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April 26, 2017 · 3 Comments

DIY Guitar Hanger: Create a custom pick-shaped hanger

DIY Gift Ideas· Wall Decor· Woodworking

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My Father-in-law plays in a band as a hobby and has quite a few guitars.  Most of them are stored in their cases or leaning up against other items in the house.  So, as a gift, I decided to make him some custom DIY guitar wall hangers that are shaped like a guitar pick!  These were very easy to make and also did not take long.  So, if you are in need of a gift for a music-lover, these are the perfect DIY creation that you can customize to any theme you like, the possibilities are endless!

DIY Pick-Shaped Guitar Hanger

 

DIY Guitar Hanger Materials:

Wood:

Quantity: Size
1  half sheet 1/2″ Plywood

 

Supplies:

(affliliate links)

Jig Saw
Guitar Hangers  Dark Walnut Wood Stain
Interior Water-Based Polyurethane Paint Pens Carbon Transfer Paper

DIY Guitar Hanger Instructions:

First,  print a picture of the outline of a guitar pick in Microsoft Excel (this will allow you to print the picture across multiple pieces of paper).  You can expand the pic to any size you like (use the view ruler option in Excel so you can tell what the dimensions of your picture are prior to printing).  Once all pages have printed,  align the pages so the picture lines up and then tape the sheets of paper together.

DIY guitar hanger

Print an outline of a guitar pick in Excel, and then tape the sheets of paper together to form the complete outline

 

Next,  place a 1/2 sheet of 1/2″ plywood onto sawhorses or another type of raised surface.  Place a piece of carbon transfer paper on top of the plywood, and then trace the image of the guitar pick outline onto the plywood.

DIY Guitar Hanger

Trace the image of the pick outline onto 1/2″ plywood using carbon paper

 

DIY Guitar Hanger

Trace the image of the guitar pick onto the 1/2″ plywood

Next, using a jig saw,  cut out the traced guitar pick shaped pieces of wood, and then sand until smooth.  Apply a coat of Dark Walnut Stain and let dry.

While the stain is drying,  print out the copies of the images you want as the design on the wood guitar holder backing.

DIY Guitar Hanger

Print images for designs on the pick-shaped wood pieces

Next, place the printed images over the pick-shaped wood pieces and lightly tape the paper to the wood pieces.  Using a pen or pencil,  trace the image pressing hard enough to leave an indentation on the wood pieces.

DIY Guitar Hanger

Trace the image onto the pick-shaped wood pieces

 

DIY Guitar Hanger

Image traced onto wood

Once the entire image has been traced,  begin filling in the tracing with the paint pens.

DIY Guitar Hanger

Fill in traced image with color using the paint pens

 

DIY Guitar Hanger

Traced-on image colored in with paint pens.

 

DIY Guitar Hanger

Traced-on image colored in with paint pens.

Once the paint has completely dried,  coat each board in three coats of interior polyurethane, letting each coat dry between applications.

Next, once the polyurethane is dry, install the purchased guitar hangers onto the wood backing (I also installed a small pick storage container at the top of one of the boards).

DIY Guitar Hanger

Install the guitar hangers on he wood backing.

Once the guitar hangers have been installed, you’ll have some beautiful, custom guitar hangers.

DIY Guitar Hanger

 

DIY Guitar Hanger

DIY Guitar Hanger

These are easy and fun DIY projects that make excellent gifts for family or friends who are into music.  Have you created any unique project for hanging or organizing your musical instruments?  If so, I would love to hear about them in the comments!

 

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  1. Jasmine says

    November 21, 2017 at 6:55 AM

    How are these hung on theup on the wall

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    • Pinspired to DIY says

      November 22, 2017 at 8:47 PM

      Hi Jasmine, easiest way is to attach the wood to wall with a screw drilled through the wood into a stud in the wall. Hope your hat helps!

      Reply
  2. Jgraham says

    January 20, 2018 at 7:21 AM

    This is an awesome gift idea! Thank you for the tutorial.

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