Your Xcellerator and Icon look a lot like mine (above) - well, except those extra strings ...
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Do you hang your basses up on your wall?
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Nice to see some Carvin/Kiesel love out there! Nice basses!Your Xcellerator and Icon look a lot like mine (above) - well, except those extra strings ...
Personally, I don't much like the idea of leaving my instruments exposed to dust, light, ozone, and accidents. When the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area in '89, I was at work and my favorite bass was on a stand in my studio where I could clearly visualize how it must have been crushed by the bookcase as it fell onto my multitrack deck. When I was finally able to get home to Berkeley late that night, while some instruments in their cases had fallen on the floor, none of the worst-case scenarios had materialized. Just the same, after that, I became much more systematic in keeping instruments in cases when not in use. Ya never know.
But...
The real reason why I just don't see a bass wall working for me is that 4 of my basses are headless!
But...
The real reason why I just don't see a bass wall working for me is that 4 of my basses are headless!
I keep my basses on a floor rack, and my guitars on the wall hangers. My guitars are lighter, and thus less likely to rip the hangers off the wall.
As long as the hangers are anchored in a stud with a quality fastener, this shouldn't be a concern.
I’m in a condo - not very creative... just hangin in my BR 
I was a bit more creative when I had a basement (ana few more basses)
I was a bit more creative when I had a basement (ana few more basses)
the bottoms are about head high so there's a lot of usable space under the basses.
If you could find a way to hang the upright on a wall, you’d be in a league of your own!
(And if you do, please let me know how. I have two of those things now and they take up a &$@load of floor space!)
I play all my basses all the time and the LP once in a while, so I like them handy. Hercules into studs.
I’ve seen a broken headstock on a LP from a fall from a floor stand; neither method protects against carelessness with valuable instruments. The Hercules tilts so weight distribution isn’t usually a concern. You do need to check, though. I can’t hang my Aerodyne any longer since I added a drop tuner, so that one is on a stand now. It hung before just fine.
That pink Thunderbird is awesome! Did you refinish it yourself?
Whether or not they are on the wall or in stands on the floor, the key thing is that they are out. You can look at them whenever you want and enjoy them that way ... or you can quickly pick them up and play them at a moments notice.
