recommend gutiar stands and music stands

[permanent hearing damage]

i've gone a long time without these things so i think i'm long overdue. anyone have any recommendations? tried the search but came up with nothing.

also, for guitar stands, i was just thinking of those wall hanger types instead the floor stands - they won't get knocked over, take up less space and are cheaper. though i guess if the guitar falls over, it usually has further to fall from those wall hangers. any thoughts?

[kslight]

Not sure that I'd trust wall hangers that are cheaper than a guitar stand... That said I fully intend to get some of these at some point in time because guitar stands eat up way too much floor real estate: http://www.themadape.com/Mounts_Hangers_s/210.htm

I've not used them or seen them in person but I personally like the look of them...

[Marc Alan Goodman]

Amazing hand stands.

As far as music stands go the best ones by FAR are the big clunky metal frame ones that they use in schools. I know they reflect more sound but they're sturdy as hell and really that's the most important thing. However they take up a bunch of floor space so I just have a couple folding stands that I got from Steve Weiss music. I can't remember what brand they are off the top of my head but the quality is the nicest I've ever seen for that type.

For guitar stands I just have whatever people have left around the studio...

[jgimbel]

I've had guitar wall hangers on my list for a while. I've got a small space and it just doesn't make sense to have all these guitar stands taking up real estate (not to mention I have one less guitar stands than guitars so one's always laying or leaning on something). I found these - http://www.edmwi.com/home/edm/page_679_ ... uper_.html - I think it was from a post on here, and someone on gearslutz or homerecording was happy with them. I'm kind of curious to see what kind of joint there is strength-wise under that foam rubber, but I don't know how much of a different in quality there is from one wall hanger to the other. Those ones are cheap as hell too. I've got concrete walls, so I'm going to get a big wood board and put a bunch of wall hangers on it, then sand it, stain it, maybe it look really nice. I think that'll avoid looking like guitar center, unless I want to put price tags on the gear marking it up $50 from MSRP.

[Sean Sullivan]

We have Hercules guitar stands at the studio. I love 'em, they fit everything. Even banjos and mandolins can hang from them.

[JGriffin]

I use the Ultimate Support GS100 guitar stand. Very similar in design to the Hercules, very stable, and the best part is it folds up into one small piece that fits in my gig bag. No more losing forks or cramming a bunch of oddly-bent metal bits in there where they don't really wanna go.

I also have an On-Stage Stands collapsible music stand that's pretty cool.

[cgarges]

I love those short little A-frame guitar stands that Warwick makes. Sam Ash usually has them in tstock. They're relatively inexpensive and don't take up much space at all. When a guitar's on them, they pretty much take up the space that the guitar would take up, but then they fold up flat to a small triangle, maybe ten inches high and eight inches at the base. Totally great except for guitars like Explorers, Firebirds, and Modernes.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[jgimbel]

Chris, do you mean these? http://www.samash.com/p/Worwie%20A%20Fr ... _-49962550 I've never seen them before, cheap and looks lightweight but sturdy.

I've been using the Fender folding ones for a while (though I've got some of the standard generic ones too) and I've never been too happy with the Fender ones (like these http://www.samash.com/p/Mini%20Electric ... _-49961566). First off, the foam doesn't last all that long, in that the metal of the stand eventually cuts through the foam at the top/backrest piece. I have three of these stands, two electric and one acoustic, and only one of them has the foam left at the top, so now I'm really careful putting it down so the back of the guitars don't get unnecessarily scratched up. The bottom hook parts the guitar actually rests on is also made to close to the exact thickness of a guitar, which seems like it'd be great to help grab the guitar, but ends up just being a pain, when I pick up a guitar I'll have to pull the stand off. Not good when you're going quick from one thing to another. Doesn't work well for Jaguars, which isn't a surprise, just another thing to note. I like my cheapo generic stands better, plus the fact that the bottom of those rotates makes it support a Jaguar better.

[cgarges]

Chris, do you mean these? http://www.samash.com/p/Worwie%20A%20Fr ... _-49962550 I've never seen them before, cheap and looks lightweight but sturdy.

Yep.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[psinglet]

The "clunky" music stands referred to above are made by Manhasset. about $35 each here:

http://www.wwbw.com/Manhasset-M48-Symph ... 41920.wwbw

[Nathangrn]

These DIY guitar hangers work great for newer guitars.

Just don't hang a guitar with a nitrocellulose finish on them because the rubber will eat into the finish.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Guitar-wall-hanger/

[T-rex]

I love the wall hangers. I have one basic one and another one with foam padding that actually moves down like an inch when you put a guitar in it and locks the guitar in place. I got it at Music Go Round for like $20 and it rules. Great space savers, and the guitar is always an arms reach away!

[kingtoad]

I you have a lot of guitars maybe consider a guitar rack rather than several stands? That can certainly help both cost and space wise.

[rty5150]

i use the warwick 5-7 guitar stands and the on stage music stand. it's more about space saving and durability for my studio. i do have a couple of a frame compact stands i got from a fellow TO member and love them for the control room and iso booth. they take up less space and are easy to get out of the way.

rich

[douglas baldwin]

I have a quadrillion guitars and basses - ok, I have over twenty - and I'm often using them in batches of four/five/six at a time when I track. And my real estate is very limited - the studio is about 12 x 15. Here's what I use:

* Wall hangers. I like that DIY http://www.instructables.com/id/Guitar-wall-hanger/ but I bought a bunch of the readymades which kept the cost down. I use these: http://www.amazon.com/String-Swing-Wall ... B0002GLCRC The little rubber washers on the ends of the fork really keep the guitar in place. Wall hangers are great because they get the guitar off the floor. And they look so cool hanging on the wall. And when they're hanging right in your face, you PLAY them.

* Folding guitar stands like these: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Musician-s- ... 1445912.gc. They are sturdy and they fold flat. I use these more on live gigs than in the studio, but when I need to shift between playing and engineering, or playing and writing, or playing and using the boys' room, these be cool.

* Folding music stands like these: http://www.guitarcenter.com/On-Stage-St ... 1141956.gc. My complaints with the Hamilton stands is that they are heavy, hard to store, and the internal spring thingie that runs through the shaft and makes the thing adjustable requires some wicked black oily greasy stuff which inevitably gets on your fingers, and thus to your music, your guitar, your nose, your...wherever. The On Stage folding lovelies are light, easy to store, require no lubricants AND you can disassemble them and make them into OTHER THINGS. I'm contemplating a stand for my mixer and drum machine for a live project, and I'll just unscrew the flat music stand part,make something out of plywood for my gear, and bolt that on. In fact, the On Stage stuff in general is really modular, and you can swap parts and make a music stand into a mic stand into a mini PA stand into a...whatever!

* For my empty cases and extra guitars, I built a rack that's kind of like this: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-7-Gu ... 1142292.gc Except my rack is plain plywood and 2 x 4 lumber, and there's no thingie on the top to hold the necks in place. My creation is about six feet long with dividers every two feet to keep the cases upright. I have it on wheels so it's easy to move around and clean under.

So mostly what I'm saying is a +1 for what others have recommended. I'm just all full of coffee, loving that clacking qwertyuiop keyboard sound.