How do you wrap your guitar stand?

[Nymuso]

Originally Posted by bmc

Wrapping a guitar or stand?

Why would you?

I'm with you here . . . . . wrapping a guitar stand? Well, if the guitar is in a case in a museum, well yeah maybe. But any guitar I don't need white gloves to handle, I ain't worrying about the stand.

[RickRS]

I understand the concern. Nitro finish can soften in a chemical reaction with some rubber compounds. I've got a number of Fender deluxe hanging stands now, specifically because Fender's claims the foam padding is nitrocellulose safe. I sure hope so, because I'm got a Martin D16 and a Gibson Les Paul Standard on those stands all the time. Like having them available - that LP Standard wasn't getting used with in the case. And the Martin actually got damaged in an accident taking it in and out of the case daily.

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by rcboals

Thank You for posting how to make cotton covers for your guitar wall hangers that look good. I am going to do that. I like some of the other posters have never had a problem with the stands or wall hangers damaging my nitro finished guitars. That is until they almost ruined my beautiful Gibson ES335. I caught it just in time and was able to buff out the damage. Evidently this is a problem I am finding that is real common with Gibson nitro. My other nitro guitars have absolutely no problem hanging from the neck like the Gibson did. Collings CJ35, 59 Martin 0017, 76 Guild X500, Eastman Parlor, Anyway Thank You

I notice that you have not included the most important bit of information: who made the stands/hangers ht you say caused the damage.

I've been using Hamilton and Hercules stands for nigh on 30 years with no problem with a variety of finishes.

[jaymarsch]

I use a couple of cheap stands and a nice D & A Starfish - never had a problem with any of them. Sounds like cotton cloth will work if it is necessary.

Best,
Jayne

[ManyMartinMan]

Originally Posted by kydave

I use Hercules stands & never needed to wrap them.

Likewise - I don't. I only purchase stands that are guaranteed (and I trust) to be non-injurious to nitro. That's all that matters. All wood with felt contact points works great.

[valleyguy]

There are always these:

https://www.amazon.com/ARIA-AGB-S-gu...s%2C178&sr=8-1

[TBman]

Never wrapped a stand in a gazillion years. No problems.

[fazool]

Older Hercules pads used a rubber that reacted with nitrocellulose.

I made little brown felt sleeves. Folded a piece, ran it down the sewing machine and had a long tube. Cut it into pieces. About $.05each and about 10 minutes work for dozens.


Oh and welcome back you six year old zombie thread

[menhir]

One stand in the house reacted with my Seagull. I draped a couple of spare* bandannas over the stand's contact points and done.

*Between having bandannas for wiping down my guitars, as fashion accessories for my dog (he's jet black and can easily be tripped over in the shadows unless we put something bright on him ) and for my head and neck as a motorcyclist, I have a lot of bandannas in the house.

[DesertTwang]

BlueBird, I don't think you have worry about this or wrap anything, unless you are keeping a guitar in a stand permanently.

[rwmct]

I have one Fender deluxe stand that seems ok with the finish on my NH Guild. I have another stand that has the cheap surgical tube covered arms. The tubing is falling off. I just drape a white cotton bath towel over that one.

[Pura Vida]

Originally Posted by kydave

I use Hercules stands & never needed to wrap them.

Yep. I've been using Hercules stands and racks without any issues.

[jimmy bookout]

Return of the Zombie thread about Zombie stands....

[Wade Hampton]

I own several guitar stands that I've had for more than twenty years. Eventually the surgical tubing that pads them off-gases enough that the tubing becomes brittle, cracks and begins to fall off. After looking at my options, I decided to simply replace the original tubing with more surgical tubing.

We have a pretty good medical supply house in Anchorage, so I went there with my stands, sat in a quiet corner and methodically replaced all the old tubing with new. (I explained what I was going to do to the lady behind the counter before I started doing it, naturally!)

One problem that I had is with the two triple stands I own - I could easily replace the tubing on the neck cradles, but on the bottom there were these flat pieces that hold the guitar out, and I couldn't find any tubing that fit those parts.

So I wrapped those in self-adhesive medical moleskin.

Between new the surgical tubing and the medical moleskin, that seems to have done the trick. I expect to be able to use these stands for at least a decade or two to come.


Wade Hampton Miller