Up until now, I have used a stand or case, to keep my guitars out of harm's way. This last weekend, my new acoustic got knocked over twice and got two new dings. I Love my Grand kids and it was my own fault for not having it up out of the way. so I have officially changed My mind about Hangers. I'm installing 4 of those little beauties as wee speak. If I had taken your advise a couple weeks ago this wouldn't have happened. And another thing, remember when I got that ding in my Brand New TELE last winter. It also got knocked off the stand. How do you spell IDIOT My Wife just told Me its Spelled Knot Head.
----Danny,

Good choice. I always use hangers rather than a stand because you never know what could happen. The little ones knock it over or maybe the dog runs into it. Always nice to have it out of the way

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Guitars: 2000 American standard tele black w/ tortoise pick guard, Martin D-16 Acoustic, Epiphone Hummingbird (travel guitar)
Amps: Fender Champion 600

Mine hang or are in the case...but mostly leaned up against an amp

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Mine hang if they are out, with the exception of two or three on stands - but ALL are in the Music Room, which is locked when I'm out of the house. The grandsons all love guitars, but as yet do not really appreciate them, so I do my best to keep their excited little hands off.

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Dennis in CR
Rockin' since 1963

My wife says BONE HEAD

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1986 Fender Sidekick Reverb 35
1990 Fender Red Knob - "The Twin"
1992 Fender Newporter - Acoustic
2000 Fender American Series Strat - Natural ash
2010 Fender Mustang 1
2011 Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster -Sunburst
2012 Fender Champion

I have found that the general rule of thumb goes: Kids+Anything expensive/delicate=disaster.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

+1

Neither kids nor pets are permitted into the music room!

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

I use guitar wall mounts or guitar cases to store my guitars at the house. I only use floor stands while I am in the middle of a session and need to walk away for just a moment or two.

I learned the hard way not to leave them in a floor stand. My kids broke one of my guitar's neck when they were 4 and 5 years old.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

I too had a guitar knocked over on the stand...if I walk away it goes in case or hangs on wall..PERIOD!!
Just the other day though I had my acoustic out and doorbell rang ,so put it in case and happened to set it on the top of the coffee table real quick and in that one minute...the cat got on top and knocked it right off the table.Thank god I put it in its case....Disaster averted

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1986 Fender Sidekick Reverb 35
1990 Fender Red Knob - "The Twin"
1992 Fender Newporter - Acoustic
2000 Fender American Series Strat - Natural ash
2010 Fender Mustang 1
2011 Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster -Sunburst
2012 Fender Champion

I keep mine in the cases--I have nowhere to really hang them, and I've never been into that.

But each of us needs to decide what to do with them.

I find cases offer the best protection--and I still play mine.

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It wasn't Willy-Nilly, it was at crows.