Guitar Display Case | Guitar Display Cabinets & Humidors

A guitar display case (also called a guitar display cabinet or guitar humidor) is the most complete way to store your instruments: protected, properly humidified, and always in view instead of packed away in a closet. Unlike a simple wall hanger or floor stand, a real guitar display case combines structural protection, humidity control, secure storage, and considered design into one piece of furniture built to last a life

Founded in 2013, American Music Furniture has built these in our Pennsylvania workshop for over a decade, starting with the original Guitar Habitat, using the same hardwoods and craftsmanship utilized by the best luthiers in the world. By creating an environment where your instruments are properly humidified, displayed, and easily accessible, our furniture is built to make you pick up your guitars more often — and to let your collection be seen the way it should be, as a work of art, not something hidden away.

Along the way, we've built trust and relationships with some of the most reputable names in the guitar industry, including C.F. Martin & Co., Taylor Guitars, Bourgeois Guitars, the Allman Brothers Band Big House Museum, and retailers like Dream Guitars — and been featured on the Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast as instrument preservation experts. Here's what you need to know to help you choose which cabinet in the collection works best for your guitars...

For the past decade, American Music Furniture has offered custom bench-made furniture for displaying guitars and other stringed instruments while simultaneously preserving them in an environment that ensures they last for generations to come. Whether you’re looking to elegantly hang your favorite guitar on the wall, or design a music studio or listening room around an extensive collection of guitars and music gear, we have more than a decade of experience working with notable musicians, luthiers, and architectural & design professionals across the world to create the best guitar displays. Each of our guitar displays is handcrafted in our historic Perkasie, Pennsylvania shop. These heirloom-quality instrument displays and humidification solutions are made with the same hardwoods and craftsmanship utilized by the best luthiers in the world.

By creating an environment where your instruments can be properly humidified, displayed, and easily accessible, our furniture inspires musicians to pick up their guitars more often. Furthermore, these pieces create an environment that allows your collection to be viewed in the home as it should be — as a work of art. As guitar display experts, let’s look at the types of furniture to consider when choosing how to display your guitars and other stringed instruments that work best for you and your music-making space.

Curious about how to properly humidify a guitar? Click here to learn more about the best humidity level for guitars.

Each display case, cabinet, and wall mount is specifically designed and constructed using a variety of high-quality materials that prevent off-gassing from occurring within the Habitat environment, keeping your vintage guitars and others properly preserved. Other materials such as natural cork ensure that there is no chemical reaction between the guitar’s finish and the materials in which it the guitars rest upon. Below are a few other key features and materials that make up our displays:

• Glass: High quality tempered
• Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer approved by the C. F. Martin & Co. quality assurance team for instrument preservation
• Rests: Our wall-mount guitar displays utilize our Hyla Guitar Wall Hanger, securely fastened inside the guitar humidor for the optimal display
• Hardware: Oil-rubbed bronze matched throughout your display cabinet or wall mount
• Lighting: High-definition LED lighting above and below your guitars makes your wall-mount display case come alive any time of day
• Patented Door Design: Meticulously designed to provide the most reliable system to maintain the ideal guitar humidity year-round regardless of the ambient humidity in the room.

Curious about how to properly humidify a guitar? Click here to learn more about the best humidity level for guitars.

Preserving your guitars and other stringed instruments is of the utmost importance when displaying them. We utilize the highest quality humidification systems, which are low volume, reliable, and the best guitar humidity solution available for those who want to preserve their instruments for decades to come. Each instrument display wall mount has the ability to add an optional guitar humidifier for preservation. Our instrument humidor cabinets and cases effortlessly achieve the ideal humidity for your guitars and other stringed instruments at 45-55% relative humidity (RH)making them the best acoustic remedy available, especially for luthier-made guitars, which are known to be more susceptible to damage. Each of our freestanding humidified display cases is set to 45% RH and will adjust automatically, resulting in the safest and optimal level for preservation. Our freestanding Guitar Habitats and Guitar Estate models each include. a1-gallon humidification system. We also offer an upgrade that will add a dehumidification system to your cabinet as well if you live in a geographic location that typically has humidity levels that are above 45% throughout the year. Learn more about how to dehumidify a guitar.

Our Nashville Guitar Habitat is the highest quality wall-mount guitar display case for those who want to display in a beautiful solid wood and glass enclosure. This model offers a preium active humidification system like our other models, or a passive humidification system utilizing Boveda humidifier packs for those who don't require as much attention to humidity fluctuations. The Nashville can accommodate guitars of various sizes including jumbo acoustic guitars, dreadnoughts, archtops, and other body sizes in addition to most electrics. Here are some of the benefits of humidifying and displaying your instruments in our wall-mount cases and the features of the

Our freestanding humidified guitar cabinets, specifically the Habitat, were the first product we offered over a decade ago. Since then, we’ve expanded our furniture collection including the Guitar Estate for collectors looking. to store their gear including amplifiers, pedalboards, straps, cables, microphones, and more.

Humidified guitar humidors are a solution that combines the functionality of a protective case with the essential feature of humidity control, ensuring optimal conditions for the preservation of guitars and other stringed instruments. These cases are specifically designed to address the issue of fluctuating humidity levels, which can have detrimental effects on the instrument’s tonal quality, structural integrity, and overall playability. By integrating an active humidification system, these display cases actively monitor and regulate the humidity levels within the case at a level that’s safe (45-55%RH). This creates a stable habitat that creates the ideal conditions for guitars to live in, preventing excessive dryness or moisture that can lead to cracks, warping, or damage to the wood. An active humidification system allows the user to set the desired humidity level based on variables including the relative humidity and temperature outside of the cabinet.Moreover, these cases including our Guitar Habitats and Guitar Estates are well-sealed within a hand-crafted hardwood enclosure, which helps prevent external temperature fluctuations and humidity changes from penetrating the cabinet, thus maintaining a consistent internal climate. Our transparent display panels made of tempered glass allow for unobstructed viewing while shielding the guitar from dust and debris. Our guitar humidors offer a perfect balance between functionality and aesthetics, as they not only safeguard the instrument but also showcase it in an elegant and captivating manner. These cases are a valuable investment for guitar collectors, enthusiasts, and professional musicians who understand the importance of maintaining the integrity and longevity of their instruments. With our advanced humidity control technology which can be upgraded as needed with dehumidification, combined with impeccable craftsmanship, these guitar display cases provide peace of mind and an exquisite display solution for showcasing and protecting cherished guitars while allowing easy access to them whenever you feel inspired to play them anywhere in the world. Lastly, one of the advantages of choosing a guitar humidor cabinet is that you can integrate your guitar gear into the furniture with our Guitar Estate. This piece can be customized to include amplifier storage, pedalboard storage, or with drawers for storing accessories.Learn more about our guitar display cases, or click the button below to start building your Guitar Habitat or Estate now!

Below are the highlights of both of these bespoke staples in our collection:

• Guitar Wall Hangers: An affordable and space-saving option for one or multiple guitars
• Guitar Stands: Great for displaying and storing guitars of various sizes (up to four instruments)
• Wall-Mounted Cases: Best for showcasing & humidifying that one special guitar or a pair
• Display Cases: Guitar Habitat & Guitar Estate: Best freestanding option for humidifying and displaying multiple instruments & storing gear
• The Muir: Design-forward freestanding display for players in humidity-stable climates — no active humidification required
• Built-in Guitar Display Cabinets: The most customizable option with no limits on size and functionality

Whether you’re looking for a custom-designed built-in to preserve a valuable collection of guitars, or looking to showcase and humidify your best guitar, American Music Furniture has designed and crafted furniture solutions trusted by prestigious guitar collectors, luthiers, and architectural & interior design firms around the world that utilize the highest quality construction, emit versatility, and are bench-made to preserve your instruments for many generations.

Visit our online shop or contact us today to get started on your music room design! (267) 272-2460 

What types of instruments are affected by humidity?

Any instrument that utilizes wood as a construction material will be affected by humidity. This includes those made with solid tone woods, laminates, and even resonator guitars that use a wooden neck and joint. Humidity will have an effect on woodwinds, mandolins, ukuleles, violins, and other instruments too, regardless of their build quality due to wood being a porous material. Porous materials have the ability to both absorb and release moisture, which causes the material to shrink and swell with changes in relative humidity.

Is it better to store a guitar in a case or on a stand?

A guitar stand is a great way to display and access your guitars during a jam session or even in your living room to display them on the floor. If you’re looking for a wall-mount storage option, The Nashville Habitat guitar case will fit one or two guitars and also actively humidify them too.

How do you properly store and display guitars?

When looking to store and humidify an instrument, the best options include a storage solution with active humidification for preservation. While many guitar players feel as though there is no middle ground between storing their instruments in travel cases with a humidifier or hanging a guitar on a wall, a guitar humidor is a great solution to achieve both goals without taking up valuable floor space.

Do you offer custom guitar display cases?

Yes. Our custom shop can work with you or your interior designer to design a one-of-a-kind freestanding guitar showcase for any number of instruments.

What if your standard display case sizes won’t fit in my home?

We offer alternative solutions for custom sizing including our modular Guitar Habitats and Guitar Estates, which break down into smaller sections for navigating and installing cases in delivery spaces that are narrow. For more information about our modular cases, get in touch with us via our custom inquiry form.

How do I display my guitar in my living room?

For a cost-effective, yet stylish display solution consider a guitar wall hanger. For a floor option in your living room, take a look at an interior-design-friendly multi-guitar stand or guitar floor rack. If you’re looking for a wall mount, the Nashville wooden guitar display offers a beautifully framed piece available in Walnut and other American hardwoods.

Do I need to dehumidify my guitars?

If you reside in an area of the world with tropical climates that often result in relative humidity levels of 50% or more throughout the majority of the year, you may need to dehumidify your guitars to keep them in a range that is safe for preserving their structure and longevity. A number of other factors can have an effect on the humidity levels surrounding your guitar display case and guitar humidifier method. When it comes to guitar humidifiers including removing humidity, we are the trusted experts. To learn more about our unique guitar dehumidification system and to see if you need to add one to your cabinet, click here.

How loud are your display case guitar humidifiers?

Our active humidification system was designed to be nearly silent so that our guitar humidors could be placed in music studios or rooms that require virtually silent environments to avoid mic bleed. Our guitar storage cabinets utilize a high-efficiency fan that is no louder than a laptop fan, which circulates the moisture throughout the cabinet almost silently.

Each of our guitar display cases, wall mounts, cabinets, and other music furniture is hand-crafted and made to order in our Perkasie, Pennsylvania woodshop. With over a decade in business, we have pioneered and perfected the combination of stringed instrument and guitar wall hanger displays, and humidification to preserve them for life. Interested in our premier display cases, humidors, storage cabinets, and other products? Contact us today! (267) 272-2460