Guitar wall hanger

Step 4 Keep your guitars out of the reach of small children...

And midgets... if you so choose.

Hang the gee tar on the wall and enjoy.

I made three of these for just over 8 bucks when Guitar Center was charging 15.00 each for them.

Comments

[Kid Ninja]

Great Instructable! Unfortunately, neither Home Depot or Lowe's had the right too hanger size, so I had to use a little different one. It was too big for my acoustic, so I put my Squier strat on it. Because of the headstock, I had to angle the hook, but it still turned out great. Here's some pics:

[freeza36]

thats a good looking squier, here are my 2 squiers

[dannyo013]

Very nice tip, I'm hanging a Squier Showmaster from this thing. I made one adjustment though, I sawed the wood rod in half vertically. I just prefer the mount be flat against the wall (doesn't move left to right).

[Bassbuddy]

Boy, you're a genius, you're gonna save me a whole lot of money

[StaReal3]

Thaaannnkkk you! Great Idea!! I was actually looking for this on Ebay, they didnt have a pic of what it would look like on a wall with the guitar and found this!! I am a gal and think I could do this myself to hang hubby's guitar as a suprise!! He just happens to be away !! After reading some of the comments, I think I will screw it to a stud as its an electric guitar and maybe wrap the rod with fabric or leather (to protect the guitar from rubbing) but I am going to give it a whirl.

[peskypesky]

psyched to try this myself....i'm heading to Home Depot tomorrow. will let y'all know how it goes.

[jonesie110]

Thanks bro, i have been wanting to hang my guitars up for a long time, and this will be very helpful

[rocktheproject]

hey, i went and bought all the supplies this weekend, the hook was just over $2.oo and i got the exact wood pieces you did, two of them for $2.oo total. i found the wood rod at Lowe's, but it was labeled as Stairwell Railing, instead of closet rod. i'm really excited about this. thanks again -nick

[rocktheproject]

you, my friend, are the man. my wife and i just moved into an apartment and we have two small children, the oldest being almost two. she LOVES to play with my guitars, which i allow as long as i am holding it, because i don't want to squelch her interest in the instrument. unfortunately though, she has learned how to unlatch the cases, so now, mu guitars aren't safe anywhere while i am away. i was just talking to mywife LAST NIGHT about hanging my guitars on the wall, so now, thanks to you, i can do that this weekend for much cheaper. thank you!!!!!!!

[backyrat]

You can find the hooks at Wal-Mart, K-mart, and probably hardware stores also. They are in the bike accessory area or garage organizational stuff. I saw some sold as bike hooks to hang your bike up in the garage.

[srf21c]

Great project. Was curious where you were able to locate closet rod that thick w/a flat side. I couldn't find any at the local Home Depot or Ace hardware. Or did you have to plane it flat?

[Monster_Boxx]

I am thinking that it is not closet rod, I think that is some railing rod. The flat side so you can support it from the bottom.

[abquid]

No reason you have to use a round closet rod; a rectangular block of wood would work as well (though the rod looks nicer).

[mr2monster]

You know, i think I actually found that in the trim section of home depot. It wasn't planed (by me) it's how i bought it. Also, check the scrap bin because a lot of the time they have smaller chunks in there. I just saw some today. I'm not sure what people use it for.

[Crowbait]

or even this for more equipment. BTW thanks for the idea. saved me a lot of money. The wood is screwed into the studs behind the drywall. I recommend that if you value your equipment, then fasten any hangers you make properly and securely.

[avi911]

ye thats realy cool dude do u think it can support the wait of an electric guitar

[mr2monster]

I hung my Ibanez electric from it for a long time and never had anything happen to it.. I don't see why it wouldn't work.

[avi911]

they get pretty heavy hey depends on alot of different variable i.e pick-ups(believe it or not) neck, trem etc.

[Velotrash Industries]

personally, I'd use plastic wall anchors. still awesome, though

[davidgoodman76]

Hey man. Where did you get the 'hook' piece with the screw in the back of it? I went by Guitar Center today and they only had pre-fab kits, no extra pieces like that one.

[theskimlife]

Just a suggestion for extra safety on it just take another one of those little wall mount things and let the neck rest within it so it cant fall over

[frankz00]

Exactly what I came looking for... I knew it was something simple!