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Radical Guitar Stand!

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DavidRDavidR Frets: 595
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Forever on the lookout for 'sommit new, I came across this on t'interweb. Clever to think of attaching stand to base of guitar and, hey presto, no stand! Only prob I can see is, at 530g, might alter balance of guitar??

Guitar Stand by Standley, Acoustic Guitar Stand, Universal Fit, Lightweight Click-On Guitar Foot Stand, Adjustable Feet and Protects Guitar Strap Button, Guitarist Gift, Fits in Guitar Case, Black : Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments & DJ

 Good name for a stand too....Standley!

:-)
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  • CoolCatCoolCat Frets: 158
    Interesting concept.
    'Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend' - Lennon & McCartney (We can work it out).
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Cool looking mahogany guitar in the pic!
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    I would definitely not use that on any acoustic guitar with a traditional friction-fit push-in strap button. You can imagine what will happen with the slightest sideways force on the guitar... even if tightening the height screws doesn't.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 5594
    Karma......
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  • KeefyKeefy Frets: 2064
    Would that lock effectively onto an endpin output jack, as found on many electro-acoustics and aftermarket pickups? Plus you’d have to remove the strap from the button before using this.

    Sorry, not for me.
    GRAEME SCOTT - Guitar & Bass dep | Keefy's Feedback | FS: Bose PA
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  • SupportactSupportact Frets: 665
    I dunno, it doesn't look any more stable to me than just leaving it leaning up against something. 
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    Another :-1:

    Sorry
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  • SoupmanSoupman Frets: 172
    Brilliant idea.
    Would I trust my guitar on it? No.
     I prefer more of a lean angle & some sort of rest part way up the back as per traditional design.

    Obviously some thought has gone into the design and it's certainly very reasonably priced.
    Easy to spot one or two drawbacks but it may be very useful in some circumstances.
    A bit of thoughtful innovation - best of luck with it.
     =) 

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  • barnstormbarnstorm Frets: 557
    Supportact said:
    I dunno, it doesn't look any more stable to me than just leaving it leaning up against something. 
    Agree – one of the reviews says as much, and I'd hate having a big lump of plastic attached to the bottom of my guitar.

    My favourite 'innovation' in stands remains the tiny friction rests:


    Cost only a few quid each, work great, and you can chuck them in a drawer if you don't want them out.
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    I'm seriously not convinced this is better than a regular cradle type stand. I don't want wood damage just because the thing gets knocked a bit 
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6199
    edited October 2022
    Remember, everyone has a story about playing a gig where some pissed up twat falls and pushes an amp or PA speaker over. Extrapolate. 
    feedback here
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  • guitarjack66guitarjack66 Frets: 1397
    barnstorm said:
    Supportact said:
    I dunno, it doesn't look any more stable to me than just leaving it leaning up against something. 
    Agree – one of the reviews says as much, and I'd hate having a big lump of plastic attached to the bottom of my guitar.

    My favourite 'innovation' in stands remains the tiny friction rests:


    Cost only a few quid each, work great, and you can chuck them in a drawer if you don't want them out.
    They look a good idea,if you have a shelf or window ledge available.
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  • barnstormbarnstorm Frets: 557
    guitarjack66 said:
    They look a good idea,if you have a shelf or window ledge available.
    Yes – depends on the room, but they work well for me, including on the edge of a combo amp.

    Not going to help if a kid/dog/drunk clatters into the guitar, of course, but that's what cases are for.
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    with two boxers,  nothing ever goes on the floor 
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • BillDLBillDL Frets: 5615

    Close up view of spring clip that captures end pin or strap button output jack.



    The "feet" that screw in to tension the guitar body against the captured end pin have rubber ends, presumably to avoid damage to the guitar and to make them less slippery on a hard floor than hard plastic feet.


      The video in the Amazon advert says that it is designed to lean back 5 degrees.  I would have thought that with the spread of the legs being narrower from front to back (i.e. slightly less than the depth of a standard acoustic guitar body) it would be more stable standing absolutely vertical.  My worry would be that the the bottom end of the guitar where it is continually slid across the hard raised plastic plate would scuff the guitar, and I didn't see anything mentioned about this being faced with rubber.
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6199
    bertie said:
    with two boxers,  nothing ever goes on the floor 
    Chris Eubank and Reginaldo Dos Santos?
    feedback here
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    merlin said:
    bertie said:
    with two boxers,  nothing ever goes on the floor 
    Chris Eubank and Reginaldo Dos Santos?
    Sugar Ray and Marvelous Marvin 
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10231
    guitarjack66 said:
    barnstorm said:
    Supportact said:
    I dunno, it doesn't look any more stable to me than just leaving it leaning up against something. 
    Agree – one of the reviews says as much, and I'd hate having a big lump of plastic attached to the bottom of my guitar.

    My favourite 'innovation' in stands remains the tiny friction rests:


    Cost only a few quid each, work great, and you can chuck them in a drawer if you don't want them out.
    They look a good idea,if you have a shelf or window ledge available.
    One of those on my desk would have saved my P Bass a nasty knock. The bass survived though and remained in tune. Where do you get these? As in what's the name of them to search for
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    @roberty ;https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/accessories-c2/stands-and-hangers-c70/daddario-guitar-rest-neck-cradle-p6963?currency=GBP&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhsmaBhCvARIsAIbEbH5XbCSsu4SIA5xb1Ddz8IaM-pIweWTDGSmdf9Nj_NtSVMZ79gspCh0aAnz5EALw_wcB#fo_c=1949&fo_k=ada7191172bf08f5968c27cdbff30ccd&fo_s=gplauk&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=
    Trading feedback thread:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/172761/drofluf
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10231
    Cheers @drofluf ;
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  • barnstormbarnstorm Frets: 557
    drofluf said:
    @roberty ;https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/accessories-c2/stands-and-hangers-c70/daddario-guitar-rest-neck-cradle-p6963?currency=GBP&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhsmaBhCvARIsAIbEbH5XbCSsu4SIA5xb1Ddz8IaM-pIweWTDGSmdf9Nj_NtSVMZ79gspCh0aAnz5EALw_wcB#fo_c=1949&fo_k=ada7191172bf08f5968c27cdbff30ccd&fo_s=gplauk&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=
    Gone up in price then, like everything else! @roberty , you can also get one (again D'Addario/Planet Waves) that clamps to the surface and has arms if you need something more secure. They call that one a 'guitar dock'.
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  • maltingsaudiomaltingsaudio Frets: 2910
    Stand your prize acoustic up on stage on one of them, or by your chair in the pub at a session? Looks like a target to me, slightest glance against the guitar and over it goes,

    Not for me 
    www.maltingsaudio.co.uk
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 29588
    BillDL said:

    Close up view of spring clip that captures end pin or strap button output jack.



    The "feet" that screw in to tension the guitar body against the captured end pin have rubber ends, presumably to avoid damage to the guitar and to make them less slippery on a hard floor than hard plastic feet.


      The video in the Amazon advert says that it is designed to lean back 5 degrees.  I would have thought that with the spread of the legs being narrower from front to back (i.e. slightly less than the depth of a standard acoustic guitar body) it would be more stable standing absolutely vertical.  My worry would be that the the bottom end of the guitar where it is continually slid across the hard raised plastic plate would scuff the guitar, and I didn't see anything mentioned about this being faced with rubber.
    I would guess that it has a 5 degree lean to compensate for the neck making the guitar front-heavy if perfectly vertical. 
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    on a slight hi-jack  -   

    anyone got recommendations for a folding lightweight stand  ?  just for using around the house/garden etc  - acoustic and leccy

    dont really want to spend a fortune,  thought about one of those Rotosound alu type ones ?  
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • DavidRDavidR Frets: 595
    edited October 2022
    Google "lightweight folding guitar stand by Gear4Music" @bertie £14.99. Product ref 66288.

    Cant send you link I'm afraid as not at PC and don't know how to do it on tablet. I have one and its cool and very foldup'able (?) and portable. The little uprights at the ends fold in and it all folds into an oblong cube shape.

    (Mine has Nordic Essentials logo on. Their's doesn't but its the same one).
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    @DavidR ;
    ok cheers
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    @bertie how about this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Straame-Foldable-Portable-Instruments-Universal/dp/B09R4WBCJ8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?adgrpid=64767829851&gclid=CjwKCAjwzNOaBhAcEiwAD7Tb6MmSd5EG4Z_pf-9xZ9G-YAa8EiMnI4fW4GMp3mNX-Rnqf4QPR-G0DxoCSPsQAvD_BwE&hvadid=578482693895&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1006976&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=8176128811071911310&hvtargid=kwd-24104570&hydadcr=28147_2253839&keywords=guitar+stand&qid=1666524995&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1Ljk0IiwicXNhIjoiNS4zMiIsInFzcCI6IjUuMDMifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=AJJTKIE3QJAXX

    I’ve had one, or a similar incarnation as the same things seem to pop up with different branding, for some time without issue. 

    Can’t vouch that it’s nitro-safe if that’s an issue for you?


    Trading feedback thread:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/172761/drofluf
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited October 2022
    @drofluf ;;;;  - ive had them before, and sold em  -  two heavy/clunky   and big when folded,  I want something I can leave in a small drawer in my bureau    

    they wanted £4 postage on the one from G4Music,  so Ive gone for a red rotosound alu one - from amazon  (red was cheaper than black or silver !!)
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    @bertie that looks very neat!
    Trading feedback thread:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/172761/drofluf
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    @drofluf ;
    that's what I thought, but the proof, as they say..............................etc etc

    its only for occasional "emergency" use so to speak  :)
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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