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Topic: Stand That Can Hold Two Lap Steels? |
Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2021 10:33 am |
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Hey......I'm currently on tour, playing guitar, mando and a couple lap steels. I have stands for the guitar and mando, but I'd like to find something that holds TWO steels. Anything out there. It's for a Supro and Georgeboards that kinda National shaped. Pretty standard.
Ideas?
Thanks!
(PS.....I mean like a guitar stand, NOT a Deluxe34, hold it in playing position, type stand) |
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Carl McLaughlin
From:
St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 27 Sep 2021 12:47 pm Cancel
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Cancel,not needed. 
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 27 Sep 2021 3:48 pm
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Deluxe 34 made me a double lap steel mount a few years back--held a Clinesmith 8 string plank and a Clinesmith 10 string plank. Worked great.
Dave |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 27 Sep 2021 7:00 pm
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As per this note:
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| (PS.....I mean like a guitar stand, NOT a Deluxe34, hold it in playing position, type stand) |
I think Jim is not looking for a stand like a Deluxe34 stand to hold the steels in playing position, but something to support or hang a lap steel in the same way as a guitar stand holds a guitar.
I have this same issue, and haven't really found what I consider to be a great stand to hold even one lap steel, much less two. For stage use, I ideally prefer a hanging stand like the old-school Hamilton KB-38 or the Hercules Hercules GS412B PLUS, but I've never found anything like that with a wide enough yoke to handle my lap steels. I have pondered modifying the yoke on one of my KB-38s to see if I can get something that would work. I also have a couple of the Hercules GS412B Plus stands and I don't see any reasonable way to mod that Auto-Grip (AGS) yoke without destroying it. It would be great if that would work because they make 2 and 3-guitar versions of that system.
But here are a few threads discussing this issue:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=324456
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=123009
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=360830
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=339751
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=311281
Some things recommended there (again for one lap steel, not two)
https://prolinestands.com/fs100um-collapsible-a-frame-stand-ukulele-mandolin/
https://www.amazon.com/Hercules-GS402BB-Mini-Electric-Stand/dp/B000NHB9BE
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/musicians-gear-a-frame-stand-for-acoustic-electric-and-bass-guitars
https://www.amazon.com/Stage-GS5000-Fold-Flat-Small-Instrument/dp/B00GXML7OM
https://www.amazon.com/K-M-Violin-Stand-15520-000-55/dp/B000NT2704
http://herculesstands.com/us/products/fretted-and-bowed-instrument/folk-instruments/
I use one of the older K&M A-frame acoustic guitar stands for my Clinesmith cast aluminum steel. I have to use one of the clips to narrow it down and it clamps that particular guitar pretty well without hitting the output jack. I have a few of the ones mentioned above, but they're in the attic now, I got to the point where I didn't trust them for guitars.
I think the solution here depends heavily on the exact dimensions and shape of the lap steel. |
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Roger Fletcher
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Sep 2021 11:42 pm
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| Now that Mark Roeder has retired and is unable to do custom work, the option of a double bracket for a Deluxe34 stand is sadly no longer available. |
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David Becker
From:
California, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2021 6:02 am
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| Paging Bill Groner: an opportunity for your design and fabrication skills?? |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 28 Sep 2021 7:37 am
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Thanks for the plug David, but I'm retired as well. (not the full time job, just the side stuff) Too bad too, Jim only lives less than an hour away.....Sorry, I can't help him out.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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David Knutson
From:
Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 30 Sep 2021 11:56 am
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Great solution, Jim ! Nice and compact for those "oh so huge" stages we often find ourselves fitting onto.
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