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Eric R.

Wall mount - how ‘level’ must it be?

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I have a Konig & Meyer wall mount for my guitar, and usually uave a Western guitar hanging in it. However, one thing that’s always bugged me a bit is that the way it’s mounted onto the wall doesn’t seem to be 100% level - the deviation is minimal, but it makes me wonder how strict we’re expected to be when attaching these things to the wall. I could imagine that, in the long run, any ‘sideways’ pull will be bad for the neck, but then again, guitars are often surprisingly resilient (and the K&M can move a bit anyway, so if there’s a serious weight imbalance one would expect that to be automatically corrected). Any opinions?

 

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2 hours ago, Eric R. said:

... Any opinions? ...

 

If, as you say, it's minimal, I wouldn't worry about it at all. There are many guitars (even acoustics...) that are not symmetrically balanced anyway, so even if the wall mount was 'plumb', the weight could well be offset. I've never heard of a guitar neck being affected by being hung this way; they are pretty solidly constructed. If it's only an aesthetic thing, I'd leave it alone.
It would be possible to redress things a little, without taking the wall mount down, by winding a piece of cloth onto one side of the mount, as packing, to have the guitar 'plumb'; I'd surely not bother. Hope this helps. rWNVV2D.gif

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