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Another Hercules fan here. Secure and easy to use. They now have a new model with an improved adjustment handle, new feet, and new foam protection (the handle in rear.)
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I have several of those Hercules stands, and one of the Ultimate Gs-100 stands. Both types are great stands. Hercules did have a problem with the rubber on the adjustment-handles going sticky, but that was sorted out several years ago.
I also have two of the Quiklok A-Frame stands that the OP claims ‘ruin guitars’. The only thing I can say is that I’ve never had a problem with them and that, if a guitar was ‘banged-up’ and/or ‘ruined’ by being placed in one of those stands, it was down to Operator-Error. The stand is an inanimate object, and is incapable of ‘banging-up’ or otherwise ‘ruining’ a guitar in the manner described without human intervention - the guitar was ‘banged-up’ and/or ‘ruined’ by a lack of care on the part of the person placing it in the stand. When I was a kid, if I broke something and told my mum or dad that, “It broke”, their response was invariably , “It didn’t break - you broke it!”. Same rule applies here, AFAIC. No offence intended to anyone, but some things need to be said and I’m only surprised that no-one else has said it. A guitar can be ‘banged-up’ by any type of stand if the person using it doesn’t take the appropriate care. The usual disclaimers apply......IMHO, YMMV etc.
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Another vote for the Hercules - just picked up one of the cheap on stage stands and all I gotta say is you get what you pay for
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Hercules or Hamilton. The Hamilton’s work better for instruments with thinner necks (banjos) but are increasingly harder to find.
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Rarer than rocking-horse-puckey here in the UK....
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I don't see anything wrong with the Fender Deluxe, and they're cheap when they go on MF SDOTD.
One little thing though: If you insert your guitar at a 45 degree angle, the corner might bump a piece of hard plastic that's at the base of the tripod. This should be covered with padding.
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For acoustic guitars Ultimate Support GS-200 hands down. Safe for Nitro finishes and it just works.
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After reading this thread, I bought the Hercules GS415B stand. It seems to be sturdy and well made, and, when folded, will fit in the bag with my mic and speaker stands. The only thing I don't like is I had to change the position of my d'Addario mini tuner. I had it positioned under the headstock right by the nut, but I had to move it to the top of the headstock. It's still underneath, but not quite as unnoticeable as before.
Edit: Two other things I like: neither my strap nor my cord get caught when I pick up my guitar!
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ditto. And they fold up smaller than hercules and others.
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