So, my wife is shopping for a guitar.

[dirtbiker427]

southern delaware, sort of near the coast

Oh, you get real weather there... Probably best to keep them in cases with a humidity regulator.

 

[watelessness]

Oh, you get real weather there... Probably best to keep them in cases with a humidity regulator.

nope. all on the wall. i just keep the weather somewhat constant - humidfy in winter, dehumidify in summer

 

[László]

Artistic as they can be, I think of instruments as ‘not decor’. I figure couches, chairs, lamps and rugs are decor, because they’re neither instruments nor art.

But I also think of the paintings I have as ‘not decor’, because I believe that art transcends mere decor.

I hang paintings on the walls, because I have no idea what else one does with paintings, though serious collectors put them in warehouses and never look at them.

Art in warehouse storage is like putting things in your basement. Once it’s in a box in your basement, it’s never coming back upstairs.

My studio is in my basement. My wife doesn’t want me upstairs.

Who can blame her?

 

[veinbuster]

Artistic as they can be, I think of instruments as ‘not decor’. I figure couches, chairs, lamps and rugs are decor, because they’re neither instruments nor art.

But I also think of the paintings I have as ‘not decor’, because I believe that art transcends mere decor.

I hang paintings on the walls, because I have no idea what else one does with paintings, though serious collectors put them in warehouses and never look at them.

Art in warehouse storage is like putting things in your basement. Once it’s in a box in your basement, it’s never coming back upstairs.

My studio is in my basement. My wife doesn’t want me upstairs.

Who can blame her?

I hadn’t thought of it this way, but might agree. The guitars on the wall of my music room are for my convenience. Art work on my walls is stuff I like to look at. Most of it means something to me.

The few things tucked in a dark corner are because I thought they deserved a better fate than going to Good Will. They were important to the previous owner, and I will honour that.

 

[DRO]

What part of the world do you live in? I hang a good portion of my guitars. I'm fortunate that living in southern Ca our weather is pretty consistent. I can let a guitar hang for a month and it will either be in tune or only a couple cents off.

I was born and raised in San Joaquine Valley. Now live in Midwest.
I learned to case my guitars after suffering a headstock break on an acoustic, back in the 80's.
I also found that keeping them cased, helped to save my setup work.
When I was gigging, I'd completely tech my guitars every week.
Including string change, cleaning, dismantling the bridge, soaking saddled in Windex and scrubbing, changing saddles as needed, polishing the frets, reassembling, checking neck relief, setting intonation.
Took a good portion of my Sunday, every week.
Occasionally I'd play an old guitar, that had been out of rotation. When I'd check the neck relief after pulling from the case. They'd be out by .002"-.003"
The guitar I played for most of the 90's, I ended up trading to a producer/friend. He liked to leave them out of the cases so he could see them.
After about 6 months I picked up my old guitar, that hadn't seen its case in as many months.
Neck relief was out by .027"
In my world, that's a mile.
So, as far as I'm concerned, leaving my guitars out, is the worst thing for them.

 

[boardn10]

Nice...

My girlfriend loves the look of guitars. She says they are works of art. She plays piano, so she gets the whole guitar buying thing. Lol.