Happy With My K&M Stand

[JayBee1404]

Originally Posted by The Kid!

Yeah. I hate carrying extra stuff. I don't feel the need to display my guitars on break or at home, so they go into cases. Occasionally, I'll rest my guitar on it's side right on the ground next to me if need be. I know,... the HORROR!

For gigs, I use two guitars - one in standard tuning and one in DADGAD - so casing them when not actually being played isn’t practical. And at home, they live in their cases but, when I’m playing, I have two guitars on hand in those two tunings, so the one not currently being played is on the Hercules stand. But when play-time’s over, back in the cases they go.

On the topic of damage to a guitar from being placed on, or removed from, a stand, my philosophy is that a stand, being an inanimate object, is incapable of inflicting damage without assistance from a human being. In other words, the damage is a result of ‘operator error’, a.k.a. ‘Carelessness’.

The usual disclaimers apply......IMHO, YMMV etc.

[The Kid!]

Originally Posted by JayBee1404

On the topic of damage to a guitar from being placed on, or removed from, a stand, my philosophy is that a stand, being an inanimate object, is incapable of inflicting damage without assistance from a human being. In other words, the damage is a result of ‘operator error’, a.k.a. ‘Carelessness’.

I %100 agree, but often there are other people that get on stage who should and shouldn't be there, and that's what I really worry about. I get that some people need to have their guitars out for switching between instruments, but the A-Frame stands just make me nervous. YMMV and all that.