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Affect on neck: keeping basses in case vs on a stand

#41
Floyd Eye said:
Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I just said. Do NOT store your bass in a "Detuned" condition. So, what exactly is the point you're making with the "Read and Digest" comment?
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I mean't that everyone on here should "Read and Digest" this statement.

When I was at school, science teachers would tell us to "Read and Digest" a passage in a text book to signify something was important or even an absolute, like a definition or a rule, and so should be followed.
 
#43
I've got guitars and basses hanging, on stands, and in cases. I trade them around sometimes. Same with amps, some have covers, or are in cases. Sometimes I will play all the one's out the same day. I will put one away that needs a set up or strings till I feel like making adjustments. That's when the frets get polished, and the dust gets a good clean off. Bought and sold dozens, but although I still gas for more, I have settled on the ones I have now. It's all good. I have a 70's Japanese Fender acoustic I bought new I have almost never put away in 30 some years. It's no Martin, but I used to play it by the train station on hot summer nights when I was a kid, and take it to the lake with girls. I still pick it up and play it just about every day. Still good. I see the wear and what time has done to it, probably could use frets, but I have seen really poor condition guitars in comparasin, and just have to wonder what extremes made them that way. Not from leaving out on a stand, but probably more so from being left in a car on a hot summer day.
 
#44
To the original question, the case won't do anything to help keep the neck straight. Even string tension and the truss rod do all of that. Leaning, hanging, etc creates no greater pressure than what's going on in that constant battle.

As to others, it's great if you have a dedicated room or wall, without a heating duct, sun exposed window, blah blah blah to leave them out. Awesome.

Myself, I share a house with my wife, 2 boys and a 85 lb Lab. The only space beside the finished attic and it's wild temp swings is my dining room. Bass gear takes up a corner, two uprights (3/4 for me, 1/4 for them) and ABG out all the time for convenience, but the StingRay is in the case elsewhere in the house. I'd love to be able to leave it out, but it's not worth the risk. I don't baby the thing, it is a tool, but I wouldn't leave a tool I cared about around either when half the neighborhood is running through the house.
 
#45
I have a 5 acoustic guitar rack that first 7 basses in my basement where I practice. I keep my 7 most played basses on this rack. I put them in cases or a gig bag as I am leaving the house going to a gig/rehearsal.

I generally only keep basses in their cases if they are not being played for storage purposes.

I also keep a couple of basses on wall hangers in my office.

Bottom line, over 25+ years of playing, I have noticed no difference in the necks of basses based on how they are stored.
 
#47
I have two Hercules triple hanging stands that I keep my basses hanging on most of the time. My wife's 20 pound cat is not going to tip those over by rubbing against them. They're available and there to see and enjoy.

Put them in a case in a closet and they become expendable and unimportant IMHO.


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#49
I leave my basses out on stands in my living room. No dog, just a little cat who doesn't bother them - I haven't enough stands though, so my Squier II Precision goes in the closet in a case. I leave my nicest basses out so I play them more.

My '62 P sits out in front (with the stand latch secured of course) :p
 
#56
I really liked using wall hangers -- easy access but out of the way of life.

I'm a renter now, so can't make big holes in the walls. Stands are good but they take up floor space.

I guess the other thing that comes to mind... if you're of a certain age, having your place covered with instruments and tolex will make most romantic interests run away. :(
 
#57
Actually, both affect and effect function as nouns and verbs. Usages:

"The situation affected him."
"He effected the situation."
"The situation had an effect on him."
"The situation left him in a different affect."

Now, let's get back to discussing bass. People on the internet have terrible grammar, and it's usually the blowhard in the discussion who feels the need to step in and correct people ;)
 
#59
After wasting my time reading this entire thread, my advice is doing whatever you want and are comfortable with. I suppose I keep my acoustic guitar basses in cases more often in the winter and place wet rags, humidifiers etc. in the cases, but also leave axes out on stands for easy access both at home and at my studio...use common sense and it'll be all good.
 

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