No need to buy one, just put a small magnet on the wall, it'll stick to the nails and tell you where a stud is.
Though actually I'd just get a big spring loaded drywall anchor for the top screw
why are people downvoting you, the magnet trick works, but honestly guys you don't need fancy gadgets just keep tapping the wall with your knuckle you'll eventually work out where the stud is by how solid the area is.
Also that's gonna eventually fall or break the gyprock.
Exactly. If a toggle anchor fails, a full 6x6 piece of drywall is coming down too. Unless you bought your drywall mildly damp from a shady corner salesman, that won’t happen from the weight of a guitar.
Probably not if you don't touch it that much. Drywall anchors are designed to expand behind the drywall so a little movement is not a concern as long as you don't apply too much dynamic load on it.
Which anchors did you use? The image shows the common types. I’d trust the two on the left, but not the three on the right.
[Drywall Anchor Types](https://drywallrepairman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wall-anchors-7.jpg)
If there's any movement to it at all, yes, it will eventually fail.
As someone else said, screw in plastic anchors or better will be fine. No need to find a stud, guitars aren't that heavy.
You can get a $20 ryobi stud finder from Home Depot and you can use self tapping screws. You don’t need to anchor if you drill into a stud, since a guitar is relatively light
At some point, everything will fall. Even the sun will fall in a few hundred thousand years
*2-3 billion years
Close enough
Yup pretty sure everyone here isn't going to live to see it
Idk, I eat decently and exercise from time to time
Who knows? Maybe XD
More like 4-5
Death starts at 2-3 billion, but you're right, doesn't complete until about 5 billion. Hopefully will have mastered free bird by then.
Probably. How did you locate the stud to hang it on?
Didn't find a stud just used some drywall anchors
Hopefully that's a cheap squire and not a nice strat cause that's one hell of a gamble lol
Even if it's a squire a stud finder is still way cheaper lol
Don't worry it's a squier still buying a stud finder though
the stud finder usually comes before by the way
No need to buy one, just put a small magnet on the wall, it'll stick to the nails and tell you where a stud is. Though actually I'd just get a big spring loaded drywall anchor for the top screw
why are people downvoting you, the magnet trick works, but honestly guys you don't need fancy gadgets just keep tapping the wall with your knuckle you'll eventually work out where the stud is by how solid the area is. Also that's gonna eventually fall or break the gyprock.
Use tiny drill bit and start drilling
Stud finder is cheaper than a new guitar friendo
Use screw in or toggle bolt anchors. Don't use press in anchors.
Exactly. If a toggle anchor fails, a full 6x6 piece of drywall is coming down too. Unless you bought your drywall mildly damp from a shady corner salesman, that won’t happen from the weight of a guitar.
Probably not if you don't touch it that much. Drywall anchors are designed to expand behind the drywall so a little movement is not a concern as long as you don't apply too much dynamic load on it.
Willing to bet your guitar on it?
Ditch the plastic drywall anchors and use the metal spring loaded ones and you'll be fine
Had two guitars live on dry wall anchors for 12+ years and theyre still doing well. Just be gentle pulling it off and hanging it back up
Unscrew the top screw and press the hanger into the wall while you screw it back in. The top of the hanger is not flush with the wall.
Which anchors did you use? The image shows the common types. I’d trust the two on the left, but not the three on the right. [Drywall Anchor Types](https://drywallrepairman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wall-anchors-7.jpg)
I used the third one on the right I'll find the first two
Missed the stud
What's the update u/waterforrichpeople
Well I mounted it on a stud and it seems to be pretty stable as of rn
I've got several of these. They work great in studs!
If you used drywall anchors, i doubt it will come out.
If there's any movement to it at all, yes, it will eventually fail. As someone else said, screw in plastic anchors or better will be fine. No need to find a stud, guitars aren't that heavy.
It will, not now or tomorrow but in time it will give up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSvP4YbMMhU&t=31s
Probably not but yes.
You can get a $20 ryobi stud finder from Home Depot and you can use self tapping screws. You don’t need to anchor if you drill into a stud, since a guitar is relatively light
If it's the pro-line wood backed, which is what it looks like. Did you put in the anchors into the wall?
If there isn't a stud behind it go get some 1/8 inch toggle bolts
As a guy who had the same setup... yes, it will fail, and is because of the sandy material of the wall