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Hi,
I am pondering my set up for Healdsburg show and thought I'd ask others what stands do you like and trust for table top displays at shows?
The issues are portability (for traviling to the show) and sturdiness.
I remember that awful sound of guitar vs. floor at some previous Healdsburgs- the floor always won..

Rob, I ordered two of these and they seem real nice. They fold down flat and should fit in a box with my guitar, if not my suite case.

Guitar Stands

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

On Lances suggestion I got a couple of those as well, they are really nice.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

I use Hamilton steel stands. They are nearly impossible to tip over, fold neatly into a 3" x 3" x 18" box for shipping. Lance McCollum turned me onto them several years ago. Be careful using A frame stands as they are not very stable for shows. If you are using Nitro many of the rubber pads will melt nitro! Hamiltons are nitro safe.

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

I use a K&M cello/guitar stand (saw Michael Greenfield using them one year), and have modded the bottom clip assembly to go wider, thus making the stand more stable, and the guitar sit lower having a lower centre of gravity. The rubber or compound they use is also safe on nitro, not a mark on my No 1 which sits on one al the time.

They are also cheap, small and solidly made. Better than other tripod styles IMO ...

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

I hear ya Ti, although, all contact points on these stands are cork or felt. I set them up on my dining room table with an old dread and shook the table a good bit, thy were pretty stable, as least as much as my cheapo tripod stands.

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Also, these have a small lip at the front of the bottom holders, which sit out in front of the guitars face - the guitar cant slip off if pushed on the by neck. So I added a piece of wood to allow the spanning clip to go wider ... the guitar is held wider, and lower.

Hard to see in the pic, but the bottom bout of the guitar is only an inch off the floor - it sits very low.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
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Lance I've got two of the stands you picked up. I use mine for displaying my guitars in the living room.

The thing to be on the look out for is ensuring that the lock nut for the back leg is snug, as mine loosen easily if they are jostled to often. So keep an eye on that as I'd hate to hear one yours crashed off a display table if the hinged leg lets go.

[QUOTE=Tim McKnight] I use Hamilton steel stands. They are nearly impossible to tip over, fold neatly into a 3" x 3" x 18" box for shipping. Lance McCollum turned me onto them several years ago. Be careful using A frame stands as they are not very stable for shows. If you are using Nitro many of the rubber pads will melt nitro! Hamiltons are nitro safe.[/QUOTE]


Yup! What he said. Plus you have to "lift and twist" a bit to get the guitar out of the neck holder...one more feature that helps deter the dreaded "head plant" on the floor.
Been using these stands since Healdsburg 1999 with no problems.

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