NOOB QUESTION(s) - Daily Storage of Your Basses

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Yes, I leave as many out as can safely store so I play them continuously :+1:t2:

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@Jazzbass19 dont you have space for a stand then Joe?

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Yes I do have a stand, @Jamietashi . . . but I have to pull out and set up my amp and cabling any time I want to practice, then put everything back, etc.

Sometimes I wish I had a bigger place :slight_smile:

Cheers, Joe

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I say get rid of all your furniture and turn the whole apartment into a music room. Get a bean bag chair for your practice breaks.

(Just kidding, of course)

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45

lol . . . thanks, @PamPurrs

I’ll think it over . . . :wink:

Cheers, Joe

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I have a 3-instruments stand like yours @PamPurrs . I used to like it because it looks pretty much like what you sometimes can see in music shops, but I quickly found it took too much place (big footprint). but if you have a big room I think it looks really cool.

I use a 9-instruments in line stand + 4 or 5 individual foldable stands for my guitars and basses. it’s convenient and relatively compact.

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47

So here’s my issue with stands.

If your instruments live in an area with lots of traffic (think kids, dogs, spouses with vacuum cleaners), that stand will get knocked over some day.

I have reason to assume that quite a few of us would be somewhat upset to find our instrument lying on the floor with its head stock only being held to the rest of the instrument by a set of strings.

I do, however, subscribe to the need to have my basses at my immediate disposal, so as to not put any obstacles between me and practicing. I want to see them when I enter the room.
That’s why I hang them on the wall.

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I might do this too in my next house. it’s by far the best footprint, and it looks like your room is some kind of museum :grin:

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My museum is probably smaller than yours. :wink:

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we have exactly the same number of basses :grin:

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Yessss… but I have only one guitar.
Oh, wait – and one MIDI keyboard.

And your amp is bigger.

Oh, wait… your amp WAS bigger, right?

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if you include the guitar amps, they might be the most interesting part of my museum :grin:

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Of course we do!

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Hi @peterhuppertz,
Looks like they are hanging in the appropriate spot to me, you can keep them cool in summer and warm in winter.
I’m sure they appreciate your thoughtfulness :joy::joy::joy:
Cheers Brian

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Somehow, this DOES NOT surprise me @Jazzbass19 Joe… You strike me as a VERY organized individual :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: I know - I’m kinda the same way??..

Bigger Place!! Yes, more room. One room that can stay a mess - kinda like my music, gun, hobby, man cave, etc room… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :crazy_face:

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Perfect excuse to get an acoustic. :+1:

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I alternate between the OHSC, and this stand:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GS414BPlus--hercules-stands-gs414b-plus-hanging-guitar-stand-with-auto-grip-system

Solid construction and next to impossible to tip the guitar over when hung.

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You evidently have zero young children, and you are probably not a dog person. :laughing:

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You saying: “It is next to impossible to tip this over.”
Children hearing: “I challenge you to do everything in your power to tip this over!”

Something among those lines? :smiley:

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No, then it would be on the ground before you could finish your sentence.

Just deploy the stand, hang your guitar, without a word. You’ll regret it within a month, tops.

I do not want to iterate how often the phrase “NOT INDOORS!! $#%@&!!@!” has been uttered loudly in this house.

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