their cases and shove them straight under the bed, should i ease the string tension a bit, store them vertically rather than horizontally? As this is the first time i have done this i really have no idea and any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks Dave

[RhysP]

In their cases flat under a bed will be fine in my experience.
I've got guitars & basses that I don't play for 6 months at a time or more that I store like that & they've always been fine.

[Dubs]

[quote]Best way to store your Bass

Could anyone please give me some advice on storing basses that are not regularly used.[/quote]

Store them at Ben's house

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

wrap them in newspaper and bury them in the garden.

[warwickhunt]

Mount them on a wall hangar in your room; away from direct heat (radiators, fires etc) or draughts (right next to an external door or draughty window) and they'll be fine... 20+ years experience of storing them that way and no mishaps/issues! Helps that I have an understanding wife.

[Jobiebass]

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='527937' date='Jun 29 2009, 05:52 PM']Mount them on a wall hangar in your room; away from direct heat (radiators, fires etc) or draughts (right next to an external door or draughty window) and they'll be fine... 20+ years experience of storing them that way and no mishaps/issues! Helps that I have an understanding wife. [/quote]

+1

plus keep them out of direct sunlight if you dont want the colour to fade.

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='527952' date='Jun 29 2009, 06:07 PM']+1

plus keep them out of direct sunlight if you dont want the colour to fade.[/quote]

I forgot that point!

A minor point of note is that natural/waxed basses will darken in colour if in some natural light, though you have to watch it isn't direct mid-afternoon heat/light.