String Swing guitar stand

Much to my surprise, I found myself with six guitars[1] (seven, if you count the battered 10 year old JS34 Dinky I keep at the office, that I bought off a guy from Taft in the alley behind the Virgil). And my small space was starting to get cluttered. Most of the cheap stands I found on Amazon were too big, or only fit a smaller number of guitars, or had enough 1-star reviews to make me nervous. $130 isn’t a huge splurge, but it’s more than I wanted to spend - but I’m glad I did, on this String Swing Guitar Stand for 6 Electric or Bass, or 3 Acoustic Guitars for Home or Studio (CC34). (After being inundated with ads for their stuff on Facebook etc.) (I kinda want to wall hang, too (or, like, shelf-hang, maybe with something like this?), but I have no idea where I could do that where it would look “right.” I’m planning on wall hanging one guitar out in my living room where I’ll be reminded to pick it up every day.)

 

The CC34 stand with one acoustic, five electric guitars

 

So far, I like it a lot. It feels well made, it’s simple but it does the job. The manufacturer supplied all the dimensions I needed, pre-purchase[2], to make sure it would fit in the tiny alcove I have planned for it. It’s a bit of a squeeze with the acoustic guitar at the end, but everything fits and as long as I’m careful, nothing should get dinged. It holds the guitars solidly (though you want to make sure the neck is leaning back into the side of the bracket, so it can’t rotate at all and touch another instrument). For a foldable solution on the road or to tidily store axes in a smaller space, this thing is great! 

 

(I might have also looked at DRS, but they’re about 2x the price and not as compact; I’ve also heard good things about Hercules and K&M. And I’m thinking something like the On Stage GWS5000 Guitar Workstation to hold whatever guitar I’m playing at the moment, the cheap battered Marshall MG50RCD I picked up off of Facebook Marketplace[3], my effects board... wherever I’m most practicing (living room area?).

 

I ordered it on Amazon on Sunday 11/30 and it arrived Wednesday 12/3, and the morning of the 4th I went to put it together - only to find I had the wrong hardware packet.

 

CC28 hardware packed in a CC34 box

 

(As near as I can tell, the only real difference is the lack of round-top screws for the neck bracket.) Anyway, I reached out to the company’s support and they had the right set of parts and instructions out to me via USPS Ground Advantage that same day; they arrived yesterday, 12/10. 

 

 

[1] (a) A Yamaha FG-730 I got used at Guitar Center when I started lessons there; (b) the Fender Squier II Strat I started with decades ago (it was part of a starter kit that included a practice amp, IIRC a Sidekick 10 10-Watt 1x6"), that I honestly don’t play much but, you know, sentimental attachment; (c) the Bright Blue Dinky DS32 that kick-started my re-entry (I’ll probably send this one packing if my old Charvel at my mom’s place ever migrates out here; don’t need two Floyd Rose shredders); (d) an Ibanez S521 I originally got for the office but really love playing; (e) the ESP LTD MH-100QMNT I got for a steal up in Lompc (Facebook Marketplace) (if I ever realize my dream of picking up a clean E-II Horizon III NT, the MH-100 will move on); and (f) the perfectly setup ESP LTD EC-500 I found on Facebook Marketplace, also a steal...

 [2] It’s 25.5" wide and “[t]he outside of an electric body is approximately 20" from the wall [while the] outside of an acoustic body is approximately 21" from the wall with 1" tuner peg clearance from the wall.”

[3] I drove all the way into the Valley to meet the guy to pick up an ESP hard case for the EC-500, but it was not at all as advertised (it was for a B-series bass guitar). He had the Marshall up for $125 but gave it to me for $100; it’s not the greatest amp from what I’ve read, but at least one review of its 30W stablemate was pretty positive. In any case, it provides considerably more options than my 2W Micro Cube.