Guitar stand

A design with a wooden hinge

I wanted to see if I could make a guitar stand that was unlike anything I had seen yet, at least in some way. The main requirement I set for myself was to have no metal anywhere in the design, and I also wanted it to be portable, which meant either disassembly or a hinge.

Once I developed this concept, the main challenges were cutting all the joinery and making the wooden hinge at the top.

Half lap joints are supposed to be relatively simple joints in the woodworking world, but I've always struggled getting them just right. This project definitely required patience since almost every joint is a half lap. I used half lap joints for strength since I wasn't going to be reinforcing with screws or metal brackets of any kind.

Most of the pieces had multiple complicated cuts in them, and I knew I would need detailed plans if I had any chance of pulling this together.

After much tedious cutting, fitting, and gluing, I had the legs together. The legs are made of Butternut, by the way, which was too soft to use for the hinge at the top, so I used Black Walnut. The joint between the hinge barrel and the legs wasn't perfect, but it was acceptable and is still holding years later.

It does work just fine for holding my bass guitars, and I like that I never have to worry about bumping something metal or sharp on it with my guitar.