Best wall hook for hanging an archtop guitar?

[boatheelmusic]

I hang 20 guitars using angled, extended String Swing hangers on tracks. They’ve been on my walls for 13 years now with no incident. I’ve also used the direct mounted (straight) hangers.

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Don't you worry about all that light and heat on your archtops?

Cool, though.

[rpguitar]

Whoa, is that a 17" CC Slaman? Nice setup!

Thanks Greg, no it's actually a 16" "Sister" model. It was built alongside Pat Metheny's. The same wood was used for his neck and mine. Makes me play just like him too! Unfortunately not...

Don't you worry about all that light and heat on your archtops?

Those windows are northern exposure and I actually have solar shades on them now. The glare is from my iPhone trying to adjust to the light extremes. I keep a humidifier in the room (next to the piano) and the humidity stays from 40-50% all year round, temp is 65-75F. No problems at all.

[fws6]

Hanging !

[lammie200]

Living in California's earthquake country, my guitars only hang inside their respective hardshell case.

Seeing as this thread revived, I also live in earthquake country. I use two hangers for each guitar which keeps them from swinging side-to-side. Straps wrap behind the guitar between the guitar back and the wall to keep them from banging into the wall. I also use heavy thick rubber bands on each hanger to keep them from jumping off the hangers. It works and is convenient.

[coryB]

Gotta admit the Hercules came with excellent mounting instructions....

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Yeah, just be sure to notice that they specify their hangers are going into a brick wall - they don't work properly for anything else.

I have my guitars hung on locking Hercules hangers that are anchored into the sheetrock walls with these anchors where there was no stud available.