Cases. Can't let my terror of a one year old have free reign over the fate of my basses.
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Storing your guitars.. stands or cases?
- Thread starter Scooter Johnson
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Two on stands on the floor, two hanging on the wall, one in a case in the closet and one in a gig bag at work behind my desk because we have band practice during lunch break at work.
Cases, almost always. I have probably close to 40 instruments...and only two good stands and one backup/compact stand.
That said, I have had my '68 Guild on a stand for about a month now, and my Mustang Bass leaning next to the bed for a few days (have been spending my days in the past week mostly in bed sick with major allergies).
At one point of my life, I always had either my Mexican Strat (a $425 guitar new), my LP Melody Maker (a $380 guitar new), or my Custom Shop Esquire (a $2,000 guitar new) leaning next to the bed. The Esquire procured quite a bit of damage from that practice (I don't know how many times I dropped my alarm clock on it in my morning stupor, chipping the brittle lacquer), so I quit doing it.
To this day, those are the three most beat guitars I own, and also the most yellowed.
That said, I have had my '68 Guild on a stand for about a month now, and my Mustang Bass leaning next to the bed for a few days (have been spending my days in the past week mostly in bed sick with major allergies).
At one point of my life, I always had either my Mexican Strat (a $425 guitar new), my LP Melody Maker (a $380 guitar new), or my Custom Shop Esquire (a $2,000 guitar new) leaning next to the bed. The Esquire procured quite a bit of damage from that practice (I don't know how many times I dropped my alarm clock on it in my morning stupor, chipping the brittle lacquer), so I quit doing it.
To this day, those are the three most beat guitars I own, and also the most yellowed.
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I keep my Taylor acoustic, all my electric guitars and basses - except for one in their cases. I do this because of the gigantic difference in humidity between Spring / Summer and Winter. I keep one electric guitar (usually a PRS SE) out on a stand just to be able to grab it and play when I’ve got a few spare minutes.
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If I can’t see’em, I won’t play’em
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The ones I'm playing regularly are on stands, the rest are in their hard cases under the pool table. I have several wall hangers from a music store that closed years ago, (the cool angled ones) but haven't installed em yet, and I'm not sure I want to anymore. At least until I can finish that half of the basement and control the humidity
Three bassed, three gig-bags. Each bass lives in the gig-bag 100% unless it is being played.
Take it out of the case, practice for a couple of hours, put it back in the case and back in the closet.
I never leave a guitar on a guitar stand except at a gig.
Take it out of the case, practice for a couple of hours, put it back in the case and back in the closet.
I never leave a guitar on a guitar stand except at a gig.
I have two children under age 5. Instruments stay in the cases.
I only own 2 basses. I alternate playing each one. So one is in a case while the other (that I’m playing at the time) stays on a stand. I hate the idea of dust collecting when I have a bass on a stand, but I’m so OCD, I thoroughly clean my basses weekly. Keeping a bass “out” all the time is a visible reminder for me to pick it up and play.
Acoustic guitar stays in case with humidifier. The rest of my basses and guitars are normally either hanging on the wall, or on stands.
Right now I had to evacuate my music room due to some upcoming foundation repair that needs to be done. So everything is now in cases or gig bags, except for a few I moved to the office and put on stands so I can still play when I want to. The discounted copy of Helix Native that I was entitled to as a regular Helix owner has proved to be very useful while I have all the rest of my equipment stashed away. I can plug in a bass or guitar to my PC via USB interface, fire up Helix Native, and off I go.
Right now I had to evacuate my music room due to some upcoming foundation repair that needs to be done. So everything is now in cases or gig bags, except for a few I moved to the office and put on stands so I can still play when I want to. The discounted copy of Helix Native that I was entitled to as a regular Helix owner has proved to be very useful while I have all the rest of my equipment stashed away. I can plug in a bass or guitar to my PC via USB interface, fire up Helix Native, and off I go.
Right now I’m crashing at a friend’s house until I can find my own place, so ALL of my instruments are in their respective cases/gigbags. Funny thing is that the room I’m staying in also houses my guitarist’s guitars, so I’m effectively living in a large guitar storage room with 20-odd guitars and basses. I have almost no room to walk. 
When I have my own place I usually keep all of my instruments out on one of those 7-guitar space studio racks, figuring that if I see them I’ll play them every day (and that’s pretty much true, at least for the basses). However I live alone with no kids, significant other and (currently) no pets, so I’ve got nobody to blame if I drop or knick an instrument.
When I have my own place I usually keep all of my instruments out on one of those 7-guitar space studio racks, figuring that if I see them I’ll play them every day (and that’s pretty much true, at least for the basses). However I live alone with no kids, significant other and (currently) no pets, so I’ve got nobody to blame if I drop or knick an instrument.
All my basses stay in the gig bags. I do have a stand when I pull them out for practicing or just to have one handy when the urge strikes me.