My guitar fell of the wall..

[NotScott]

This is one of three walls in my house with hanging guitars. Some of these have been hanging for 30 years and in that time, I have never had any of the issues the handwringers fret over.

Some of you should worry less and play more. You will feel better and become a better player.

 

[Steven]

"Some of you should worry less and play more. You will feel better and become a better player."

You seem to be overlooking, or ignoring the topic of this thread. Not properly attaching a heavy guitar guitars hanger to a wall IS a significant aspect everyone should make certain they do not do. If you do not properly affix a guitar to your walls material, you certainly will end up with a reason to be worried.

 

[MelodicBend]

"Worry less". Okay, I'll give it a shot. Maybe that is what has been holding me back from becoming the virtuosio guitar hero of legend all my life. If I break a few headstocks or crack some bodies, hey it's all good. I'd be worrying less along the way.

 

[loduck]

always anchor screws into the stud or hang a sturdy board to the studs and then hangers to the board and ALWAYS use an elastic strap across the front yoke of the hanger, i have seen people simply bump into a hanging guitar and it twisted in the hanger yoke and fall out, therefore the elastic, sometimes i just use a heavy rubberband to keep it from twisting in the Y yoke

 

[Ronkirn]

Never hang a guitar off anything that isn't anchored into a stud...

to repair the guitar place a pad of something soft on the surface of the guitar, then a piece f something hard, like a block of wood... then after removing the tail-piece.. use a claw hammer under stud, adn gently pru it up to flush with the surface.. that's it..

 

[Sct13]

You not supposed to swing from them…

Right?

 

[Davio]

If you had top wrapped it would not have driven the stud into the body.

 

[golfnut]

You people are all crazy.

*unnecessary stress on the headstock and neck - Thats why only my 3 lightest guitars go on the wall
*black rubber wearing off and ruining guitar finish - Supposedly with the good Hercules hangers this isn't an issue. In my years of using them it hasn't been.
*risk of a drop - No matter what you do you have to be careful with a guitar
*rocking back of guitar into the wall if not placed back on the hanger perfectly - Again just be careful
*crazy activist art vandals - lol
*deterioration from light - Love the accelerated aging.
*temperature and humidity changes - My Oasis is hanging right up on the wall beside the wall hung guitars and is closely monitored.
*limitless other dangers - Thats life. Its bad enough the current trend is to put our kids in a bubble, I'm not going to obsess over the safety of my guitars in an irrational way.

 

[spike450]

Sorry to hear, however I am going to be candid with you. It was a foolish doing on your part for allowing such an episode to transpire. It is solely your own responsibility to make certain your valuable guitars are adequately anchored to sheetrock walls by making certain the wall hangers are securely anchored to a week surface such as sheetrock by using screws that you can drive into a stud, or in the case of a few of my own String swing hangers using screws well anchored into studs, or if you wish, you can use screws and toggle bolts. sheetrock alone is an accident waiting to happen

It wasn’t a sheet rock wall, it was solid brick and breeze block with plasterboard, my guitars have been on the hangers since 2002, ( not the Slash though). Haven’t ever had it happen before and none of the other hangers have any movement.
The Slash is in its case now..

 

[irocdave12]

Hi everyone, heard a Big Bang last night and to my horror found that my Slash LP had fallen of the wall due to my atrocious DIY skills!
I thought I had gotten away without any damage and how the neck didn’t snap I have no idea, I’ve got laminate flooring in the room. I noticed today however that it must have landed on the tail piece and has driven the stud into the body on the treble side.

There are no cracks so has anyone else had this happen and can I just drag the stud back in to it’s proper place?
And I am so impressed it’s ability to withstand such a drop.

I get that it fell and I guess landed in a one in a million right on that tail piece stud driving it down into the guitar. But what I’m amazed at is where the damage to the finish? After it hit the floor it surely then fell onto it’s face or back onto something else. If you got away without any finish damage thats amazing stroke of luck. I’m stunned it didn’t smash the control knob next to the stud. Is the pot still turning ok? Is there an impression on the floor where it landed? That could give some evidence of what hit the hardest if it left an impression. Either way you should buy a lotto ticket this week

 

[kingmlg]

I once played a show at a fairly small venue. Me being me, I still brought 4 guitars. One on a single stand and the other 3 on the tree.

Once you remove a guitar from the tree the over all center of gravity changes and it becomes unstable so with the slightest bump from the singer trying to talk to the drummer the remaining 2 in the tree fell into guitar on the single stand putting a nice big dent in the Gold Top of my new to me 56 reissue Epiphone Les Paul. Of course the two Fenders showed no signs of an incident.

I took a 3 on the tree stand to a gig one night. After setting up my gear, I hung my tele on the stand and went to the bathroom. When I returned, my tele was on the floor and the 3 on the tree stand had collapsed. That's the last time I used a stand like that. I was getting ready to put the two other guitars I had brought, on the stand.

 

[vechap]

Hi everyone, heard a Big Bang last night and to my horror found that my Slash LP had fallen of the wall due to my atrocious DIY skills!
I thought I had gotten away without any damage and how the neck didn’t snap I have no idea, I’ve got laminate flooring in the room. I noticed today however that it must have landed on the tail piece and has driven the stud into the body on the treble side.

There are no cracks so has anyone else had this happen and can I just drag the stud back in to it’s proper place?
And I am so impressed it’s ability to withstand such a drop.

Looks more like the right (from the pic, or treble side) is pulled up.. Unstring, unscrew the bolt, and tap it back in (carefully) preferably with a small piece of wood or something about the size of the insert to tap on, and not the insert itself. You can use a direct hammer, but then you are taking a big chance!

 

[Juan Tumani]

I took a 3 on the tree stand to a gig one night. After setting up my gear, I hung my tele on the stand and went to the bathroom. When I returned, my tele was on the floor and the 3 on the tree stand had collapsed. That's the last time I used a stand like that. I was getting ready to put the two other guitars I had brought, on the stand.

Yup, that's sounds about right. Those are ok-ish for at home if you intend to always have 3 guitars of relatively equal weight.

If ever you have only two guitars in them and one is an acoustic, the other a Les Paul, you might as well just kick the stand over yourself and get it over with.

 

[Kamanshaman]

Lucky you! I would loosen bolts to see what's going on. If you aren't comfortable with above suggestion for heaven's sake take it to a Luthier and have them do it. This is a great guitar. Bring it back to where it was before the fall.

 

[Lorenzo R9]

Hi everyone, heard a Big Bang last night and to my horror found that my Slash LP had fallen of the wall due to my atrocious DIY skills!
I thought I had gotten away without any damage and how the neck didn’t snap I have no idea, I’ve got laminate flooring in the room. I noticed today however that it must have landed on the tail piece and has driven the stud into the body on the treble side.

There are no cracks so has anyone else had this happen and can I just drag the stud back in to it’s proper place?
And I am so impressed it’s ability to withstand such a drop.

 

[theresstrange]

Lucky escape,


Yeah I have two I bought about 20 years ago, best A frame I ever had, cannot find anything to match it.

I've got 2 or 3 Kaman 6 guitar racks I can probably sell you...

 

[spike450]

I get that it fell and I guess landed in a one in a million right on that tail piece stud driving it down into the guitar. But what I’m amazed at is where the damage to the finish? After it hit the floor it surely then fell onto it’s face or back onto something else. If you got away without any finish damage thats amazing stroke of luck. I’m stunned it didn’t smash the control knob next to the stud. Is the pot still turning ok? Is there an impression on the floor where it landed? That could give some evidence of what hit the hardest if it left an impression. Either way you should buy a lotto ticket this week

Luckily it hit my daughters chair that she uses for her art, so that broke the fall before it hit the laminate floor. The only other mark is a tiny scuff near the rear strap button… I was sure that I’d find something broken, but even the control knobs and switch are fine..

 

[Jay4321]

A drywall anchor should not play any part in hanging a guitar of any value, I don't care how good you are or where your sheet rock comes from. If properly affixed to studs (or if a good plank is and the hangars are properly attached to that), it's basically a part of the structure.

Get good screws too, the ones that come with whatever kit you have may be cheap pot metal, they cost next to nothing. And if you really want to go all out use bolts and ratchet them into the studs. From there just make sure that your hanger is good quality as that will become your weakest link.

 

[Jay4321]

I should add I have two aging dogs that periodically come down to the man cave so stands aren't the best choice, I either case or hang anything I care about. And cotton wrap any points that might interact with a lacquer finish.

 

[Brooklyn Zeke]

Hi everyone, heard a Big Bang last night and to my horror found that my Slash LP had fallen of the wall due to my atrocious DIY skills!
I thought I had gotten away without any damage and how the neck didn’t snap I have no idea, I’ve got laminate flooring in the room. I noticed today however that it must have landed on the tail piece and has driven the stud into the body on the treble side.

There are no cracks so has anyone else had this happen and can I just drag the stud back in to it’s proper place?
And I am so impressed it’s ability to withstand such a drop.

I had an amplifier fall over onto a vintage '68 SG Standard which drove the threaded bridge posts which support the bridge, down into the body (but not through the back of the body). That made the bridge flush with the body atop the knurled height adjusters, making them height-unadjustable. The amp fall destroyed the receiving threads in the body wood of the bridge post holes. Gibson repaired it and I don't know how they did it.