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Another Noob Question - Hanging?

#22
I hang all my basses and don't ever have a problem. The key is to keep your house temp and humidity the same as when you set it up. I rarely see any affects, only when the temp of humidity is drastically different where I gig.
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#23
Think about it this way: There are 4 screws through the neck and body at the neck joint. The weight of the bass is divided among those 4 screws. Even if your bass is on the heavy side, say 10-11 lbs., thats only 2.5-3 lbs. MAX on each screw and that's nothing.
 
#25
EighthNotes said:
Think about it this way: There are 4 screws through the neck and body at the neck joint. The weight of the bass is divided among those 4 screws. Even if your bass is on the heavy side, say 10-11 lbs., thats only 2.5-3 lbs. MAX on each screw and that's nothing.
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Minus the weight of the neck. Minus the effect of sting tension. It's nowhere near 2.5 lbs hanging weight on the joint. The leverage of the stings places more stress on the bolts than that.

Look with a nominal 100 lbs. string tension the largest portion of stress and leverage is on the 2 bolts nearest the head (the heel is the fulcrum). When in any position, the 4 or 5 lbs. of body weight hanging will have little negative effect on anything, probably positive effect by lessening the string tension slightly through the hanging body weight.

Upright is the best position, whether hanging or in a stand. I set the neck cradles in my stands right around the 12th fret or higher so the neck is hanging in space. Hanging by the head is still probably the best method.
 

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