Conference napalm::guitar

    I used to hang my acoustic...no ill effects that I could see or
    hear.
    
    Whenever I have to lean my guitar against something, I use the
    fretboard side as the contact.  Actually, the guitar rests against
    the strings.  When I use a stand, I put the guitar on it the 'con-
    ventional' way, with the back of the neck in the 'crotch' of the
    stand.
    
    Regards,
    John K.

       Well, a couple of reasons for leaning your guitar on the fret side
    is 1)It's usually more stable - flatter leaning surface. 2)is that 
    it can keep the weight off the back side of your neck. It most likely
    keeps your neck from bowing-out more over the long term. 
       Putting your guitar on one of those wall racks might be more of a 
    nuetral position for the neck. You are not putting weight on either
    side of the neck, just on the weight of the guitar pulling on the
    truss rod. 
       It's more of a safe way to store your instruments. You can't 
    accidently knock it off of what you are leaning it on, and it
    won't slide.
    
    
    John

    When I have no stand or anything stable, I lay the guitar fret side
    down, because if anyone were to by accident step on it or knock it, the
    damage would be considerably less.
    
    FWIW...
    
    
    
    /c
    

    Most electric guitars lean toward the front better then the back because
    that's where most of the weight of the instrument is.  A friend of mine
    showed me this a couple of years ago and now I leave mine this way most
    of the time.
    
    Greg

    I wouldn't hang an acoustic. A delicate electric should be in the case.
    A baretta and a strat are best thrown in the corner or left where you
    can grab it whenever u sit down, but not a Clapton strat, because
    they're the wrong color. 
    
    :-)

    I asked the same question some way back in this notes conference.
    
    Problem was I wanted a decent guitar. Didn't want to keep it in a case
    ('cos I'd use it less if I did) but at the same time it had to be out
    my kids reach. They had already broke my 12 string's neck!
    
    I bought a special wall hook. It's main claim to being 'special' was
    that it is ingeniously designed to prevent the back of the guitar
    hitting the wall (unless you are REALLY clumsy). It has worked really
    well. I quite often pick the guitar up for two minutes. Its always to
    hand (but out of kids reach) and the guitar (a Washburn) seems OK.
    
    Anyway, seeing as stores quote happily hang Martins and Guilds surely
    they must be OK?
    
    Richard
    Basingstoke, UK

    FWIW, I put together a couple of wall-mount guitar holders a few
    months ago, using some scrap wood.  The pieces which actually support
    the guitar are carefully shaped and notched so that there is no
    undue stress on the headstock; and are long enough that the back
    of the guitar doesn't contact the wall.
    
    Result? My Strat copy and my Takamine 12-string are there when the
    impulse to play strikes me; and they look great hanging there when
    I don't feel like playing!  Best of all - the holders cost me NOTHING
    in $$$ and were put together in less than an hour.
    
    If you got the wall space, try it - you might like it! :^)
    
    						--Eric--

One ill effect that I noted some time ago, and it was probably more due
to a lousy hanger then anything else..  the hanger would mar the headstock where
the guitars weight was centered.  
Leaving visible marks on each side of the head stock..


That was back sometime ago,, now a days it would seem the hardware for hanger
is suitably padded to prevent this.. 

Other than that, there should be no physical damage to any thing by
hanging it...

The other question,, why backwards in the guitar stand.

My obvious guess is...


The face of the guitar is less likely to be banged by a passer by, or
 falling/bouncing object..   then there's the balance thing...

<<Would you hang your guitar?


Maybe, but not with out a fair trial...







(Sorry, just got back from vacation, and I simply couldn't go home with
 doing this.)