Bass Stand

[neepheid]

I'm willing to bet that the ratio of headed/headless basses in the world makes it a reasonable assumption to make.  Anyone who ventures into headless land really ought to be able to solve for X.

 

Also, I've seen a few headless basses have a little sticky out vestigial "head" which might get caught by the mechanism of these stands?  I say "might" - I've never tried.

 

 

[BigRedX]

9 hours ago, rwillett said:

.... unless you have a headless bass or guitar

 

I actually do have this stand, and the portable one and the three headed one. They are great stands but do make rather a fundamental assumption about your bass/guitar (apart from the small portable one).

Rob

 

All stands have to make some assumptions about the design of your guitar or bass. It's up to the player to pick the appropriate stand for the instrument that they have.

 

I've owned a lot of different stands and don't think any of them would have been suitable for every single guitar or bass I have owned. The one that came closest was an incredible fiddly K&M stand with two adjustable cradles for the bottom of the body, but I'd worry about using it for some very long scale bass guitars due to centre of gravity issues.

 

That small travel stand is only good for guitars with symmetrical lower bodies. Every bass I've tried it with made the centre of gravity too high for it to be stable. Also whist it was OK for home use, I wouldn't trust it to hold up any instrument securely in a gigging environment.