Plywood guitar stand

A guitar stand made out of recycled bits of plywood. Cheap, eco friendly and efficient.

Why spend money on a stand when you can build one for practically next to nothing?

Items needed.

Plywood Offcuts
Jigsaw
Router
Hinges
Paint
Sandpaper
Chain

Step 1 Get a plan and cut it out!

Draw on your sheet of plywood what you want to stand to look like. The best thing to do is to look on the internet for stands that people already made and get you ideas from there.

Do you want it to be portable?
Do you want it to fold out?
Do you want the neck to be supported?


I chose to have a portable collapsible stand that supports the body.
Cut one of the sides out and trace it out on the leftover piece of plywood to make the second upright.

Comments

[speedyspy2]

just built one of these! snapped two jigsaw blades and it came out a littlerough... i was using some crappy wood that my neighbors were throwing out and a wallet chain for the chain but it works great! ill put up pics later

[HAL 9000]

 Very cool! I may have to try this out today, I made a few PVC stands a while ago and the back just doesn't support my heavy Peavey T-60 very well (fixed with a jubilee clamp), and they aren't nearly as portable or nice looking as this. I made a similar design for an amp stand last year, and I have yet to publish an instructable about it. Thanks for the idea, this is great!

[dchall8]

This is very cool and would fit in the pocket on the back of my guitar bag. To take this down a notch on tool and skill requirements, you could make this out of cardboard laminated together with white glue. All you need is a box cutter or scissors and a wood rasp to finish the edges. Glue all the layers at once and put something very rigid and heavy on top. Cardboard becomes very stiff when you criss-cross the direction of the corrugated layers Three layers might be all you need for this. I have made hinges by gluing Tyvek between cardboard layers. You can get free Tyvek from Federal Express envelopes. One envelope is a lifetime supply unless you're going into mass production. For this project I might wrap and glue Tyvek to every edge that the guitar might touch to protect the finish. To minimize finishing the edges after gluing, cut the cardboard as close to the pattern as possible before you glue it. The hardened glue makes it harder to shape.

[cabous]

Thanx man! I build the stand in a few hours! It was really easy and quick! I customised it a bit for my classical guitar

[mondaymonkey]

Just some stuff: Can you put some foam or velvet to protect guitar? I don't want two identically spaced lines on the side of my guitar. The finish is really weak and I already have 3 dints

[stncilr]

sure, go ahead !

[emilyguitar]

Cool build... Although, any chance that we could get some measurements on the stand? Like, how tall is the stand and how wide? Or best a PDF with measures in there... Thanks and good idea :D

[stncilr]

I made mine according to my guitar, I made sure it was as tall as the whole body, and once it was hinged i put the chain to prevent the stand from opening too wide.

[joejoerowley]

Looks good! If possible please rotate the pictures. Thanks Joe

[n0ukf]

Yeah, I've noticed lots of people don't know how to use a paint program to rotate pictures or adjust the brightness/contrast/gamma before posting them. Maybe someone should do an instructable on this (just searched and didn't yet find one).

[stncilr]

I think that instructables should include an option to rotate uploaded pictures. Practically all other sites offer that option...

[n0ukf]

Ok, now there's one.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Adjust-gamma-and-rotate-pictures-with-GIMP/?ALLSTEPS

[stncilr]

hehe, i dont think you understood what i meant :P

[Aprhys]

I've seen similar designs made from nice woods going for big bucks!!!!

[admanrocks]

good work, looks nice!

[Trans_Am]

Cool idea with the folding bit. I did something similar to this a while ago for my bass guitar, except I used 2x4's and sewed some pads for where the guitar touches the stand. +