Bass Stands

[Jake]

I just ordered the $50 bass stand from Gollihur and am wondering what kind of bass stands you fellow TBers are using. I was considering the $100 stand from Lemur, but it's pretty expensive and out of stock at the moment. I ordinarily would just set the bass in a corner, but my new apartment doesn't have any accessable corners in the living room, where I have a space set up to practice. What are your thoughts on bass stands?

[ctcruiser]

I use an Ingles stand. I haven't had an issue yet with it.

[John Sprague]

We use Ingles for trade shows. The nice thing is you can leave the endpin out. The bad thing is you have to watch the contact of the foam piece on the back, it can scratch a larger bodies bass if you're not careful.

[Marcus Johnson]

I used the Ingles for awhile as well. After about a year, a weld broke on one of the support arms, allowing the whole bass to fall a$$ over teakettle off the bandstand. All I heard was a little "pop" and then WHAM. So I'm a little gun-shy about using them long term.

[relacey]

I've got the Ingles stand, which I got from Bob, and after some time the black foam on the support arms wore out. I didn't notice the problem until I had some finish chipped away from the lower edge on the back where the bass rests on the arms. I replaced the foam with some clear plastic tubing from the hardware store. It's harder but seems to protect the bass better.

On the plus side I like being able to leave the pin out. Two or three times a day I just grab the bass and run through some patters for 5-15 minutes. Some days that's all the practice I can work in. If I had to pull the pin out every time, I doubt I'd do that little.

This thread has some good ideas.

[Jake]

What's up yall,
I got my Ingles stand from Bob G's and found the padded metal things not big enough and or shaped right for my bass which has very deep lower bouts. I'm going to return it. I guess I could measure them, but could anybody 'hip' me to a stand that works for deeper basses?

[bribass]

My experience w/ the Ingles is that it works best when you have the lower support bars low enough to just cradle the lower bouts, with most of the weight being taken by the end pin making contact w/ the floor. With this method the bass leans back slightly and is securely cradled by both the upper arm and lower supports w/o the rubber on the supports getting torn up or support arms breaking from the weight of the bass. Also, glue those rubber end caps of the support bars on before they pop off and get lost, exposing those bass scratching metal prongs .

BG

[Jake]

Thanks BG, I am going to try that in a minute. I hope my bass playing doesn't keep Santa from coming by my apt building tonight.

[Jake]

I tried it with the endpin out and found that my bass is to high for the stand with it out. Anybody try one of the $100 stands from Lemur?

Also, Mr. BG -- it would be awesome to see a picture of your Prescott on the Ingles.

[bribass]

Originally Posted by Jake

I tried it with the endpin out and found that my bass is to high for the stand with it out. Anybody try one of the $100 stands from Lemur?

Also, Mr. BG -- it would be awesome to see a picture of your Prescott on the Ingles.

Really?, even w/ the suport arms raised up? They're fully adjustable you know.

I'll post a pic when I can.

BG

[Jake]

I'm using a regular 10 mm endpin tightened on the 7th notch, so it's pretty high.

[DrChill]

Originally Posted by relacey

I've got the Ingles stand, which I got from Bob, and after some time the black foam on the support arms wore out. I didn't notice the problem until I had some finish chipped away from the lower edge on the back where the bass rests on the arms. I replaced the foam with some clear plastic tubing from the hardware store. It's harder but seems to protect the bass better.

On the plus side I like being able to leave the pin out. Two or three times a day I just grab the bass and run through some patters for 5-15 minutes. Some days that's all the practice I can work in. If I had to pull the pin out every time, I doubt I'd do that little.

This thread has some good ideas.

I've done both of those. I got a used Ingles stand that came with my bass and the foam was all torn up. I replaced it with clear tubing from an old home brew set-up. Works great.

Also, I've even taken a couple of vice grips to the neck arms and bent them downward to let me get to the higher notes while playing "in-stand."

Small world. Great minds think alike, etc...

[jtlownds]

Originally Posted by Jake

I guess I could measure them, but could anybody 'hip' me to a stand that works for deeper basses?

Hi Jake,

I've been using a Hamilton stand (2 of them) for years. The endpin goes into a cup on one of the legs, and the upper bouts lay into the arms at the top of the stand. It should handle anything but an octobass. Never had any problems with that stand. Lemur carries them, but I don't know what they're getting for them now. I think I paid $70 - 75 for mine years ago.

[DrChill]

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