Guitar stand

[Tony Russell Davis]

Here's my latest project using some aluminium that was left over from years ago.
In the photo it's in the "pre-dressing" stage - it will get a lot of padding over the scratchy parts very soon. There are a lot of tapped holes in the end plates so that the two guides for the guitar neck and/or head can be fixed at different places to cope with varying widths - you can see how they have a slot to slide on the bolt for fine positioning, and can even turn the opposite way round. At the tail, the two arms also have a number of positions so that the standing rods can bear on the guitar tail, should it be curved or square. The legs were £29 from "Gear4Music" and meant to hold one of the budget 'entry-level' guitars

[Danny Mitchell]

Good job, Tony. Did you build this with your 10 string plank?

[Uncle Roy]

Nice one Tony.
The things we can do in lockdown!

[Tony Russell Davis]

Good job, Tony. Did you build this with your 10 string plank?

Yes, turned it strings side down onto trestles, so I had had a flat surface to drill onto
But if you mean 'for' the 10 plank, yes; with the parallel sides it'll sit on nicely and so will the Harmony H7 'Roy Smeck' (a long "triangle" type) and my guitar-shaped home-mades. I'm still thinking through the protective issue, cork? foam plastic? or rubber? The plastic idea looks OK, 'cos I've got some that came with electrical goods (not the polystyrene stuff - tougher than that) but maybe it needs covering with felt or similar to finish it off. Whaddya think?

[WineRider]

That looks really smart Tony...how heavy is it and are the legs adjustable? I've been using Sheffield folding stands...they're OL but tend to get in the way of volume pedal.

[Danny Mitchell]

Ha, ha! Yes Tony, the 'in mind' part of that sentence got no further than my mind.

Felt sounds nicer, IMHO, but plastic would be more grippy, methinks. Grippy's a technical term BTW.

[coolsteel]

Hi Tony

I have enclosed a couple of pictures of my lap steel stand where all parts making contact with the instrument are covered with cork.

[nevada150]

Plenty of adhesive felt available on eBay Tony.
Keith.

[Danny Mitchell]

Hi Tony

I have enclosed a couple of pictures of my lap steel stand where all parts making contact with the instrument are covered with cork.

Nice job, Richard. Is that a Sierra Lap Steel? Looks great.

[coolsteel]

Hi Danny

It’s a George Boards Stealth model it has a lovely tone and lots of sustain.