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You leave it in or take it out? [HARDcase]
- Thread starter Cuniliguns
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I use heavy duty gig bags. My basses live in the gig bags when I'm not playing them. I currently don't even own a stand
Same here. I currently have five basses in my living room, none of which are in cases.
I play constantly throughout the day, and my tastes change. They only go in cases when they leave the house.
I go back and forth....i like seeing my basses on stands,and having them handy to pick up,but then i think they should be in their cases to avoid dust,temperature changes,etc. and of course being paranoid about exposing the finish to the effects of the stands' neoprene cushions themselves.
Leaving instruments out is, for me, a bad habit. I associate it with guys I know who have walls covered with instruments that they never play, but let the strings get dusty and the contacts corrode with condensation. I'll leave a bass on a stand at home if I *know* I'll be picking it up again within 24 hours, or between sets at a gig, but having seen enough really stupid preventable accidents over the years, otherwise, if it ain't bein' played, it's going into protection. At *least* a gig bag, but I much prefer hard cases.
I don't think storage of an instrument in a case on its side is likely to be damaging, but, like some other folks on this thread, I anyway prefer to store my cases standing upright, because you can get more of them in a closet that way.
I don't think storage of an instrument in a case on its side is likely to be damaging, but, like some other folks on this thread, I anyway prefer to store my cases standing upright, because you can get more of them in a closet that way.
Giggling the Steinberger XL2 is awkward that way. At home and in rehearsal, I just put it down in its little hard case, but there's no room for that on most stages, so I have to go against all sensible instrument care protocol and lean it against my amp between sets.
Of course, that thing is more likely to damage the floor than to break if it falls over...
Gaolee
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I like having them out where I can see them and pick up this one or that one on a whim. I have a tendency to play what's out and that's it. Getting them all out means I play all of them. They like the exercise.
the neck is under constant tension from the strings, the neck is not going to bend from whatever orientation it is.
how boring
how boring
The real danger in laying cases flat is that they can get stepped on or damaged from something falling on them. Less danger of that if they're upright or on-edge.
Also, if you store cases upright like books on a shelf you can pull them out one at a time. If they're stacked up laying flat you can only get to the top one without moving the others.
