My better half was annoyed of my "collection" of single guitar stands - though they weren't cheap ones.
Happy wife - happy life. Obey orders of your commander.
In Austria I found a proper solution made out of oak - which perfectly fits to the furniture in our living room.
I ordered a stand for seven guitars. It was delivered, proofed by my commander. Mission accomplished.
And then I let someone built me a custom made guitar cabinet.
This is an unique cab with a light, new, contemporary 12" Celestion Neo 250 Copperback and an old, used, heavy 10" EVM-10M.
Due to current limited space in our flat (it will be more, when our children will leave in future), the cab + amp couldn't be stored for permanend use. The cab was to store vertically next to a cupboard, when not in use.
In my opinion the cab was too expensive to hide it. I asked the Austrian manufacturer of the stand to make me higher sides. He rejected due to have no capacity for custom orders.
The father of one friend of our kids owns a carpenter shop. He was willing. We discussed the design, he took all necessary measures.
And he made two side elements and one additional strut out of oak. Sanded and oiled.
As a first step he made a template.
The template.
Today I was called to pick up the pieces of oak.
I copied the screw holes and assembled the stand.
My miniature 100 watt amp fits, the controller, too.
To take the guitars from the stand is more ergonomical than in original design.
The original name of the stand is "Bergstand" because of its Austrian alp roots, translated: Mountain Stand. I call my modified design Mountain Giraffe Stand.
Of course - if you want to reach a larger customer group - the space below the stand need to offer space for an ordinary cab plus an ordinary sized head. For a 4×12 the stand would be to too high.
Bergstands are available for 3 and 5 instruments, too, therefore 1×10 and 1×12 cab would find their potential housing, too. But it seems not being a business case for the original manufacturer to provide optional higher side elements.
But maybe this design is a usefull tip for you studio owners.
Happy wife - happy life. Obey orders of your commander.
In Austria I found a proper solution made out of oak - which perfectly fits to the furniture in our living room.
I ordered a stand for seven guitars. It was delivered, proofed by my commander. Mission accomplished.
And then I let someone built me a custom made guitar cabinet.
This is an unique cab with a light, new, contemporary 12" Celestion Neo 250 Copperback and an old, used, heavy 10" EVM-10M.
Due to current limited space in our flat (it will be more, when our children will leave in future), the cab + amp couldn't be stored for permanend use. The cab was to store vertically next to a cupboard, when not in use.
In my opinion the cab was too expensive to hide it. I asked the Austrian manufacturer of the stand to make me higher sides. He rejected due to have no capacity for custom orders.
The father of one friend of our kids owns a carpenter shop. He was willing. We discussed the design, he took all necessary measures.
And he made two side elements and one additional strut out of oak. Sanded and oiled.
As a first step he made a template.
The template.
Today I was called to pick up the pieces of oak.
I copied the screw holes and assembled the stand.
My miniature 100 watt amp fits, the controller, too.
To take the guitars from the stand is more ergonomical than in original design.
The original name of the stand is "Bergstand" because of its Austrian alp roots, translated: Mountain Stand. I call my modified design Mountain Giraffe Stand.
Of course - if you want to reach a larger customer group - the space below the stand need to offer space for an ordinary cab plus an ordinary sized head. For a 4×12 the stand would be to too high.
Bergstands are available for 3 and 5 instruments, too, therefore 1×10 and 1×12 cab would find their potential housing, too. But it seems not being a business case for the original manufacturer to provide optional higher side elements.
But maybe this design is a usefull tip for you studio owners.
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