Guitar stands

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:53 pm

I only own one stand, but it's 23 years old. It's quite harmless now.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:56 pm

I generally hang mine on the wall mounted angled hooks I got when the local music store was selling off some extra old ones. The cheap rubber was quite rotten so I replaced it with rubber fuel line which I had. The hooks have plastic catches to prevent the neck coming out by accident.
Obviously this doesn't work for a doubleneck which stays in it's case unless I'm playing it, but I've never had any finish problems with the fuel line.
Worst case scenario: a drunk wandered up on stage during a break to look at the guitar player's amp. I had my '76 4000 FG on one of those folding stands & the guy steps on the protruding foot of the stand...4000 does a faceplant onto the stage..BANG! The idiot never even said "sorry", but the bass wasn't harmed, it was still in tune no less! I've never used that stand again, not even at home.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:15 pm

Jerry: This topic has been discussed in many previous threads. Popular opinion has it that a chemical reaction occurs when the rubber padding is near the guitar. Some folks say that covering the rubber with cloth doesn't help. Obviously, putting the rubber in direct contact is worse. In my experience, I have found that new guitars placed in new stands have the worst reactions. It's hard to say which stands are safe for which finishes. All of my standards are at least (15) years old, and they don't seem to react anymore although they once did. I try to be cautious and never leave my new guitars in a stand for longer than a few days at a time.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:16 pm

Always better safe than sorry!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:08 pm

"I still, even now, go down to my 'Ric' room just to look & twiddle!

Really!

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:31 pm

I tried John Hall's suggestion of 100% rubber surgical tubing (medical supply shops). It works just fine. No marks at all.

...Dean

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:40 pm

On a forum members suggestion, I purchased a QuikLok GS430 stand. Awsome, very flexible stand that even has castors. They come in 3,5 and 7 guitar versions. I can even put my double neck on it!

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:40 am

If you're afraid of rubber burns just do as I did and cover the rubber parts with small piece of scrap leather that you will probably find at your local shoemaker!