You have a corner right there. It's a safer way to park a bass than any stand will ever be. Why not use it?
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Double Bass DIY upright stand?
- Thread starter warlord shank
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My studio doesn't really have corners...ha! At least, they're not easily accessible. This is rough stand I threw together from two 2' square panels of 5/8" plywood and some screws. Pretty stable. It's for a 4/4 bass, so you could probably reduce the footprint for smaller uprights.
Thanks! Absolutely. Would hate to mar all that Chinese lacquer...hahaha! Obviously, only the ribs rest on the edges, but I do plan to apply some heavy felt adhesive strips to the stand. Will probably paint the whole thing flat black too, just to camo the 30-second carpentry.
Bonus, the bass is stable enough and the footprint is small enough to play it in the stand. I detect a very slight additional boomy-ness – probably because it's sitting in a box, which is reflecting the lows directly upward. Doesn't sound as open, but good enough for practice.
I finally made a couple of these. SO COOL! I had Home Depot do all the cuts (a total of $8 extra) and finally had time to whip it together. I didn't bother with the bevel since I don't have a table saw, but I got some pipe foam and put them over the 2x4s. Thanks again for this, Jake!Ask and ye shall receive!
I got tired of having 2 or 3 or 5 basses taking up the whole floor of the music room (as did Mrs de Villiers!) so I banged up four of these in a little more than an hour.
Its a miniaturised version of the 3 holer I made for Long & McQuade.
The 2 x 8s are 21 1/4", the 2 x 10s are 10 5/16" with a 38 degree bevel ripped on most of the inside face and the 2 x 4 is 10 5/16" with a 1 1/2" hole in the centre.
The end pieces were propped up on the other 2 x 8 to raise them 1 1/2" while I screwed the front on. The 2 x 4 endpin holder was likewise raised 1 1/2".
I tried neoprene foam on the first one but it made the bass too wiggly so I've put thin cork on the resting surfaces instead.
I put little felt buttons on the corners to protect the floor etc
I had all of the tools and materials to hand so they were a quick solution for me.
Of course Maiken wanted to know why I hadn't made them a few years ago!
I'll put bigger pix on my site for anybody who wants to download them and make their own 'Bass Spa Stand'.
Old thread, new user... What could go wrong...
Here is my diy stand. Just like everyone else, space is a premium, so I choose the "bolt the stand to the wall" method...
Here is my diy stand. Just like everyone else, space is a premium, so I choose the "bolt the stand to the wall" method...
Nice, but inconvenient if you want a stand on stage and need to move the wall too.
Haha! Very good point. I was offering the home solution. But speaking... Uh typing of stage solutions, in my youth my teacher had a stand that was just a tremendously heavy weight with a pole that came straight up with a U to cradle the neck. I always feared getting too close and knocking it over until he took it to a seminar and while there he asked me to move it. I think it was 80kg+ at the base. It rolled easy once tipped, but I had to actually hang off the top of the post to tip it like moving a 55gal drum. I think it must have been homebrew. Just a few 40kg barbell weights threaded to a 1" cast iron pipe and a few elbows and T's. He had a leather sleeve on the top to protect the neck.
Still lighter and smaller than the wall …
I experimented with the older and newer K&M stands and the Hercules.
Thermostat stable be was the Hercules, but if you don‘t want to change the endpin length you must either be on the shorter side or the bass needs to be big. For me at least the last, (4/4 110 cm scale) is the case, so I kept the Hercules.
Unfortunately it is still big when flattened for transport, so if I know I have enough room and no people passing by I take the (old) K&M.
At home I prefer a room corner or a artificial corner between wall and a cabinet.
With pets a fixed wall mount like yours is the best solution.
I experimented with the older and newer K&M stands and the Hercules.
Thermostat stable be was the Hercules, but if you don‘t want to change the endpin length you must either be on the shorter side or the bass needs to be big. For me at least the last, (4/4 110 cm scale) is the case, so I kept the Hercules.
Unfortunately it is still big when flattened for transport, so if I know I have enough room and no people passing by I take the (old) K&M.
At home I prefer a room corner or a artificial corner between wall and a cabinet.
With pets a fixed wall mount like yours is the best solution.
