do you store your bass in its case?

[freshpots]

never! out of sight, out of mind.

 

[Plectrum72]

All of my stringed instruments are hung from hangers mounted to a board which is mounted to the studs of an interior wall. The HAVC does not blow on them directly. Would not recommend exterior walls or under a vent due to rapid temperature fluctuations. The only time they are in cases is for transport. Never had a neck, tuning, or intonation issue with any of them yet. All of them are played much more often than if they were stored in a case.

 

[bluesblaster]

yes

 

[Steve88]

I keep one easily accessible in my living room. If I'm not playing it, it gets tucked in my gig bag to stay clean and ready to go.

The rest live in hard cases in the closet until I rotate a different one out for whatever reason.

 

[Aloe]

well, I do sometimes, but prefer not to do it, unless it's some prolonged storage or I run out of wall hooks.

I control humidity in my rooms (40-50%), not my cases, as I'm also sensitive to this. and I don't touch the truss rods on season change.

this said, I do love my closet with cases, I like how they stack and it's not a feeling I can get with a gig bag. but taking a bass in and out takes some time, that's why I prefer not to do it, if I need that bass today or tomorrow and I have a wall hook for it.

 

[Cleezmo]

Mine are all in a rack in my office/music room. I like having them at arms' reach at any time, and I like looking at them. For about a 6 month period a few years back, they were all in cases in the basement as we hadn't gotten our new house sorted yet and I didn't have a 'music space'. And I found it reduced the amount of time that I played them. When they are in the rack, I play them more.

I have all of them setup/adjusted once a year, and that's enough, they are never seriously out of whack, just need some fine tuning despite the crazy weather changes here in Missouri.

Not that I'm in the market for another bass right now, but if I was, I think I'd actually prefer that it come with a nice gig bag vs. a hard case. I have 5 hard cases stowed in various rooms in the house, and I rarely use them. For jam sessions and rehearsals where I only take one bass, I use a gig bag. For gigs where I take two, I use the cases then, and wonder why I haven't sprung for a nice Mono two-bass bag...

 

[HardNHeavy]

always keep 2 out on stands, the other 3 are in gig bags ready to unzip and play whenever i want....I fondle them all

 

[REV]

I keep all but one bass in their cases.

 

[2cooltoolz]

I leave usually 3, and one guitar, on hanging stands by my desk. The others are in hard cases, but more about general protection than humidity. I live in Houston, on the Texas gulf coast, and we got HUMIDITY, but I've never given it a thought. (Central A/C though. Couldn't survive without it).

 

[Geogio]

This was a bass rescue, it follows me everywhere!

 

[ThinCrappyTone2]

luthier who just repaired my bass recommended that i store it in a case with humidity control packets in it to keep the bass in top playability as far as humidity

I have humidity meters in my rooms sitting next to where my basses are on the stands. I keep my house from between 49-59% humidity based on the weather

I like to keep my basses out and on a stand to quickly grab and play as the cases would have to stay in the basement and stairs would be involved to go grab this instrument. I am not a super lazy person but I like the ease of being able to just grab it off the stand in the other room when the urge to noodle hits me.

I only have a mono gig bag so I would need to get a case that would fit this bass.

I think that with the humidity at those levels the bass should be fine on the stand.

Im sure some will say yay and some say nay, but I guess this post was mostly to vent.
Thanks!

I try to keep guitars and basses in their case or gig bag when they’re not being used. but whichever ones are in current rotation are usually out of the case, ready to rock.

I put them away not for humidity reasons, but because they get dusty and cheesy feeling if they’re out too long.

And so my a-hole dog doesn’t pee on them.

 

[Jazzdogg]

I have about a dozen basses. My approach is based on living in earthquake country for decades, and losing a double bass to the Northridge Earthquake.
I keep all of my basses in cases. I have four electric basses that get the most play; fretted and fretless four- and five-strings.

Whenever I want to play a bass, it's usually in tune and free of dust. I typically put all basses in cases when I'm done playing for the day. I haven't had to adjust a truss rod in years.

 

[Marko 1]

Mine, six total, are on wall hangers around my music room.

 

[ryco]

Sometimes. The ones in the house are upright in a multi stand.
The ones out in the garage* are standing up in a carton my GK 410 came in - some in unzipped gig bags, some not - but no two exposed basses touch.

*store room/practice pad - totally insulated, dry, and heated.

 

[Wambemando]

I live in semi-arid Colorado @ 7,000' and my instruments are fine hanging on the wall of my basement mancave.
I kept them in cases when I lived near the ocean back in Maine though!

 

[Lenny JG]

I do both

 

[singlemalt]

In cases if I’m not playing.

Kids, big dogs, cats, there’s just too many moving parts at my house. Nobody’s fault but mine if basses get damaged because I left them out on a stand, leaning in a corner or hanging on a wall.

If I do leave one out on a stand, it’s dusty in no time. Cats, dogs, life....

Plus, I’ll play one bass for months at a time before another comes up in the rotation. The rest are safe in cases.

 

[Mastermold]

I try to keep guitars and basses in their case or gig bag when they’re not being used. but whichever ones are in current rotation are usually out of the case, ready to rock.

I put them away not for humidity reasons, but because they get dusty and cheesy feeling if they’re out too long.

And so my a-hole dog doesn’t pee on them.

Does your dog pee on the P bass???

 

[Deleted member 365158]

I’ve tried but i have too many basses to fit in my 1 hard case and 1 gig bag

 

[LowActionHero]

My main basses are in their cases, my beater practice bass stays out. Also one electric guitar and my beater acoustic. All my other instruments are in their cases too.