I would not put all my trust into one peg/dowel.
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Perhaps a middle kickstand mounted higher up with with hinge and more distance back than offcut legs with a friction latch? I just dont want to take up excessive real estate.
I used .5" dowel. I have 1" dowels. Will see if it fits in v of guitar. The upper 2 only there for show. Maybe 2 1 inch dowels lower down. The guitar hanger will center guitar so maybe upper 2 are not needed.
Probably wont need the pegs if you have the hanger and would clean it up a bit. We generally only use stage stands for events or recording studio. They are too easy to trip over especially with all the cords running every where. 95% of the time, they live on the wall.
YES, and he will love it!
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I discussed with my grandson on having a wall rack to hold his other 4 guitars. Right now he does not want a wall hanging rack. He is still deciding on the room arrangement. This room is a music/reloading/hobby bedroom. So I thought the stand would give the guitar a place to live while not being played and a place to put it when playing but taking a break.
I have gotten some really good suggestions from everyone. Keep them coming. This is only a prototype and not the final project.
I will make a case for the guitar eventually but I have a lot of other things in the pipeline. I did order a soft gig bag for temporary storage.
The stand will extend on up the neck. I have not gotten that far. I want to get the base down. Plus the back side of the neck is not even with the back of the guitar so I will need to compensate for that and the space of the guitar hanger.
Keep it coming I appreciate the suggestions and feedback.
Those are nice. Would be easy on the Shapeoko. I have a 16" SCM bandsaw to resaw lumber. The lamination would be simple with a jig to clamp it up in. The wonders of the CNC world and the possibilities.
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The real key is to make sure that the center of gravity of the guitar falls inside the structure of the stand. If it’s hanging forward or back of the leg structure, you’re going to make it tippy. This is one that I made several years ago for my dad (who was a professional 7-string jazz guitarist…and who could EASILY knock over a guitar!) I used leather strips (from a guitar strap, actually) as my cushioning in the stirrups in several of this model…and it never marred any finish.
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Those are very nice. I like the first one. That would work for the Flying V because it is bottom heavy.
Thanks for the pictures.
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The project was put on back burner. I had a presentation for my woodworking clun Saturday. I went to Mexia tx the last two days to get a free radial arm saw. Today a fellow woodworker is coming to flatten a mantle slab.
Tomorrow I will get it going again. I am leaning toward the first pic I posted. I have 2 mahagoney slabs glued up and sanded. I did receive my guitar hangers.
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I am back on the job with this guitar stand. I got my base piece cut out of .75" glued up mahagoney. I will glue the two pieces together tomorrow and trim them up. Then I have another piece of glued up mahagoney I will make the back piece and a kick stand. Progress.
I had almost forgot to make a cutout for the guitar strap at the bottom of the guitar.
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Here is the graveyard of prototypes. I measured the angle of the bottom of the guitar at 80 degrees and drew it up that way. Had to increase to 82 degrees on last prototype. The mahagoney is too expensive to cut wrong. I am going to get some leather to put on top of base to cushion guitar.
The one with the vcarve I will hang on the shop wall. The rest is firewood.
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Please comment on my Flying V Guitar Stand. There is an offset needed for the guitar hanger on the back of the stand. The kickstand will still need to have a folding mechanism worked out so the kick stand can be folded down and the whole thing stored against the wall. I could make the kickstand permanent but likely will make it hinge and fold up.
On the left lower corner of the picture are the inverted v shape from the last post. That will have a leather cover on the top to protect the guitar. This is 1.5" thick. The rest of the stand will be .75" thick.
If you want to be a bit clever with the design, you may want to consider altering the “A” support to mimmic the shape of the guitar “V” body. Maybe not a direct copy, but you can certainly replace the angles with curves and round over the edges.
Granted it is the backside and less visible, but it would complement the specific instrument it holds.
I am still in the development stage. The offset for the neck and the guitar hanger will get sculpted like the neck of the guitar. The rear kickstand will likely be half lapped through traditional methods. I was just throwing out this rough sketch to get feed back for the practicality of it. I am not a guitar player just the donor for my grandson. The one thing I have decided on is the vcarve for the Epiphone logo is to fill it with red epoxy. I thought about filling the flying v and name with epoxy but it is messy and the acrylic paint is protected by the recess. Still working on the design. I need to make a prototype for the kickstand because I want it to lever down in position and then fold up for storage. May have to offset the kickstand to give me room for the folding. Thanks for the input.
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The dowels are not in this version. The guitar will set on the inverted V and the neck clamp will hold it in place. I will put leather on the top of the inverted V and leather on the back rest up to the start of the neck. I got a leather belt on clearance that is the same width of the inverted V. I also bought leather remenants bag at Hobby Lobby for the back rest. The piece going up to the tumers will have Epiphone vcarved and red epoxy filled.
Here is the inverted V. 1.5" thick. The notch on the left is for the strap stud.
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You need to add a secret slot in the guitar stand where you can put a hardcopy of the transcript of this long thread. Just imagine one day when your grandkid has his own grandkids… the grandkids will look at it and be able to reflect on the crazy amount of work, love and thought that went into this.
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Made progress. I got the whole stand cut out but not glued up. Here is the pictures.
All I have left to do is make a retainer for the kickstand so it can fold down.
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