GuitarGrip Guitar Hanger

http://bit.ly/q9DhyK Grip Studios produce a range of different hand-shaped guitar hangers from factory made models to elegantly hand-carved and hand-painted artist originals. I was sent their gorgeous ‘Grip Reaper’ design which features a glossy skeleton hand finish.

What’s In the Box?

Out of the box you are immediately struck by the detail in the model as all of the little lines and creases are present and accounted for and the hand features some impressive skeleton hand. I’m not sure what these are made from but there’s certainly a good weight behind them, they feel very solidly made and are certainly up to the task of holding up a guitar.

The hanger is fixed to the wall by a single long screw and has some black felt padding at the base of the screw to protect your wall from damage. I did find that there was some slight transfer of black dye onto my wall after I took the hand down, but nothing that won’t wash off. The part of the hanger which will come into contact with your guitar is covered in a very soft black rubber coating to prevent any damage to your guitar’s finish.

Did you also notice that the model is left handed? Grip Studios have also recently introduced right handed models if you would like a set.

Installation

Installation is ridiculously simple as all you really need to do is screw it into your wall. Because of the single screw design it is obviously preferable to find a stud in your wall to affix the hanger, but through the use of the proper wall anchors you could virtually attach this anywhere. The only tool you will need is a drill with a 3/16” bit to make the starter hole.

In Use

Once on the wall I gave the GuitarGrip hanger some fairly hefty abuse to make sure it would stand up to the job at hand – it wasn’t going anywhere, a good start! It almost seemed a shame to cover this up with a guitar as it really looks like a wicked piece of art on display.

The hand holds your guitar perfectly straight and a good 3-4 inches away from the wall. For guitars with a non-symmetrical headstock design it’s just a case of twisting the hanger until your guitar hangs straight. All of my guitars fit like a glove, however it’s probably worth noting that the 7-string guitars and classical were a fairly tight fit.

As expected, the only part of the guitar which comes into contact with the hanger is well protected by the rubber padding. It is also easy to insert and remove your guitar without hitting your neck against any of the unpadded fingers.

The Grip Studios hanger looks great on my wall and I can only imagine that having a whole team of them holding up all of my guitars would look the absolute business.

Conclusions

These went down a complete storm – all my friends are asking where to get them and my dad, who doesn’t even play guitar, is hell-bent on taking this one home to hang his coats on. It does the job perfectly and looks fantastic up on my wall – recommended! Get your guitars off the floor and into safe hands. @evernote @facebook @hi5 @jaiku @myspace @orkut @picasa @plerb @smugmug @soundcloud @sugarsync @tinypic @wordpress @zooomr accessories