The first time I picked up an electric guitar (35 years ago) I was in love. Overwhelmed by the beautiful and sexy shapes, the craftsmanship and the perfect finish. But along with love come hate. Not caused by the endless hours of practicing -that only increased my admiration- but by the fact that I had to put it on a piece of metal. It felt like displaying Michael Angelo's David on a stack of pallets. Or like mounting 13" steel wheels on your Ferrari or wearing wooden shoes with your tailor made suite.
Being an amateur carpenter all my life I did several unsuccessful attempts over the years to come up with something better. A year ago the idea for CStands hit me like lighting on a sunny day. The response on the prototype convinced me to start a new company. Together with my two closest friends I founded C(hris)Stands.
After a serious investment in a cnc routing machine and hundreds of programming hours later it's finally there: the guitar stand i've always been dreaming off. Solid wood, not a single metal or plastic part, folding, compact and (I'd like to think) beautiful.
Entirely made in the Netherlands with care for our people and he environment.
Model FB is based on the famous headstocks by Leo Fender
Model FG. Inspired by the famous headstocks by Leo Fender
Model GG is inspired on the legendary Gibson design
Model WB is based on the high-end basses by Warwcik
We wanted our stands to be flexible. No two (bass) guitars are alike. Some have a perfect symmetrical body and some are very offset. We solved this problem by making the rubber parts
-which actually hold the guitar- flexible. They're adjustable in length and angle.
A good example of an offset body. The rubber in the middle of the left 'leg' is made longer while the front rubber is angled.
CStands on youtube_1
A good example of an offset body. The rubber in the middle of the left 'leg' is made longer while the front rubber is angled.
CStands on youtube_1
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