Gordon said we should hang guitars over the piano in my office. Sounds good to me.
Here is the spot with an example Danelectro longhorn bass:
He sent me to Antiques and Beyond on Cheshire Bridge Road. He's seen a board that might be the very thing to hang the guitar hangers from:
This is the idea. I have to figure out how put the hangers on the board and the board on the wall.
Engineering Required:
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We have to attached the board to studs. I don't want the screw heads showing on the board.
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We have to attach the String Swings to the board. The mounding piece doesn't fit.
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It would be nice the swing block didn't look too out of place on the board.
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We'll have to paint or stain the swing block and the sides of the board.
The metal thing is threaded. The swing itself screws into it.
I thought about getting a longer one, but still the block for the correct spacing.
Once again Jeff Ashworth made all work. He cut the wood things, stained them, screwed them in. I got a 1x4 6' poplar board and Jeff cut it in half lengthwise at a 45 degree angle to make a cleat system like this: