GUITAR STANDS- IS DIFFERENT BETTER????

ROK-IT RI-GTRAUFX 

DOUBLE A FRAME GUITAR STAND 
With playable cheap guitars at prices 

below $200.00 USD collecting a few is as cheap as buying a few gourmet pedals. A lot of guys these days have a few guitars. Even gigging many guys take a few. Maybe one just for back up, or an acoustic and an electric or indeed something to cover Humbuckers, and another for single coils, perhaps a semi and a solid etc.

I have gone totally crazy with 10. I want the Fender thing covered with Strat & Tele PU sounds the Gibson thing with P90 and humbuckers, then there is the Gold Foil sound and even Ric. I am only missing Firebird and Burns to cover what I want to hear.

I take 'em all to the gig. It has become 

$40.00 USD

part of the'show' and the crowd love it. One tip however is crazy shapes and/or colors are a must. From the middle of a club a sunburst looks like a guitar shaped turd.

One needs a compact unit with durability, portability, stability and a practical footprint.

I could go on for pages of all the different types but they ALL have problems that can cause damage. The whole thing falling over is often not the biggest problem. On multiple stands it is one guitar colliding with the other by twisting or sliding out of place or indeed finding that you have bumped 

two together when taking them in and out.

ROK-IT or NO

So on the down side there is no neck support so you could tip over the guitar. They are also no good with crazy guitar shapes like V's and Explorers. They take up footprint that won't fit in any awkward or irregular shaped floor spaces like on small stages.

All 'A' shaped stands do have a low center of gravity. Paired they have nice boxy footprint. What I like is set sideways you can line them up like an all in a row multi stand and add others as your collection grows or even add a matching ROK-IT single stand to keep the clean ascetics of them matching.

HERCULES GS405N SHOKSAFE 

GUITAR STAND

$70.00 USD

This gets a lot of great reviews.  It looks small and inconsequential to be worth the price. The funny twisted yoke looks awkward to use and a bit goofy. Users say it does not twist around in the yoke and it's center of gravity is good enough to not tip even with a more than average bump. It apparently has a shock absorbing post. It has a small footprint. It is overbuilt and all steel. Most stands have many if not all of the key joints made of plastics. 

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CONCLUSION

You just can't win.

They all have their 'BUTS'. The ever popular $20 cradle style specials always fall apart or the cheap plastic tightening knob slips etc. The hanging ones even with manual or automatic spring loaded locks on the yoke either tip or need a very large foot print for the legs used for the base. I have them all LOL That said I have not tried this Hercules. 

It looks like a light weight Sax stand. The bigger is better syndrome scares us all when we see this little thing at a cool $70 ouch, price. BUT? It may indeed be the best. The durability thing is worth some extra outlay and the small size and foot print are really appealing.