Leaving guitars out of their cases?

[SHRED]

I have 3 acoustic and 1 electric guitar.
I want to set up a music room with them conveniently handy but have always been paranoid about leaving them out of their cases.
I live near the coast so I think humidity is fine. They won't get dried out.
I will of course secure them so they won't get knocked over.

Any reasons to not leave them out?

[Fullduplexxx]

1. Do you have children? Cause that would be one reason to not leave them out

[SHRED]

2. Yes...38 and 36 years old

[pangaia]

3. then you better keep them in the cases.

[SHRED]

7. Ha!

[argyl]

14. I spewed coke on my iPhone. Through my nose.

Burns like hell but the laugh was worth it.

[redstateblues]

4. Nope. If I'm working in my home studio, I always leave out the guitars I'm using. Some good stands

will keep them safe.

[Hoyt]

5. I leave the instruments I play most often out. I do hang them high on wall to minimize knocks, etc.

[Foolacious]

6. With proper humidity and security, it's okay.

That's what many musicians, and music stores, do.

[MuseRider]

8. When in our season or I have a gig

outside of the orchestra I leave my clarinets out in my office on a stand with a humidifier that I control carefully. I would be concerned with the wood on your guitars but I know a lot of string players who do not do this. Could it be the outside treatment is enough to stop cracking? I would be concerned about that but be careful how much humidity there is. It seems to take a long time to dry them out!

[CountAllVotes]

9. Case

I always store my guitars in their cases.

Just the risk of one of them getting broke is simply not worth it! Nope!

Keep on pickin' by the way!

[global1]

10. Distraction....

If my guitars are out I'm tempted to grab one of them and start playing and as a result lose myself in hours of playing.

When they're in the cases - out of sight - out of mind.

[SHRED]

11. That's what I'm thinking

If they are out they will get played more.

[RainCaster]

12. I keep my favorite acoustic out for those breaks

It's nice having it always ready to go. The electrics remain in their cases these days.
BTW, my alias comes from my two favorite guitars - not the weather. Rainsong & Tele...

[fierywoman]

13. Do you live in an earthquake zone? Do you have animals (especially cats)?

I can get my viola out of its case, bow tightened and shoulder rest on in 15 seconds. I'd rather protect my (fragile) instruments by keeping them in their cases.

[argyl]

15. For years I rigorously put my guitars back in their cases after use.

But a while back I bought a couple of stands and keep two out, my favorite acoustic and electric.

And the electric's a semi hollowbody that sounds great unplugged and is usually played that way.

It's convenient but if I leave for any length of time back in their cases they go.

Wondering what to do with quality guitars is a dilemma
I kinda like.

[Iggo]

16. I've got one of these...

My Strat-copy and my Lester on the left, my Ibanez bass in the middle, and my dread and my classical on the right.

I use a twin sized fitted sheet to cover them when I need to. Works surprisingly well.

Gimme a minute or a day to get a real picture up...

[SHRED]

17. I like that

[SHRED]

18. Here's what I did

I'll play them more now.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Exactly What I Did

Mandolin and 2 Acoustics on 1 wall, 3 acoustics on the next wall, 2 electrics on 3rd, and 5 electrics on the last wall
I've got a lute bodied acoustic not hanging and my bass is in the case next to the piano.
I've only had to reregulate the electrics about once every 4 years or so.

[Arthur_Frain]

20. A nice tool box there.

At the very least get a hygrometer. It would be nice if it was digital, and kept a record of extremes. Anytime there’s some major weather system coming through that has the potential to dump the temperature 20-30 degrees or humidity 20-25% in a short time, it wouldn’t hurt to case your instruments for the duration of the event.

The thing that kills fine instruments isn’t so much too much or little humidity as it is rapid changes in humidity. Same goes for temperature.

[SHRED]

21. Good advice

Thanks

[countryken]

22. keep 'em all out

If I leave 'em out, I play 'em. I grab the one that serves the purpose I need. The humidity is okay here in Florida, and if I'm walking through the room planning to play one song, I'd rather have the song choose the guitar rather than the guitar choose the song.

[Iggo]

23. Hey, SHRED. Here's that guitar stand solution I was talking about last month.

https://imgur.com/a/c7UYIpc