My 2007 SR4 LE Fell off its Stand today....

[Baird]

No idea why... it just fell over and hit the ground hard. Kaboom!

Not a scratch, dent, etc.... didn't even throw out the tuning!

Why am I posting this? I have owned 5 Gibson Basses/guitars and 3 of them have fell off the stand.... 3 headstock repairs.

This bass fell hard and it is still perfect!

Yeah baby!

BTW, the bass is less than a week old!

 

[Eggman]

Your basses need to quit drinking!

 

[Jazzbassman23]

Diplomacy and tact have never been my strong suits.

I think you have to seriously look at user error if you want this frightening trend to cease.

 

[the unrepentant]

Yeah that happened to my tobias a couple of times, was ok but one of the tuning pegs snapped, gah. Since then it's wall hangers all the way

Also my SUB has had a good few fights with the ceiling, one or two of them results of me being a bit too optimistic while putting it in the hanger... another one not realising how low the ceiling was while taking it off at band practice and proper twatted it against a metal ridge in the ceiling, and i honestly thing the ceiling came off worse! These things are made to last!

 

[vcs700s]

You need a new type of stand. I have gone to all Hercules. Locks it in the holder, large base, cannot fall out of the stand or be knocked over.

Time to change.

 

[jools11]

Thank god it's ok..
Get some wall hangery things.. they're ace.

 

[Baird]

I have a stand made for 5 acoustic guitars and a double Hercules stand.

I was using the $8 el cheapo stand so I could post pics of my new bass for you clowns! It's all the EB forumites fault!

 

[jlepre]

Basses in cases

That's why I keep ALL of my basses in their cases. Even at gigs when I'm on break the bases are always safely in their cases. Just my 2 cents.

 

[sloshep]

Glad it is OK.

Now throw that stand away.

 

[Baird]

Your basses need to quit drinking!

Alcohol was not involved.

The 3 Gibsons? Yup... lots of booze!

 

[oli@bass]

Ouch!
Good to hear the bass survived!

and +1 on Hercules stands, I just recently took about ten home from a store and swapped all my other stands for them.

About stuffing-the-ceiling-with-headstocks... been there, done that...

 

[carpedebass]

Add me to the hercules stand crowd! I've never had a bass just fall off of a stand...and I've had some cheap stands...guess I've been lucky, but once I got my Herc stand, I'll not be buying anything else...

 

[bassmancb]

That happened to me last night. Not scratch on her. They ARE truly built like a tank! Thanks BP for building quality products!!!

 

[Caca de Kick]

This is one of the reasons why my stuff never sits out, they're always in their cases.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

My personal favorite stands are these QuikLoc stands. They support by the body rather than cradle the neck and have no rotating parts. You'd have to give them one hell-of-a knock to make them fall. The ones designed for acoustic guitar will fit any solid body or acoustic guitar or bass.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Yup I gotta say +1 for Hercules.
I'm also a fan of putting the instrument in it's case at all other times.

Still - I'm glad that nothing major happened!!

 

[Jimmyb]

People often ask me to put my guitar in it's case halfway through a song....

 

[oli@bass]

My personal favorite stands are these QuikLoc stands. They support by the body rather than cradle the neck and have no rotating parts.

That's why I like these: Hercules Guitar Mini Stands

They fold so small they even fit in the gig bag!