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Location: NH | I didn't want to stear the earlier thread on Out of Home Guitar Stands in a different direction, but can someone help me understand their preferences for the Hercules stand that "allows the guitar to hang from the top"? My preference is towards the On-Stage A-Frame with "locking" "Flip It".
http://onstagestands.com/products/view/116927
The reason I prefer these stands is because I leave my (actively played) guitars out in our living space, yet tucked into a corner or nook. And I have dogs. The A-Frame seems to provide good footing so the stand won't get knocked over easily and the the "Flip It" keeps it from getting knocked off the stand.
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Location: Flahdaw | My favorite home stand is this one. http://www.ultimatesupport.com/product/GS-200
$29.99 and can probably even withstand Moody tripping over it
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Location: Utah | I like the Hercs. We use them for the wall hangers in the music room, plus another 4 or 5 floor stands including the daughters' apartments have one or more each.
The ease of putting the guitar on the stand and knowing it is secure is what I like. No little flip doo dad to move into place. It would take a lot to tip the whole stand over, and that is the only way to get the guitar to hit the floor with the Herc.
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Location: NH | Are the suggested stands truly stable? I have a couple cheapy tripod stands that I won't use because I find them very unstable. I'm not sure my On-Stage stand would fall over in an earthquake.
Does it make a difference to the guitar whether it's supported at the bottom or at the headstock?
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Location: Sydney, Australia | If you own your house then Hercules wall hangers are the way to go because the guitar is out of reach of dogs and little people. |
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | My favorite stand for anywhere. The Hamilton hanging. I've had one 20+ years. The late 80's are kinda fuzzy. Nevertheless, here it is. http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Hanging-Guitar-Stand-Chrome/dp/B0002... I like them because my contour backs are held securely. Those cheaper little a-stands don't work well for them. http://www.nemusiccenter.com/ultra-3441bk-acoustic-guitar-stand-a-f... Though I do own two. The guitar chord just loves getting wrapped around this stand.
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | I used to use the individual a-frame stands, but quickly ran out of room. Now I use a Quik Lok 7-guitar rack. It takes up a lot less room and has the added benefit of being able to easily move all the guitars at once due to it being on casters.  .
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Location: New Bern, NC | Here is my favorite stand for my Ovation. http://www.ovationfanclub.com/megabbs/photos/show-album.asp?albumid... It's an old Quik Lok. I also have one of those new stands that you have to flip the little thing to get the guitar out. I HATE IT! This Quik Lok stand gives you similar security without needing to release it. Quik Lok no longer makes the model I have, but they make something similar: http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=productsMore&iProduct=284&... The shape of the lower cradle would hold an Ovation very well I think. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I went to a guitar store liquidation auction years ago and was the successful bidder on two cases of very heavy duty A frame guitar stands, 24 total. I have no clue what I was thinking other than I paid very little for them. They're good stands as long as nobody is around. Since nothing is holding the neck, the guitars are susceptible to tipping over and falling out of the stands if slightly nudged. I use them in corners where people don't go. I also bought my three Hercules stands at that auction among a bunch of other gear. I remember some terriifc deals people got at that auction, like a rack of guitar straps, maybe over 100 total, for something like $150, or an entire upright case of over 100 guitar cables of various types and lengths for something $300. Double guitar cases were going for $40. The only gear that buyers seemed really interested in were the guitars themselves. The prices on the guitars were reasonable, but not killer like for the rest of the stuff. |
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Location: Massachusetts | Dan, you'd better move those before Christmas Eve so Santa won't knock "em over!!
Nice collection.
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Location: Denver, CO | Notice how Dan's guitars are segregated? |
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Location: NH | A documented case of USA-O snobbery. Turning their backs on imports. |
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Location: Denver, CO | Damn prima donas |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | javaman - 2012-11-29 3:05 PM
Dan, you'd better move those before Christmas Eve so Santa won't knock "em over!!
Nice collection.
Ha ha! No worries. Since the rack is on casters, he can just roll the guitars out of the way when he arrives and back into place when he leaves. 
Thanks. The deal of the century was the 1624. I found it on CL for $100. The seller thought the electronics didn't work, but as it turned out the knobs were split and spinning on the shafts. Once I put new knobs on, I found everything worked perfectly.
Because I had an open slot, I've added an Alvarez PD100S to the collection since the pic was taken.
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Guitsome - 2012-11-29 4:17 PM
A documented case of USA-O snobbery. Turning their backs on imports.
If anything, it's a case of anti-O snobbery. The two Os in the middle are asian. |
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Location: NH | I stand corrected and bow my head in humility. |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Guitsome - 2012-11-30 9:58 AM
I stand corrected and bow my head in humility.
Not needed. I understood your post was made in humor, as was my reply. |
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Location: Denver, CO | What is the gray Elite? |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | That's actually a stock black 2078TX project guitar I got off eBay for $125. It was bare of hardware and electronics. I bought the needed parts from LAV and once I did a pro set up on it and put 80/20s it actually turned out to be a pretty nice guitar.
Funny story (now) about this guitar worthy of the BFLG. After I'd had it a while I noticed it had a real boomy low-E and the A was a dead. While measuring the top thickness I noticed in the pics that one of the X-braces on the treble upper bout looked like it had popped off. I checked it and sure enough, it was loose.
So, I glued it down using my model airplane CA glue. But, the A was still dead, as if it was a fret-less bass. So, I pulled the back-door off and started tapping the braces and found that the X-brace on the bass upper bout was also loose. I used the model airplane CA to glue it back down and this cured the dead A and boomy low-E. I was pretty happy with the sound, so I put it all back together. It now sounded almost as good as my PD100S.
I have quite a bit of experience with Chinese-built model airplanes and it seems like they offer bonuses to the builder who uses the least amount of glue, meaning that things inside are poorly assembled. So, knowing this I figured that this could be the reason why the braces were loose and that there might also be other loose braces that needed gluing. (Hey! If a little glue is good, a lot more is better, right?)
Off came the back-door and I proceeded to apply CA glue fillets to all the braces to make sure they glued real good and solid. I put it all back together and the guitar sounded like the cheapest dime-store guitar you've ever heard. Arghh!!!
Needless to say, I was beside myself. I'd just wreaked my new-ish guitar. $500 down the drain.
I thought about it for a couple of days, then remembered that while CA is very strong, it's also very brittle. In working on various model airplanes, I have had to remove excess CA glue before and I knew that by using a razor chisel I could break loose all the fillets I'd applied. I figured I'd already ruined the guitar, so I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Off came the back-door and pre-amp and I went to work busting all the glue fillets I could reach. I left the strings on so I could check the sound as I went. I cracked the fillets off one X-brace and checked the sound. It was a little bit better.
So, I spent the next couple of days cracking the glue fillets off every brace and tone bar that I had applied. I even chiseled off the squeeze-out on the factory-applied braces. I kept checking the sound and it was starting to sound pretty good again. Deep bass, balanced mid-range and clear, ringing trebles. When I could find no more excess glue, I put it all back together and it was sounding as good as new. Phew! Dodged a bullet! I was a happy camper again.
I pulled the Elixir PBs off and put a set of 80/20s and now it sounds as good as the PD100S.
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