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Hand-made guitar stand finally up on the wall!
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LOL OK change "basses" to "instruments". Seems a bit tight.It's must be an optical illusion, since one of them is a guitar.
Fault lines? How about an afternoon jam and a solid low b? Or a door slammed too hard? Upstairs neighbor rearranging furniture?
I hope the OP never finds out what it takes.
Those instruments are too heavy for a door slamming to knock them down. I would only be concerned about these circumstances if the posts were sloped downward toward the front.
It looks like there's felt on there too, which should provide enough friction to stop them from moving around inexplicably.
] will turn into "road-worn" instruments if they fall off the wall...and will then increase in value.
you cold always put a piece of rubber or wood strip along the back at the bottom, to put a bit of an upward tilt in the whole thing
Nice design and it looks well executed. Good job, Woody!
Out of professional curiosity (I'm a design draftsman) what CAD package do y'all use?
Out of professional curiosity (I'm a design draftsman) what CAD package do y'all use?
Solidworks 2014, with 2DDesign for simple things like the laminate former.
The laminate puts one guitar in front of another, so even if they swing from side to side they don't hit eachother. Birmingham isn't a very eventful place... We don't get earthquakes, our floor isn't thin enough that the whole house shakes when the neighbor moves furniture and I suppose, most importantly, I don't own a 5-string or any amps over 30W at home! I'm pretty content with the holder as it is.
I was going to use maple and so not have to stain it (to match my Jazz bass) but the school didn't let me (read: couldn't be arsed to order any) so I had to go with canary white wood. I've used 4 coats of hard wax oil to darken it a bit but it won't get much better. If it was all the same wood or some nice dark/light combination then it would be a lot nicer however, we can only use aeroply for the laminate.
Woody
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Yeah - lots of us here scares that those beautiful axes will walk. Even a rubber band or something to hold them on, like some guitar stands have.
It looks great! As a jazz guy I love that Squier you have too - I just got the Fender AVRI'75 version of the same bass... you have great taste!
Yes, I use both on a daily basis. You're right that each has their place. AutoCAD for schematics can't be beat. If I'm modelling something and / or want to build an assembly complete with BOM and drawing, etc. SolidWorks is fantastic. As it turns out, the drafting world is moving much more heavily in the parametric 3D modelling direction, so I sometimes feel like a dinosaur at work when I use AutoCAD.
I like to make sawdust on the weekends to soothe my ruffled old nerve endings... I saw my man... Well thought out... Well implemented. Just keep those valuable playing fingers away from spinning carbide!... Well done!
Maybe not actual earthquakes, but it's the birthplace of Black Sabbath. I think most of them live in the states now, so your basses should be safe.
Nice work, btw. I like the combo of organic and geometric lines you've got going there.
I also like that you didn't relocate that frame on the wall, you just hung your jazz bass over it! Haha, classic!
